"President Lincoln’s Declaration of Emancipation, January 1, 1863"
by Frances E. W. Harper
1 It shall flash through coming ages,
2 It shall light the distant years;
3 And eyes now dim with sorrow
4 Shall be brighter through their tears.
5 It shall flush the mountain ranges,
6 And the valleys shall grow bright;
7 It shall bathe the hills in radiance,
8 And crown their brows with light.
9 It shall flood with golden splendor
10 All the huts of Caroline;
11 And the sun-kissed brow of labor
12 With lustre new shall shine.
13 It shall gild the gloomy prison,
14 Darkened by the nation's crime,
15 Where the dumb and patient millions
16 Wait the better-coming time.
17 By the light that gilds their prison
18 They shall see its mouldering key;
19 And the bolts and bars shall vibrate
20 With the triumphs of the free.
21 Though the morning seemed to linger
22 O'er the hill-tops far away,
23 Now the shadows bear the promise
24 Of the quickly coming day.
25 Soon the mists and murky shadows
26 Shall be fringed with crimson light,
27 And the glorious dawn of freedom
28 Break refulgent on the sight.
1. In the first stanza, which lines rhyme? (1 point)
lines 9 and 10
lines 10 and 11
lines 10 and 12***
lines 9 and 12
2. An example of literal description in the poem is (1 point)
the sun brightening valleys.
an audience being moved by a speech.
the words of the president being relevant for a long time.
shadows falling over the land.***
1.c lines 10 and 12
2.b light eliminating shadows
3.a the way the Emancipation Proclamation made life better for Americans for years, just like light being cast on a dark
land
4.a It will make mountains and valleys bright. The hills will have light shining over their tops
5.c murky
6.essay
7.d expressing unhappiness
8.b restatement
9.d line 31
10.b The river becomes calmer at this point.
11.c line 16
12.d The river is moving quickly and becomes rough.
13.a The river gets faster and faster as it flows from the shallow parts. It is like a wildcat roaring past rocks. The river
looks like it is clawing at the banks. It gets foamy where it becomes calmer in deep pools.
14.b hearing
15.a charge
16.a My favorite coach is he.
17.a With all the rain, the zoo has been empty.
18.b Maybe Martha will loan me something.
19.b Tom and Jody throw a great party
If i were you make sure your answers are the same if they aren't i would avoid using my answers
1. B lines 2 and 4
2. B light eliminating from shadows
3. D it uses comparison with sunlight...
4. A it will make mountains and valleys bright...
5. A gloomy
6. (Evidence from the 3rd and 4th stanzas) To gild something is to coat it with gold. Gild means to "cover thinly" with gold as in barely gold. Light shining on something has nothing to with gold leaf or gold plate, but it Makes it shine LIKE gold. The connotation differs from the denotation because it contributes to a warm hopeful tone. The use of imagery is basically the author using very descriptive words to emphasize their work.(Third stanza 9-10) "It shall flood with golden splendor/ All the huts of Coraline..." is imagery because it describes the scene in vivid detail. The phrase "golden splendor" rouses am excited tone.
7. D expressing unhappiness
8. B restatement
9. D line 31
10. B The river becomes calmer at this point.
11. C line 16
12. D The river is moving quickly and becomes rough.
13. A The river gets faster...
14. B hearing
15. A charge
16. A the rain looked shiny under the streetlight.
17. B The winners of the contest are they.
18. A My Sister Sarah loves to cook.
19. C Even my cousin Steve feels sad today.
Theses are my answers. The multi choice ones should be correct as of March 3 2020 unless my answers aren't on your test.
The written response is what i put in on my test, so therefore i am not responsible if you have a very strict teacher that only gives you 2 points cuz she wanted you to "elaborate more". This answer has answered hopefully all parts of the test. If you wanted to, you can expand further on my answer.
I got an 18/18 on it Yay. lets just say I am glad I didn't use anyone else's answers.
So here they are in word form. I don't have the answer to number 6 because my teacher needs to grade it but you can use my answers to check your please.
1. Which lines in the second stanza of the poem rhyme
Answer: Lines 6 and 8
2. Which is an example of somthing described literally in the poem?
Answer: Light eliminating shadows.
3. How is the poem an analogy?
Answer: It reveals the way the Emancipation Proclamation improved Americans' lives for years just like the way the sun casts light on the dark Earth.
4.Which is the best paraphrase of the fifth stanza?
Answer: The light that brightens the prison will reveal the decaying key. Peoples cries of freedom will be so strong they will shake the jail.
5. Which of the following words from the poem has a negative connotation?
Answer: Gloomy
6. Written Response
Answer: Can't help yet.
7. From the context, what do you conclude is the probable meaning of repining in the poem?
Answer: Expressing unhappiness
8. Which type of context clue helps you understand the meaning of the word repining
Answer: Restatement
9. Which line in the poem contains a simile?
Answer: Line 31
10. What meaning can you conclude from the figurative language you identified in the previous question?
Answer: The river becomes calmer at this point.
11. Which line in the poem contains a metaphor?
Answer: Line 16
12. What can you conclude from the figurative language you identifies in the previous question?
Answer: The river is moving quickly and becomes rough.
13. What is the best paraphrase of the first stanza?
Answer: I sit on the bank at a special part of the river and feel the breeze in my hair. I watch the water. It is peaceful. The river is deep enough that I can finish and quiet enough for me to think. Its a perfect place for me to think about how I fit in the world.
14. To which sense does the imagery in line 13 appeal?
Answer: Sight
15. Which word had both of the following meanings? a sign or evidence of some past thing to follow the path or line of somthing
Answer: Trace
16. Which of the following sentences uses a predicate noun?
Answer: The rain looked shiny under the streetlight.
17. Which of the following sentences uses a predicate noun?
Answer: Jessica is the owner of the pink bike.
18. Which of the following sentences contains a pronoun in the possessive case?
Answer: My sister Sarah loves to cook.
19. Which sentence has proper subject-verb agreement?
Answer: Tom and Jody throw a great party.
And done here are my questions and my answers for my unit test for part one. Have a good day/night and I am going to do part 2 now but I will not be posting it so you dont get plagiarized. :D Bai!!
Does anyone have these answers to this assignment?
And as a reminder this is for
Unit 2; Lesson 19: Voices in Verse Unit Test (Part One)