Read the passage from “The Caged Bird.”But a bird that stalksdown his narrow cage
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Which excerpts from "The Caged Bird” can be interpreted as part of the extended metaphor that represents freedom? Choose three answers.floats downstreamhis narrow cagethe trade winds softthe grave of dreamsdawn-bright lawn
How do metaphors and extended metaphors differ?
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Read the passage from “The Caged Bird.”But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreamshis shadow shouts on a nightmare screamhis wings are clipped and his feet are tiedso he opens his throat to sing.
If another stanza were added to “The Caged Bird,” which excerpt could best be used to continue the extended metaphor?
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Read the passage from "The Caged Bird.”But a bird that stalksdown his narrow cagecan seldom see throughhis bars of ragehis wings are clipped andhis feet are tiedso 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,
Read the passage from “The Caged Bird.”The caged bird singswith a fearful trillof things unknownbut longed for still
Read the passage from “The Caged Bird.”A free bird leapson the back of the windand floats downstreamtill the current endsand dips his wingin the orange sun raysand dares to claim the sky.
Read the excerpt from Walt Whitman’s poem “I Sit and Look Out” that Clara is using in her analysis of “The Caged Bird.”I sit and look out upon all the sorrows of the world, and upon all oppression and shame; I hear the secret convulsive sobs . . .
Read the passage from “The Caged Bird.”The free bird thinks of another breezeand the trade winds soft through the sighing treesand the fat worms waiting on a dawn bright lawnand he names the sky his own.
When searching for the connotations of the words in “The Caged Bird,” the reader should study
Read the excerpt from “The Caged Bird.”But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreamshis shadow shouts on a nightmare screamhis wings are clipped and his feet are tiedso he opens his throat to sing.
Which pair of uses of figurative language from “The Caged Bird” help support the extended metaphor of freedom versus oppression?
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