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Word Choice and Extended Metaphor in a Poem by Maya Angelou Answers

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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,

A
They both feel unwanted by society.
B
They both are uneasy with people staring at them.
C
They both are angry at their circumstances.
D
They both blame bad fortune for their positions.
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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 . . .

A
secrecy.
B
sacrifice.
C
shame.
D
suffering.
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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.

A
and he thunders through the stormy sky
B
and he drifts among the cottony clouds
C
and he charges past the sorrowing sky
D
and he flies right through circular clouds
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A
denotation
B
figurative language
C
literal language
D
sound
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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.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,

A
distress
B
disgust
C
hatred
D
sorrow
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When searching for the connotations of the words in “The Caged Bird,” the reader should study

A
the literal, dictionary meaning of the word.
B
the feeling or idea associated with the word.
C
the thing that the word is being compared to.
D
the attitude that the word implies about the theme.
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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.

A
dreams
B
scream
C
wings
D
sing
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How do metaphors and extended metaphors differ?

A
While a metaphor is limited in length, an extended metaphor is developed over the course of a poem.
B
While a metaphor describes the way someone thinks or feels, an extended metaphor compares multiple unlike things.
C
While a metaphor conveys a set of ideas, an extended metaphor conveys a single idea across the poem.
D
While a metaphor makes a comparison, an extended metaphor shows the attitude of a text toward its subject.
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A
acceptance
B
jealousy
C
peacefulness
D
desperation
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Read the passage from “The Caged Bird.”The caged bird singswith a fearful trillof things unknownbut longed for still

A
calmness and doubt.
B
secrecy and curiosity.
C
mystery and delight.
D
desire and entrapment.

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