STILL I RISE/PHENOMENAL WOMAN/THE END AND THE BEGINNING/SHALL I COMPARE THEE TO A SUMMER'S DAY?

Question 1

What does Angelou compare her self to in Still I Rise?

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ocean

Question 2

"The sun of my smile" is an example of:

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METAPHOR

Question 3

"Pretty women wonder where" is an example of:

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ALLITERATION

Question 4

The poem "Phenomenal Woman" has a musical quality due to its frequent use of:

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REPETITION AND RHYME

Question 5

According to Shakespeare in Sonnet 18, all beauty must:

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fade

Question 6

"You may shoot me with your words" is an example of?

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personification

Question 7

The name of the poet who wrote "The end and the Beginning" is ....

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Wislawa Szymborka

Question 8

"The click of my heels" is an example of:

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ONOMATOPOEIA

Question 9

The poem is perhaps titled "The End and Beginning" not, "The Beggining and End" because

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people begin rebuilding after the end of a war

Question 10

Name the figurative device: By chance, or nature’s changing course, untrimmed;

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Alliteration

Question 11

What is "Out of the huts of history's shame" referring to?

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slavery

Question 12

What does the speaker mean when she says that she does not have to "talk real loud?"

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HER PRESENCE DEMANDS ATTENTION WITHOUT HER SAYING A WORD

Question 13

In lines 39-40, "make way for those who know little" means...

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future generations eventually forget atrocities

Question 14

What do the women in the poem "Phenomenal woman" think of the speaker?

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SHE IS BEAUTIFUL BUT IN AN UNCONVENTIONAL WAY THEY CANNOT UNDERSTAND

Question 15

Who is Maya referring to when she writes to "You my write me down in history..?"

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The oppressor

Question 16

The line "Just like the suns, moons, and tides" shows that Angelou...?

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Will not be stopped

Question 17

"Fall down on their knees" is an example of:

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HYPERBOLE

Question 18

Name the figurative language: But thy eternal summer shall not fade,

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Hyperbole

Question 19

What does the speaker mean by "inner mystery?"

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HER INNER BEAUTY

Question 20

"I rise, I rise, I rise" is an example of?

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repetition

Question 21

Name the figurative language: Nor shall death brag thou wand'rest in his shade,

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Personification

Question 22

Name the figurative language: And every fair from fair sometime declines,

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Alliteration

Question 23

"I walk like I've got oil wells pumping in my living room" means?

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She walks with Confidence

Question 24

What is the overall theme of "The End and the Beginning"?

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after war, people are left to clean up and people forget

Question 25

According to Shakespeare, the beloved cannot be compared to summer because:

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summer is too short and too extreme

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