Word Choice and Extended Metaphor in a Poem by Maya Angelou - Quiz Quiz

Question 1

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, what does the connotation of the underlined language imply?

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A: distress

Question 2

Which excerpts from "The Caged Bird” can be interpreted as part of the extended metaphor that represents freedom? Choose three correct answers.

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C: the trade winds soft; D: dawn-bright lawn; E: floats downstream

Question 3

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, what does the connotation of the underlined language imply?

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C: distress

Question 4

Which pair of uses of figurative language from “The Caged Bird” help support the extended metaphor of freedom versus oppression?

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A: dawn bright lawn; grave of dreams

Question 5

Read the excerpt 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. What is the figurative meaning of the excerpt?

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D: The caged bird has had his hope destroyed.

Question 6

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? Choose two correct answers.

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A: peacefulness; C: relaxation

Question 7

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? Choose two correct answers.

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B: peacefulness; C: sadness

Question 8

Read the passage from “The Caged Bird.” But a bird that stalks down his narrow cage The connotation of narrow in the passage creates a feeling of

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B: suffocation.

Question 9

If another stanza were added to “The Caged Bird,” which excerpt could best be used to continue the extended metaphor?

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B: The caged bird sings  with a fearful trill  of things it craves  outside the sill

Question 10

Read the excerpt 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. What is the figurative meaning of the excerpt?

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D: The caged bird has had his hope destroyed.

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