How do we know which season the poet describes? A. The season is spring‚ seen in the springing grass‚ first bird‚ first bud. Note the simile here‚ which helps us picture the pastoral scene which the bird so desperately wishes to join. What figure of speech describes the flower? A. The poet refers to the fragrance of a flower as it opens. He uses a metaphor to compare the flower to a goblet. What type of figurative language is used here? A. The poet uses personification‚ “cruel bars‚” attributing
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Bianca Hutuleac Mrs. Mcray AP Language December 8‚ 2014 “I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read” Analysis In “I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read‚” Francine Prose argued that high school students are beginning to hate reading even more than before because they aren’t taught correctly how to understand more complicated texts. She blames the education system for requiring students to read “middlebrow entertainments.” Francine Prose gives many examples that go to support her argument‚
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In the book I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings‚ by Maya Angelou‚ there are several women who play very important roles in Marguerite Johnson’s life and development. Marguerite had three women in her life that educated and provided her with useful skills‚ information‚ security‚ religion and love. Momma‚ Mrs. Flowers‚ and Ma’ Dear are mother figures in Marguerite’s life who provide her with the necessities and strength to help her through life‚ Momma taught Marguerite about religion and cleanliness and
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One common technique used numerous times throughout the essay I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read is the rhetorical question‚ a strategy that uses questions with implied answers that the reader must determine by an author’s purpose and tone. When Prose uses rhetorical questions‚ she writes them after suggesting the solutions earlier in the essay‚ using the questions as a sort of conclusion. After an analysis that books such as Huckleberry Finn are only being studied in school for their racist
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The song that I chose is Caged Bird by Alicia Keys. Alicia Keys is singing about how she feels in reference to a caged bird. The purpose of this song is to express her feelings as a person who feels that they are caged with out a key. This song is a lyric poem because; it expresses an emotion and conveys an idea of how she feels inside. When you listen to this song it seems to put you in a sympathetic mood. I think that this song portrays Keys and her record label and how she feels towards her fans
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A child would have never read Maya Angelou’s "I Know Why The Cage Bird Sings" because their school banned it for being too "sexually explicit"‚ yet students learn the gruesome ways king Henry the VII killed his wives- divorced‚ beheaded‚ died‚ divorce‚ beheaded‚ survived. Society’s lack of understanding rape culture properly demonstrates knowledge versus ignorance. Schools tread lightly on the topic of rape. Every 107 seconds‚ an American is sexually assaulted- 44% of victims under 18. Victims
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“I’m always sorry that people ban my books. Many times I’ve been called the most banned‚” Maya Angelou‚ the author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings lamented. Her books are frequently “challenged” in school libraries across the nation. What makes a banned book? In 1982‚ the supreme court made a ruling declaring the banning of books for their questionable content to be unconstitutional. This ruling was called the Island Trees Board of Education v. Pico. The board demanded the right to remove any
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Akeria Harrold Ms. Wade English III March 26‚ 2012 3rd Period Epilepsy and Change Epilepsy‚ a neurological condition that affects the nervous system is also know as a seizure disorder. When someone has had two unexpected seizures that were not caused by any known medical condition‚ then it is usually diagnosed as epilepsy. The seizures in epilepsy may be related to a brain injury or a family tendency‚ but most of the time the cause is unknown. The word "epilepsy" does not indicate anything
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in the lives of the various narrators Select a figure from each of the four memoirs and write one sentence answering the question for each memoir. Answer (15 points) ScoreAll of the memoirs in this unit are told from the first-person point of view. Why is it important that they are told in the first person How would they be different if they were told from a different point of view Imagine one of the memoirs you read told from a different point of view‚ and use that example to explain both the benefits
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Caged Bird Analysis We see couple of themes in this extract‚ the most important ones are the Racism and Maya’s insecurity‚ as we see it in this extract it is also comes throughout the book itself‚ it is the main themes the book is based on. The opening of the racism theme is on the line 13‚ Colored Methodist Episcopal Church‚ it represent that the society was strictly divided in racial groups and also shows that the religion is a quite an important factor in the live of our main character‚
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