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

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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.

A
and he thunders through the stormy sky
B
and he drifts among the cottony clouds
C
and he charges past the sorrowing sky
D
and he flies right through circular clouds
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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.

A
The bird’s cage has been placed so that it overlooks a cemetery.
B
The bird’s cage is so small that it cramps his wings and feet.
C
The caged bird has had his hope destroyed.
D
The caged bird is thinking very serious thoughts.
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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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denotation
B
figurative language
C
literal language
D
sound
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Read the passage from “The Caged Bird.”But a bird that stalksdown his narrow cage

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indifference.
B
monotony.
C
satisfaction.
D
suffocation.

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