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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is not described as "this place" according to the repeating phrase in the poem, "There's a poem in this place..."
... in the footfalls in the halls.
... the lined face of this noble building.
... in Boston's Copley Square
... in the North Pole
- 2. Multiple Choice
What can your infer from the text "It is here, at the curtain of the day, where America writes a lyric you must whisper to say?"
It is dangerous to speak loudly.
At the beginning of the day, all Americans have an important story to tell; even if it has to be very quiet.
It is fun to watch the curtains open at a play.
If you are too loud in the morning you can get in trouble.
- 3. Multiple Choice
What type of figurative language is Amanda Gorman using in this line of her poem?
"There’s a poem in Boston’s Copley Square where protest chants tear through the air like sheets of rain..."
simile
metaphor
alliteration
description
- 4. Multiple Choice
What is the BEST synonym for the word "yawning" in the line,
"There’s a poem in Los Angeles
yawning wide as the Pacific tide
where a single mother swelters
in a windowless classroom..."
tired
stretching
running
exhausted
- 5. Multiple Choice
Why do you think Amanda Gorman chose to compare hope to a stubborn ship in the following simile?
"She knows hope is like a stubborn
ship gripping a dock..."
Storms are dangerous.
Having hope is as important as tying a ship tightly to a dock.
Ships are stubborn.
Having hope is dangerous.
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