Dylan Thomas and Maya Angelou were inspired to write based on similar backgrounds, life experiences, and upbringings.
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True

False

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Question 210 pts
Lyric poetry is characterized by its...
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rigid rules

focus on nature

first person point of view

extended metaphors

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Question 310 pts
Villanelle poems have how many lines?
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5

11

14

19

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Question 410 pts
Villanelle poems have a specific rhyme scheme.
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True

False

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Question 510 pts
Which line from Maya Angelou's poem "Still I Rise" is an example of a simile?
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"You may trod me in the very dirt" (line 3)

"Just like hopes springing high, Still I'll rise" (lines 11-12)

"You may shoot me with your words" (line 21)

"Up from a past that’s rooted in pain I rise" (lines 31-32)

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Question 610 pts
In Maya Angelou's poem "Still I Rise," the speaker's overall tone could be best described as...
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indecisive

sorrowful

elated

resolved

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Question 710 pts
In Maya Angelou's poem "Still I Rise," lines 21-23 say, "You may shoot me with your words,/You may cut me with your eyes,/You may kill me with your hatefulness."

What poetic/literary term is this an example of?

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figurative language

hyperbole

repetition

alliteration

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Question 810 pts
In Dylan Thomas's "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night," the speaker urges his father to "Rage, rage against the dying of the light." What does he actually mean by this?
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Let anger spur him to action when things aren't going his way.

Go crazy when the sun goes down.

Fight even when the odds are stacked against him.

It is impossible to know what the speaker means here.

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Question 910 pts
In Dylan Thomas's "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night," the speaker makes references to in each stanza.
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love

strength

conflict

nature

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Question 1010 pts
The speaker's tone in "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" could be best described as...
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distraught

solemn

insistent

vascillating