Four Skinny Trees vs. The Rose

(a)   is the author of "The Rose that Grew from Concrete."

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Who is the author of "Four Skinny Trees?"

• Gary Soto

• Sandra Cisneros

• Luis Rodriguez

• None of the above

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What were the important symbols of Tupac's poem?

• the four skinny trees

• the house on Mango Street

• the rose and the concrete

• All of the above

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Both Tupac and the speaker in "Four Skinny Trees" compare themselves to something, creating a...

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• All of the above

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In "Four Skinny Trees" and "The Rose that Grew from Concrete," the authors give the plants toes and feet, which is an example of...

• a simile

• hyperbole

• personification

• none of the above

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Some themes that connect "Four Skinny Trees" and "The Rose that Grew from Concrete" would be...

• hope

• perserverance

• resilience

• All of the above

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"Funny it seems, but by keeping its dreams,

It learned to breathe fresh air. "

• "The Rose that Grew from Concrete" by Tupac

• "Four Skinny Trees" by Sandra Cisneros

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"Their strength is secret. They send ferocious roots beneath the ground. They grow up and they grow down..."

• "The Rose that Grew from Concrete" by Tupac

• "Four Skinny Trees" by Sandra Cisneros

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"When I am too sad and too skinny to keep keeping, when I am a tiny thing against so many bricks, then it is I look at trees."

• "The Rose that Grew from Concrete" by Tupac

• "Four Skinny Trees" by Sandra Cisneros

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"Proving nature's law is wrong it

Learned to walk without having feet."

• "The Rose that Grew from Concrete" by Tupac

• "Four Skinny Trees" by Sandra Cisneros

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