"Dreams" and "Freedom" by Langston Hughes
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"Dreams" and "Freedom"
by Langston Hughes
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Multiple Choice
What is the theme of a poem?
How the poem makes the reader feel
The topic that the poem is about
The message or the lesson of the poem
The author's attitude towards the subject matter
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Multiple Choice
A theme is written as:
One word
A complete sentence
A question
A few words
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Freedom
Freedom will not come
Today, this year
Nor ever
Through compromise and fear.
I have as much right
As the other fellow has
To stand
On my two feet
And own the land.
I tire so of hearing people say,
Let things take their course.
Tomorrow is another day.
I do not need my freedom when I’m dead.
I cannot live on tomorrow’s bread.
Freedom
Is a strong seed
Planted
In a great need.
I live here, too.
I want my freedom
Just as you.
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Multiple Choice
What is the meaning of the first stanza?
"Freedom will not come
Today, this year
Nor ever
Through compromise and fear."
Freedom will never come. It's impossible.
Freedom can't be earned by sitting back in fear.
Freedom is possible, but it is scary.
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Multiple Choice
What type of figurative language is in this line?
"Freedom
Is a strong seed
Planted
In a great need."
Metaphor
Idiom
Simile
Hyperbole
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Multiple Choice
Which best describes the theme of the poem?
Freedom.
People are in need of freedom.
Freedom is important and must be fought for, before it is too late.
Freedom will not come this year or ever.
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Dreams
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
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Multiple Choice
Which best describes the theme of this poem?
Follow your dreams, because they make life worth living.
The author is having nightmares.
Hold on to your dreams before it starts to snow.
If you don't have dreams, you will die.
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Multiple Choice
"Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly."
"Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow."
These are both examples of:
Simile
Personification
Idiom
Metaphor
"Dreams" and "Freedom"
by Langston Hughes
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