"Caged Bird" by Maya Angelou

What does the free bird represent?

• White American Community

• African American Community

• Maya Angelou

• Immigrants

What does the free bird symbolize?

• slavery

• injustice

• freedom

• racial discrimination

What is personification?

• an object showing a quality of a human

• same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

• the use of the same word or phrase multiple times

• words that rhyme in the middle of the same line

Identify two examples of personification?

• "dares to claim the sky"

• "till the current ends"

• "and dips his wings"

• "in the orange sun rays"

What does the caged bird represent?

• Maya Angelou

• immigrants

• White American Community

• African American Community

What does the caged bird symbolize?

• restrictive movement

• freedom

• people are in jail

• happiness

What is alliteration?

• an object showing a quality of a human

• same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

• words that rhyme in the middle of the same line

• the use of the same word or phrase multiple times

Identify an example of alliteration.

• "can seldom see through"

• "his wings are clipped"

• "his feet are tied"

• "he opens his throat to sing"

Identify an example of personification.

• "can seldom see through"

• "his wings are clipped"

• "his feet are tied"

• "he opens his throat to sing"

Which lines of the poem show that the caged bird has never been free?

• "his wings are clipped / his feet are tied / so he opens his throat to sing" (lines 12-14)

• "his tune is heard / on the distant hill / for the caged bird / sings for freedom" (lines 19-22)

• "The caged bird sings / with a fearful trill / of things unknown / but longed for still (lines 31-34)