My People Comprehension

Who is the poem " For my People " written for?

• It is written about All Immigrants

• It is written about African Americans

• It is written about all Hispanics

• It is written about all American citizens

What feelings does the speaker express at the end of "For my People"?

• The speaker expresses relief and joy

• The speaker expresses anger and hate

• The speaker expresses hope and future

• The speaker expresses love and forgiveness

In the poem "Incident" what is the speaker remembering?

• Neighbors gathering to experience Christmas Eve

• A very bad dream they once had

• the KKK burning a cross on a lawn

• a hurricane striking the neighborhood

IN "the poem "Incident" what did the speakers family do when the men dressed in white came? Choose TWO options

• They watched from behind drawn shades

• They called the police to come

• They went to a neighbors house

• They ignored the men on the lawn

• They darkened their rooms and lit lamps

Why did Margaret Walker most likely write the poem" For my People"?

• She wrote the poem to celebrate the complex lives of African Americans

• She wrote the poem to justify joy in the lives of African Americans

• She wrote the poem to mourn tragic live of African Americans

• She wrote the poem to explain blues and other African American Songs

What is the primary emotion described in "Incident" ?

• Joy

• Fear

• Curiosity

• nostalgia

What is the most important effect for the repetition and lists for Walkers poem "For my People" ?

• They show they anger in peoples lives

• It creates the impression of joy and life in people's lives.

• They make the experience of the people seem universal and varied

• It helps emphasize hopelessness and despair

How can you tell "For my people" is a lyric poem?

• It includes repetition as a structural element

• It uses a series of nine stanzas

• It expresses the personal feelings and thoughts of the speaker

• It uses a conversational rhythm

From the poem "Incident" what are the characteristics of pantoum?

• vivid sensory images

• rhyme and rhythm

• strong emotions

• repetition of lines from stanza to stanza creating ancient form

The poem "For my People" has two distinct parts. A tone in the first 9 stanzas and last. What is the speakers tone and attitude in the first 9 stanzas?

• admiration

• Hopeful

• nostalgia

• humor