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Single poet study: Maya Angelou

Starter quiz

  • In Maya Angelou's 'Equality', which words develop the idea that the speaker is accusing her oppressors of wrong doing? ('Single poet study: Maya Angelou')
    • "you"  ✓
    • "I"
    • "free"
    • "equality"
    • "confess"  ✓
  • Which of these words are synonyms for 'literal'? ('Single poet study: Maya Angelou')
    • metaphorical
    • factual  ✓
    • true  ✓
    • mythological
    • argument
  • Which of these words are antonyms for 'literal'? ('Single poet study: Maya Angelou')
    • word-for-word
    • accurate
    • metaphorical  ✓
    • figurative  ✓
    • disliteral
  • Match each Maya Angelou poem to the date they were first published ('Single poet study: Maya Angelou').
    • 'Phenomenal Woman' and 'Still I Rise'
      ⇔
      1978 ✓
    • 'Caged Bird'
      ⇔
      1983 ✓
    • 'Equality'
      ⇔
      1990 ✓
    • 'Life Doesn't Frighten Me'
      ⇔
      1993 ✓
  • Match each stanza from Maya Angelou's 'Equality' to its focus ('Single poet study: Maya Angelou').
    • Stanza 1
      ⇔
      speaker accuses her oppressors of not hearing or seeing her properly ✓
    • Stanza 2, 5, 8
      ⇔
      refrain ✓
    • Stanza 3
      ⇔
      the speaker describes herself as a "shadow" in society’s eyes ✓
    • Stanza 4
      ⇔
      speaker references enslavement but says she is looking to the future ✓
    • Stanza 6
      ⇔
      speaker commands her oppressors to "admit" to their wrong doing ✓
    • Stanza 7
      ⇔
      speaker commands her oppressors to "hear" her demands ✓
  • Match each stanza from Maya Angelou's 'Phenomenal Woman' to its focus ('Single poet study: Maya Angelou').
    • Stanza 1
      ⇔
      speaker explains that women don't believe her confidence in her body ✓
    • Stanza 2
      ⇔
      speaker describes how people react when she walks into a room ✓
    • Stanza 3
      ⇔
      refrain ✓
    • Stanza 4
      ⇔
      speaker reveals men don't understand why they are so attracted to her ✓
    • Stanza 5
      ⇔
      speaker explains that she is "proud" of herself, and we should be too ✓
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