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What is the speaker’s main message to prisoners in “Some Advice to Those Who Will Serve Time in Prison”?What is the speaker’s main message to prisoners in “Some Advice to Those Who Will Serve Time in Prison”?
Do not give up hope.
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What is the speaker advising readers about in “Some Advice to Those Who Will Serve Time in Prison”?
how to survive a prison sentence
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What is “Caged Bird” mainly about?
freedom
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Why does “Caged Bird” begin with an entire stanza about the free bird?
to serve as a contrast with the caged bird
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What is the meaning of the word flurry?
commotion or excitement of activity
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Which of the following situations could best be used to illustrate the meaning of current?
The eagle catches the wind stream and glides toward the horizon.
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Read this line from “Caged Bird.” "But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream …" To what does the speaker most clearly refer with the phrase “the grave of dreams”?
dreams that are not realized but that die unfulfilled
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If a bird suddenly begins to trill, which of the following is the bird most likely doing?
singing
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Part A With which of the following statements would the speaker in “Some Advice to Those Who Will Serve Time in Prison” most likely agree?Part A With which of the following statements would the speaker in “Some Advice to Those Who Will Serve Time in Prison” most likely agree?
A prisoner should make every effort to live and to be as optimistic as possible.
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Part B Which line from the poem best supports the answer to Part A?
. . . always remember / to eat every last piece of bread— / also, don’t forget to laugh heartily.
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Read these lines from “Some Advice to Those Who Will Serve Time in Prison.” "To think of roses and gardens inside is bad, to think of seas and mountains is good." What does the speaker most likely mean by giving this advice?
Thinking of roses and gardens is bad because gardens are ordered spaces like a prison, whereas seas and mountains are wild and will remind the prisoner of freedom.
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Read these lines from “Some Advice to Those Who Will Serve Time in Prison,” and think about the meaning of the underlined words. "Part of you may live alone inside, like a stone at the bottom of a well. But the other part must be so caught up in the flurry of the world that you shiver there inside when outside, at forty days’ distance, a leaf moves." What do the underlined words mean?
A prisoner who lives alone in a small prison cell may feel cut off or disconnected from life outside, completely enclosed within his or her isolation.
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Part A According to the speaker in “Caged Bird,” what does the caged bird do because it cannot fly?
It sings
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Part B Which excerpt from “Caged Bird” supports the answer to Part A?
His tune is heard / on the distant hill / for the caged bird / sings of freedom.
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“Caged Bird” is an extended metaphor comparing the caged bird to African Americans experiencing segregation and racial discrimination. Which statements give the best explanation of the metaphor’s meaning? Choose two options.
Like the caged bird, African Americans cannot live free and natural lives., Like the caged bird, African Americans are confined by forces outside their control., Like the caged bird, Africans Americans can only long for freedoms they have never experienced.
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Read the following sentence. "Keisha served on the board of a major manufacturing company." Which of the following sentences uses the multiple-meaning word board in the same sense as the example?
The board voted to fund an expansion of our program.
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Which of the following excerpts from “Some Advice to Those Who Will Serve Time in Prison” contains figurative language?
Don’t say it’s no big thing: / it’s like the snapping of a green branch / to the man inside.
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Part A Read these lines from “Some Advice to Those Who Will Serve Time in Prison” and think about the underlined metaphor. "I mean, it’s not that you can’t pass ten or fifteen years inside and more— you can, as long as the jewel on the left side of your chest doesn’t lose its luster!" What does the metaphor compare?
a jewel and the heart
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Part B What does the metaphor mean?
You can survive ten or fifteen years in prison if your heart remains hopeful and cheerful.
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Which of the following sentences contains images that appeal to both taste and sound?
The crunch of the tart apple reminded me of how long it had been since I had eaten.
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Which of the reader’s senses does the following sentence appeal to?
touch
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Which of the following sentences contains the best example of imagery?
The icy streets glittered in the car’s headlights.
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One meaning of the word draft is “a first copy or early version of a composition.” Which sentence uses draft with this meaning?
Ana shared a draft of her story with Mr. Conner, who offered her suggestions for improvement.