What is the speaker describing in the first stanza of "Sympathy"? *
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the outside world the bird rarely experiences.
the outside world the bird is kept from.
the memories from when the bird was free.
the things that the bird loves about life.
Why does the bird beat its wings in "Sympathy"? *
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because it enjoys flying around the cage
because it is unsure whether or not to leave the cage
because it doesn't understand that it is trapped
because it wants to escape the cage
Which of the following describes the end of "Sympathy"? *
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The bird sings because it wants to remain positive.
The bird sings to entertain those around it.
The bird's song is actually a cry for help.
The bird sings in celebration because it knows how to escape.
Which of the following identifies the theme of "Sympathy"? *
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Freedom can be achieved as long as you fight hard enough for it.
No one can live a full or happy life if they are denied freedom.
Birds specifically cannot be denied freedom due to their need to fly.
With enough time, any person will lose the pull they feel towards freedom.
"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" was taken from Dunbar's poem "Sympathy". This is an example of ______________________. *
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Dialect
Dialogue
Modern works of fiction drawing on classic works
Copying or plagiarism
Select the option that is an example of dialect. *
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"I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare"
"Father shipped us home to his mother"
"Don't try to make yo profit offa me"
"But she smiled often"
Use your context clues to determine the use of the word unceremonious in the following sentence. "Although I was upset, neither of the women was in the least shaken by what I thought an unceremonious greeting. Mrs. Flowers would continue her easy gait up the hill to her little bungalow, and Mamma kept on shelling peas or doing whatever had brought her to the front porch. *
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Informal
Rude
Chaotic
Special
When the author describes Momma's store, she says, "Until we became familiar enough to belong to the Store and it to us, we were locked up in a Fun House of Things where the attendant had gone home for life." What does the sentence mean? *
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The children are frightened of various items in their grandmother's store.
Marguerite and Bailey are free to explore a place that is full of wonderful things.
Nobody is available to baby-sit the children after school, so they are locked into the store after hours.
The children will inherit the store after Momma dies.
The memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" reveals to the readers how the author's childhood perspective differs from her adult perspective. Which statement best describes the difference? *
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When she is younger, Marguerite is sometimes ashamed of Momma; as an adult, she is not.
As a child, Marguerite does not love her Momma, but she grows to appreciate her later in life.
When she gets older, Marguerite discovers that Momma is not related to her.
Marguerite comes to understand that Momma is a better person than Mrs. Flowers.
Which of the following describes a similarity between "Sympathy" and "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"? *
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Both are about white authors
Racism and segregation affect the texts
Marguerite gets older
There is a strong woman character in both