Knoxville, Tennessee by Nikki Giovanni

Question 1

Which of the following provides the best use of imagery?

Accepted Answer

The leaves scurried around the ground like a mini tornado.

Question 2

How does the author build the setting for the reader?

Accepted Answer

She names specific places and events occurring.

Question 3

“you can eat fresh corn/ from daddy’s garden” what's the function of the prepositional phrase?

Accepted Answer

The function is "space"; it tells where she gets corn.

Question 4

Which of the following are metaphors?

Accepted Answer

Mary's eyes were fireflies., The alligator's teeth are white daggers., The ballerina was a swan, gliding across the stage., The classroom was a zoo.

Question 5

Which of the following are examples of personification?

Accepted Answer

The moon tricked the sun into doing something terrible., The dandelion danced in the wind.

Question 6

I hope you know I care about you. Will you choose to study tonight because you care about you?

Accepted Answer

Yes, I will study.

Question 7

What is the rhyme scheme (pattern of rhyme) of the poem?

Accepted Answer

Free Verse; no particular rhyme

Question 8

Which of the following are similes?

Accepted Answer

A bird outside my window had a voice like an angel singing., Ghost ran the track like a lightening bolt.

Question 9

How does Nikki Giovanni establish perspective in Knoxville, Tennessee?

Accepted Answer

She uses personal pronouns and shares first hand experience.

Question 10

What is the purpose of lines 9-11?

Accepted Answer

To share the speaker's joy about food and her surroundings., To help establish the poem's relaxing and reminiscent tones.

Question 11

Which is an example of hyperbole?

Accepted Answer

Elephants weight like 4 million pounds., My mom made me clean my room for 100 hours!

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