Read this excerpt from chapter 1 of i know why the caged bird sings by maya angelou and answer the question. when i was three and bailey four, we had arrived in the musty little town, wearing tags on our wrists which instructed – ‘to whom it may concern’ – that we were marguerite and bailey johnson jr. … negro passengers, who always traveled with loaded lunch boxes, felt sorry for ‘the poor little motherless darlings’ and plied us with cold fried chicken and potato salad. in the above excerpt, angelou uses her diction to portray the children as a simile for luggage a metaphor for luggage an exaggeration of the facts an allusion to the runaway train

Read the sentence.what is the verb tense and aspect? susan will be working as a camp counselor this summer.oofuture progressivefuture perfectsimple futurepresent progressiveo

What is dialogue? a. conversations that takes place between characters b. directions left by the playwright on a script c. instructions that indicate actors' stage positions d. the props that represent a play's physical location

“tell me o swan, your ancient tale” by kabir “the swan” by rilke “spanish dancer” by rilke “your laughter” by pablo neruda “birthplace” by shaffarzadeh “it’s this way” by nazim hikmet “counting small-boned bodies” by robert bly choose two poems that you would like to write about. analyze each poem. study the perspective, or point of view, of the speaker in each of the two poems that you select for this assignment. consider these questions: who is the speaker in each of these poems? what is the speaker’s tone? is there a conflict? is there a message? what does each of the poems have in common? what is different about each of the poems? which literary devices are used in the poems? are these literary devices found in both of the poems? what does the speaker hope to achieve in each of the poems? how are these achievements/goals been met? directions: using the two poems of your choosing, write a clear, concise, two hundred and fifty word essay that compares and contrasts the two poems. make sure you include at least two of the following to support your thesis: tone, point of view, literary devices, and meter.