1. Read the passage from "The Caged Bird."

A free bird leaps

on the back of the wind

and floats downstream

till the current ends

and dips his wing

in the orange sun rays

and dares to claim the sky

2. Read the passage from "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings."

On that first day, I ran down the hill and into the road (few cars ever came along it) and had the good sense to stop running before I reached the Store.

Which phrases representing the idea of freedom connect the poem to the autobiography?

A. "Leaps on the back of the wind" connects to "ran down the hill."

B. "And floats downstream" connects to "and into the road."

C. "Dips his wing in the orange sun" connects to "the good sense."

D. "And dares to claim the sky" connects to "to stop running."

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Micaela Cortez

English

30 April, 07:50

1. Read the passage from "The Caged Bird."

A free bird leaps

on the back of the wind

and floats downstream

till the current ends

and dips his wing

in the orange sun rays

and dares to claim the sky

2. Read the passage from "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings."

On that first day, I ran down the hill and into the road (few cars ever came along it) and had the good sense to stop running before I reached the Store.

Which phrases representing the idea of freedom connect the poem to the autobiography?

A. "Leaps on the back of the wind" connects to "ran down the hill."

B. "And floats downstream" connects to "and into the road."

C. "Dips his wing in the orange sun" connects to "the good sense."

D. "And dares to claim the sky" connects to "to stop running."

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Anaya Mendoza · Answer 1

The best illustration of language that connects the idea of freedom within these works is the pair of phrases provided as option A. This references "Leaps on the back of the wind" and "ran down the hill." The verbs used here, leaping and running, indicated the idea of something that cannot be constrained and instead moves with great speed and freedom.