Word Choice and Extended Metaphor in a Poem by Maya Angelou

Question 1

What can the reader better understand about the caged bird after having read about the free bird?

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why the emotional pain of oppression makes the caged bird shout

Question 2

✔ limitlesssmalllonely

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✔ limitless; The connotative meaning of sky is “ .”: limitless; The connotative meaning of narrow is “ .”: limited; The connotative meaning of dreams is “ .”: hopes and desires; The connotative meaning of shadow is “ .”: who a person once was

Question 3

expansivecomfortable✔ limited

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✔ limited

Question 4

fears and worries✔ hopes and desiressorrows and aspirations

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✔ hopes and desires

Question 5

✔ who a person once waswho a person wants to bea person’s nightmares

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✔ who a person once was

Question 6

fearfultune✔ distant

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✔ distant; Which word has a connotative meaning of “sad and lonely”?: distant; The connotative meaning of this word gives the poem a feeling of .: hopeless yearning

Question 7

cheerful ambition✔ hopeless yearningendless energy

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✔ hopeless yearning

Question 8

he wants to own the skyhe thinks the sky can be bought✔ he says the sky belongs to him

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✔ he says the sky belongs to him; The literal meaning of “he names the sky his own” is “ .”: he says the sky belongs to him; The figurative meaning of “he names the sky his own” is “ .”: he can go anywhere he wants; The figurative meaning helps the reader understand that people who have freedom can .: achieve whatever they want

Question 9

he is alonehe has nowhere else to go✔ he can go anywhere he wants

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✔ he can go anywhere he wants

Question 10

run away from problems✔ achieve whatever they wantlive without regard for others

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✔ achieve whatever they want

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

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