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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.

A
opportunity
B
carelessness
C
fantasy
D
coincidence
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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.

A
floats downstream
B
his narrow cage
C
the trade winds soft
D
the grave of dreams
E
dawn-bright lawn
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A
denotation
B
figurative language
C
literal language
D
sound
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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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A
attitude
B
connotation
C
extended metaphor
D
figurative meaning
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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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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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