Poetry: "Exile" By Julia Alvarez

Read the excerpt below from the poem "Exile" by Julia Alvarez and answer the question that follows. Or like, Papi, two swimmers looking down at the quiet surface of our island waters, seeing their faces right before plunging in, eager, afraid, not yet sure of the outcome. Which literary device does the stanza use to compare the speaker's feelings about the new country to the two swimmers?

Read the excerpt below from the poem "Exile" by Julia Alvarez and complete the statement that follows. We stopped before a summery display window at Macy's, The World's Largest Department Store, to admire a family outfitted for the beach: the handsome father, slim and sure of himself, Based on the context of the poem, the family in the display window at Macy's symbolizes __________.

The children are told that the family is going to the beach in the __________.

How is the conflict in the poem "Exile" by Julia Alvarez resolved?

In the poem "Exile" by Julia Alvarez, the author and the speaker of the poem both fled __________.

Which statement explains the relationship between literary devices and theme?

What is the climax of a narrative?

Read the excerpt below from the poem "Exile" by Julia Alvarez and answer the question that follows. I let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like Jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like I'd always done, magically, that night, I could stay up, floating out past the driveway, past the gates, in the black Ford, Papi grim at the wheel, winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast. Which literary device is used in the comparison between the speaker's experience of fleeing the country and floating in the ocean?

Which line is an example of foreshadowing in the poem "Exile" by Julia Alvarez?

What is symbolism?

What is a simile?

In the exposition of the poem "Exile" by Julia Alvarez, the foreshadowing hints that __________.

An extended __________ is a comparison that says one thing is another for several lines, for a stanza, or throughout a poem.

Which clue in the poem "Exile" by Julia Alvarez reveals where the speaker lives?