Read the passage from “The Caged Bird.”But a bird that stalksdown his narrow cage
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,
How do metaphors and extended metaphors differ?
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.
Read the excerpt 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.
denotationfigurative languageliteral languagesound
Which excerpts from "The Caged Bird” can be interpreted as part of the extended metaphor that represents freedom? Choose three answers.floats downstreamhis narrow cagethe trade winds softthe grave of dreamsdawn-bright lawn
What are the connotative meanings of sighing, as used in the poem? Choose two answers.
attitudeconnotationextended metaphorfigurative meaning
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