Freedom & Rights
The Declaration of Independence says all men are created what?
Equal
Finish the line: “I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will join hands with little white boys and girls as ___.”
Sisters and brothers
“We hold these truths to be self-evident” is an example of what device when followed by multiple clauses that begin the same way?
Parallelism
In Caged Bird, what object represents confinement?
The cage
Jefferson’s main purpose in the Declaration was to formally do what?
Declare independence/break from Britain
In Caged Bird, the “free bird” can claim “the sky” as its what?
own
The “caged bird” sings with a “fearful trill of things unknown but longed for still,” symbolizing what?
Longing for freedom/hope
In I Have a Dream, which repeated phrase introduces King’s vision statements?
I have a dream
“The hill” in Gorman’s poem represents what larger idea?
struggle toward justice/progress
King’s primary goal at the March on Washington was to call for what?
Civil and economic rights
Martin Luther King Jr. describes the Emancipation Proclamation as a “light of hope” to millions who had been what?
Enslaved/in chains
“We’ve braved the belly of the beast” in Gorman’s poem suggests what about America’s past?
Surviving great challenges
Gorman’s recurring line “We will…” in The Hill We Climb serves what purpose?
Creates rhythm, unity, forward momentum
“Check” or “promissory note” in I Have a Dream stands for what?
unfulfilled promises of equality
Angelou’s purpose in contrasting the free and caged bird was to highlight what?
Amanda Gorman compares America’s struggle toward justice to what kind of journey?
Climbing a hill
Jefferson writes that when a government becomes destructive of rights, the people may do what?
Alter or abolish it
Angelou repeats the word “sing” throughout Caged Bird. What effect does this repetition create?
Longing, persistence, unbroken spirit
In the Declaration, “chains of tyranny” is an example of what literary device?
metaphor (or imagery)
Amanda Gorman’s speech sought to unite Americans after what recent national event?
January 6 unrest & national division
Jefferson lists “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” as what kind of rights?
Unalienable rights
“The fierce urgency of now” urges listeners to avoid which danger according to King?
Complacency/"tranquilizing drug of gradualism"
Identify a line of parallel structure in the Declaration that lists grievances against the King. Why does Jefferson use this device?
Any example like "He has refused... He has forbidden... He has called." - emphasizes repeated wrongs to justify independence
The “daybreak” imagery in both King’s and Gorman’s works signals what?
New beginning/hope
Across all four works, what is one shared call to action for readers or listeners?
Work toward justice, equality, unity