Characters, Conflict, and Idioms in "Daughter of Invention" by Julia Alvarez

Question 1

What is the denotation of the word floats? | What is the connotation of the word floats?

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B: to rest on a liquid surface

Question 2

Read the stanza. What is the figurative meaning of the phrase “floats downstream”?

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A: has no worries

Question 3

What is the context of the passage? | What is being compared in the metaphor? | What is the meaning of the metaphor?

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B: what makes the narrator happy or sad

Question 4

How does the poet develop the extended metaphor of the caged bird in the last two lines?

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C: by describing the one act of freedom a caged bird has

Question 5

What is the denotation of the word floats? | What is the connotation of the word floats?

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C: to move in a relaxed way

Question 6

What is being compared in the metaphor?

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B: “you” and “sunshine”

Question 7

What is the meaning of the metaphor?

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C: You make me happy.

Characters, Conflict, and Idioms in "Daughter of Invention" by Julia Alvarez Answers