Rhetorical Devices
"Deserts her hair" is an example of what rhetorical device?
What is a metaphor?
"Remember her pain remember her losses" is an example of what literary device?
What is repetition/anaphora?
The Nile River is the longest river in Africa.
What is true?
What does "lain" mean from the line "Thus she had lain"?
What is to lay back in a resting position?
What tone does the line "Bled her with guns" convey?
What is solemn?
"Sold her strong sons" is an example of what rhetorical device?
What is alliteration?
"she has lain" is an example of repetition in the poem. How many times is it repeated?
What is four?
Angelou uses more logos than pathos in this poem.
What is false?
What does "rime" mean in the line "Rime white and cold"?
What is frost formed by the rapid freezing of water?
What tone does the line "Now she is rising" convey?
What is optimistic?
What is the other example of alliteration in the text?
What is "remember her riches"?
What literary device is used in the line "Took her young daughter sold her strong sons"?
What is pathos?
Angelou lived in Africa for three years.
What is true?
What does "brigands" mean in the line "Brigands ungentle"?
What are Europeans who enslaved the African people?
What tone does the line "Her screams loud and vain" convey?
What is morose?