Which pair of uses of figurative language from “The Caged Bird” help support the extended metaphor of freedom versus oppression?
What are the connotative meanings of sighing, as used in the poem? Choose two answers.
If another stanza were added to “The Caged Bird,” which excerpt could best be used to continue the extended metaphor?
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.
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 . . .
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When searching for the connotations of the words in “The Caged Bird,” the reader should study
How do metaphors and extended metaphors differ?
What are the connotative meanings of sighing, as used in the poem? Choose two answers.
When searching for the connotations of the words in “The Caged Bird,” the reader should study
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.
acceptancejealousypeacefulnessdesperation
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.”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.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,
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Read the passage from “The Caged Bird.”The caged bird singswith a fearful trillof things unknownbut longed for still
How do metaphors and extended metaphors differ?
Which pair of uses of figurative language from “The Caged Bird” help support the extended metaphor of freedom versus oppression?
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