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Where was this poem first performed?
At the inauguration ceremony of President Donald Trump in Washington DC
At the inauguration ceremony of President Barack Obama in Washington DC
At the inauguration ceremony of President Joe Biden in Washington DC
At the inauguration ceremony of Vice President Kamala Harris in Washington DC
Which record did Amanda Gorman break?
The first African American to read a poem at a presidential inauguration
The first woman to read a poem at a presidential inauguration
The first person to read a poem at a presidential inauguration
The youngest person to read a poem at a presidential inauguration
What poetic technique can we see in this line from the poem: "We’ve braved the belly of the beast."?
Alliteration
Onomatopia
Rhyme
Sibilance
Who does she describe as "a skinny Black girl descended from slaves and raised by a single mother"?
Herself
Kamala Harris
Beyonce
Michelle Obama
Which pronoun does Gorman use in the title of the poem and in many of the lines?
I
You
We
They
What poetic technique can you see in these lines:
"That even as we grieved, we grew.
That even as we hurt, we hoped.
That even as we tired, we tried." ?
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Repetition
Rhyme
The hill in the title of the poem might represent problems or difficulties that people have to overcome such as racism or the coronavirus.
What do we call this technique where one thing means something else?
Simile
Symbol
Personification
Onomatopoeia
What can you see and hear at the end of these three lines:
We will not march back to what was, but move to what shall be:
A country that is bruised but whole, benevolent but bold, fierce and free.
We will not be turned around or interrupted by intimidation because we
Onomatopoeia
Metaphors
Similes
Rhymes
"A country that is bruised but whole, benevolent but bold, fierce and free." What country do you think she means here?
China
The UK
The USA
South Africa
What do we call the play on words used in this line: "what "just is" isn't always justice"?
Imagery
Diction
A pun
A simile
"We will not be turned around or interrupted by intimidation because we know our inaction and inertia will be the inheritance of the next generation." Which word here means laziness or a tendency to do nothing?
interrupted
inertia
inheritance
generation
What two meanings might 'arms' have in this line:
"We lay down our arms so we can reach out our arms to one another?"
Weapons and body parts
Kindness and Cruelty
Literal and metaphorical
Sadness and happiness
What poetic technique is used in this line: "History has its eyes on us"?
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
Onomatopoeia
References to "light" are usually . . .
negative
positive
neutral
References to "shade" or "dark" are usually . . .
negative
positive
neutral
The historical document that is referenced in the following quote: "we aren't striving to form a union that is perfect."
Genesis
Common Sense
The Constitution
Declaration of Indepedence
What literary device is used:
"To compose a country committed to all cultures, colors, characters and conditions of man"
alliteration
simile
personification
anecdote
Which president is repeatedly alluded to? He is the president who used the story of the fig tree over 50 times in his own writing.
Clinton
Pence
Jefferson
Washington
"History has its eyes on us" is an example of
rhyme
personification
hyperbole
metaphor
According to Mitch, the poet in the analysis video, the story that "braved the belly of the beast" probably refers to is from . . .
The Bible
The Constitution
The Pledge of Allegiance
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
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