Word Choice And Extended Metaphor In A Poem By Maya Angelou Quiz Complete

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Read the passage from "The Caged Bird." A free bird leaps on the back of the wind and floats downstream till the current ends and dips his wing in the orange sun rays and dares to claim the sky. Which word best reflects the tone of the stanza?
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opportunity
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Read the passage from "The Caged Bird." The caged bird sings with a fearful trill of things unknown but longed for still The stanza best supports a tone of
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desire and entrapment
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Read the passage from "The Caged Bird." But a bird that stalks down his narrow cage can seldom see through his bars of rage his wings are clipped and his feet are tied so he opens his throat to sing. Read the passage from Shakespeare's "Sonnet 29." When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state, And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries, And look upon myself and curse my fate, Based on the figurative language, what do the speaker in Shakespeare's sonnet and the caged bird in the poem have in common?
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They both are angry at their circumstances.
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Read the passage from "The Caged Bird." The free bird thinks of another breeze and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees and the fat worms waiting on a dawn bright lawn and he names the sky his own What are the connotative meanings of sighing, as used in the poem? Check all that apply.
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relaxation peacefulness
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When searching for the connotations of the words in "The Caged Bird," the reader should study
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the feeling or idea associated with the word.
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A(n) __________ is a comparison over the course of a poem.
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extended metaphor
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Read the passage from "The Caged Bird." The free bird thinks of another breeze and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees and the fat worms waiting on a dawn bright lawn and he names the sky his own. Which additional line best matches the tone of the stanza?
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and he drifts among the cottony clouds
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Read the passage from "The Caged Bird." But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream his wings are clipped and his feet are tied so he opens his throat to sing. Read the passage from Shakespeare's "Sonnet 29." When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state, And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries, And look upon myself and curse my fate, In both poems, the connotation of the underlined language implies
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despair
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To interpret ______ in "The Caged Bird," the reader must look at the context of the text rather than an individual word.
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figurative language
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How do metaphors and extended metaphors differ?
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While a metaphor is limited in length, an extended metaphor is developed over the course of a poem.