"The New Colossus"

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English

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8th Grade

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RL.8.10, RI.7.7, RL.8.4

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Jennifer Kramm

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"The New Colossus"

Multiple Choice

What is “the brazen giant of Greek fame with conquering limbs astride from land to land”?

The Statue of Liberty

Power

Immigrants

The Colossus of Rhodes statue

The poem says the Statue of Liberty is NOT like the brazen giant of Greek fame.

She is contrasting the two statues in this poem.

Multiple Choice

Where are "our sea-washed, sunset gates"?

Greece

New York

heaven

Eastern Europe

The Statue of Liberty is in New York, in the harbor.

The "twin cities" are Brooklyn and New York City.

Multiple Choice

Who is the “mighty woman with a torch, whose flame is the imprisoned lightning,” whose name is “Mother of Exiles”?

freedom

The Colossus of Rhodes

The Statue of Liberty

America

Multiple Choice

True or False: The Statue of Liberty only welcomes highly-talented immigrants who will be valuable citizens of America.

True

False

Give me your...

tired
poor
huddled masses (lots of people at once)
wretched refuse
homeless
tempest-tost

Multiple Choice

What "lamp" is the Mother of Exiles lifting?

a lighthouse

her crown

America

a torch

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of alliteration from the poem?

"world-wide welcome"

"silent lips"

"beacon-hand"

"storied pomp"

Open Ended

Find another example of alliteration in the poem!

Type response here

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a metaphor from the poem?

"conquering limbs astride from land to land"

"the brazen giant of Greek fame"

"whose flame is the imprisoned lightning"

"the air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame"

Multiple Choice

The Statue of Liberty is given a name ("Mother of Exiles"), a personality, and lines to speak. What literary term best describes this device?

metaphor

personification

simile

metaphor

Open Ended

How does this poem relate to Emma Lazarus’s life and background?

Type response here

Open Ended

This poem is inscribed on the Statue of Liberty. Do you think it should be? Why or why not?

Type response here

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