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Still I Rise--Maya Angelou

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Still I Rise

You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may tread me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise. Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom? 'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells Pumping in my living room. Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I'll rise. Did you want to see me broken? Bowed head and lowered eyes? Shoulders falling down like teardrops. Weakened by my soulful cries. Does my haughtiness offend you? Don't you take it awful hard 'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines Diggin' in my own back yard. You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I'll rise. Does my sexiness upset you? Does it come as a surprise That I dance like I've got diamonds At the meeting of my thighs? Out of the huts of history's shame I rise Up from a past that's rooted in pain I rise I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide, Welling and swelling I bear in the tide. Leaving behind nights of terror and fear I rise Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear I rise Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise.

Maya Angelou
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What is the poem mainly about?

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What is the Poet is implying when she says  "You may shoot me with your words,You may cut me with your eyes,You may kill me with your hatefulness,But still, like air, I'll rise."

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Why did she face discrimination?

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"Does my haughtiness offend you?  Don't you take it awful hard 'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines Diggin' in my own back yard." What word has the same meaning as haughtiness is used in this stanza?

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Why do you think the poet wrote this poem?

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Read the stanza from the poem. 'Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise. " Why does she repeat "I rise?"

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Who wrote this poem?

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Who wouldn't feel exasperated about this poem?

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"But still, like air, I'll rise," this line is an example of which type of figurative language?

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"Out of the huts of history's shame," this quote is which of the following?

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"I'm a black ocean," this quote is which type of figurative language?

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"Just like the moon and like suns...still I'll rise." What is this quote emphasizing?

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"Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom?" Based on the way beset is used, which is the best synonym?

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"You can cut me with your eyes," is an example of which type of figurative language?

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Even the title "Still I Rise," implies that the mood will most likely be which of the following?

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The poem "Still I Rise" has a tone that can best be described as which of the following?

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Which of the following lines from the poem "Still I Rise" is an example of irony?

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The overall conflict in the poem "Still I Rise," is which of the following?

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Which of the following quotes is an example of personification?

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Who is the speaker of the poem?