In Paul Lawrence Dunbar's poem, "Sympathy", what does the caged bird most want?

To get a message to Heaven

To be free

To remember what life was like before being caged

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b. To be free

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In Paul Lawrence Dunbar’s poem, “Sympathy”, what does the caged bird most want?

A. To get a message to Heaven.

B. To be free.~~~

C. To remember what life was like before being caged.

2. Which of the following lines from Paul Lawrence Dunbar’s “Sympathy” is an example of imagery using a simile?

A. “When the sun is bright on the upland slopes”

B. “And the faint perfume from its chalice steals”

C. “And the river flows like a stream of glass”

3. What is the significance of the kitchen setting in Langston’s Hughes’ poem “I,Too”?

A. The represents images of deep racial injustice.

B. Hughes wanted to express the importance of family tradition.

C. The kitchen is a symbol of hope during a difficult time in American society.

4. What is the significance of the first and last lines in Langston Hughes’ poem “I, Too”?

A. The speaker feels inferior to other Americans, so he “sings” to feel equal.

B. The confident speaker realizes that he is as important a part of American as anyone else.

C. The speaker is expressing his belief that he will never be accepted into his community.

5. In Arna Bontempts “A Black Man Talks of Reaping”, the speaker’s description of sowing seeds is for how African Americans worked hard for white people but did not reap the benefits.

A. metaphor

B. personification

C. oxymoron

Explanation:

motion can be transfered from one object to another by having an objetct in motion push or hit it