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"Still I Rise" Worksheet Key
40 points
Name: Maggie Palumbo
Instructions: Complete the worksheet after reading Maya Angelou's poem "Still I Rise."
1. List 3 similes from the poem:
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
Shoulders falling down like teardrops
But still, like air, I'll rise
2. List 2 metaphors from the poem:
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide
Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
3. Who is the "you" the speaker addresses in this poem?
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