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“Still I Rise” By Maya Angelou

Questions • This slide should explore HOW the poem uses questions to create a theme and WHY Angelou uses questions • It should do this by utilizing integrated quotes and analysis with key words!

Similes • This slide should explore HOW the poem uses similes to create a theme and WHY Angelou uses similes • It should do this by utilizing integrated quotes and analysis with key words!

Anaphora • Anaphora: repeated words at the beginning of a line • This slide should explore HOW the poem uses anaphora to create a theme and WHY Angelou uses anaphora • It should do this by utilizing integrated quotes and analysis with key words!

Theme • This slide should explain the overall theme of the poem

Connections to The Crucible • This slide should explore similarities between “Still I Rise” and The Crucible • There should be a specific example from each text to help me understand!

Example: Metaphors • Maya Angelou says, “You may trod me in the very dirt/But still, like dust, I'll rise” (3 -4). By lowering herself to the “dirt” and the “dust, ” Angelou shows how badly she has been treated by others. However, just like “dust” swirls up all over the earth, she will “rise” again over the people who have tried to bring her down.