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THIS IS NOT A SMALL VOICE by Sonia Sanchez

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  • Q1
    Context: Sonia Sanchez is an award-winning poet who has authored over a dozen books of poetry, as well as short stories, essays, plays, and children books. In this poem, a speaker asserts the strength and love of a collective set of people. Our reading focus will be the imagery that the author uses to describe voice and love. What is our reading focus?
    identify the author's use of metaphors
    identify the author's use of narrative point of view
    identify the author's use of similes
    identify the author's use of imagery
    300s
  • Q2
    Context: Sonia Sanchez is an award-winning poet who has authored over a dozen books of poetry, as well as short stories, essays, plays, and children books. In this poem, a speaker asserts the strength and love of a collective set of people. Our reading focus will be the imagery that the author uses to describe voice and love. What is imagery?
    using sensory details to paint a picture in the reader's mind
    giving human characteristics to nonhuman things
    comparing two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as".
    comparing two unlike things using the words "like" or "as".
    300s
  • Q3
    Context: Sonia Sanchez is an award-winning poet who has authored over a dozen books of poetry, as well as short stories, essays, plays, and children books. In this poem, a speaker asserts the strength and love of a collective set of people. Our reading focus will be the imagery that the author uses to describe voice and love. Which of the following is an example of imagery?
    Her costume felt smooth and soft against Amber's arms and shoulders.
    He is an angel.
    The rock screamed with fury.
    She was as happy as a clam
    300s
  • Q4
    Context: Sonia Sanchez is an award-winning poet who has authored over a dozen books of poetry, as well as short stories, essays, plays, and children books. In this poem, a speaker asserts the strength and love of a collective set of people. Our reading focus will be the imagery that the author uses to describe voice and love. This is not a small voice you hear this is a large voice coming out of these cities. This is the voice of LaTanya. Kadesha. Shaniqua. This is the voice of Antoine. Darryl. Shaquille. Running over waters navigating the hallways of our schools spilling out on the corners of our cities and no epitaphs spill out of their river mouths. This is not a small love you hear this is a large love, a passion for kissing learning on its face. This is a love that crowns the feet with hands that nourishes, conceives, feels the water sails mends the children, folds them inside our history where they toast more than the flesh where they suck the bones of the alphabet and spit out closed vowels. This is a love colored with iron and lace. This is a love initialed Black Genius. This is not a small voice you hear. The voice the speaker is describing is…
    a small, but growing voice.
    a loud and diverse voice.
    a powerful and collective voice.
    a strong, but uncertain voice.
    300s
  • Q5
    Context: Sonia Sanchez is an award-winning poet who has authored over a dozen books of poetry, as well as short stories, essays, plays, and children books. In this poem, a speaker asserts the strength and love of a collective set of people. Our reading focus will be the imagery that the author uses to describe voice and love. This is not a small voice you hear this is a large voice coming out of these cities. This is the voice of LaTanya. Kadesha. Shaniqua. This is the voice of Antoine. Darryl. Shaquille. Running over waters navigating the hallways of our schools spilling out on the corners of our cities and no epitaphs spill out of their river mouths. This is not a small love you hear this is a large love, a passion for kissing learning on its face. This is a love that crowns the feet with hands that nourishes, conceives, feels the water sails mends the children, folds them inside our history where they toast more than the flesh where they suck the bones of the alphabet and spit out closed vowels. This is a love colored with iron and lace. This is a love initialed Black Genius. This is not a small voice you hear. Love in the poem is…
    delicate and tender.
    faint and far--reaching.
    wide-ranging and forceful.
    tough and overbearing.
    300s
  • Q6
    Context: Sonia Sanchez is an award-winning poet who has authored over a dozen books of poetry, as well as short stories, essays, plays, and children books. In this poem, a speaker asserts the strength and love of a collective set of people. Our reading focus will be the imagery that the author uses to describe voice and love. This is not a small voice you hear this is a large voice coming out of these cities. This is the voice of LaTanya. Kadesha. Shaniqua. This is the voice of Antoine. Darryl. Shaquille. Running over waters navigating the hallways of our schools spilling out on the corners of our cities and no epitaphs spill out of their river mouths. This is not a small love you hear this is a large love, a passion for kissing learning on its face. This is a love that crowns the feet with hands that nourishes, conceives, feels the water sails mends the children, folds them inside our history where they toast more than the flesh where they suck the bones of the alphabet and spit out closed vowels. This is a love colored with iron and lace. This is a love initialed Black Genius. This is not a small voice you hear. What is the theme of the poem?
    A tough education is the key to success and happiness.
    Unity is the key to well-being, strength, and resilience.
    It is important to consider others’ opinions and beliefs.
    Change can only be created by those who are heard.
    300s
  • Q7
    Context: Sonia Sanchez is an award-winning poet who has authored over a dozen books of poetry, as well as short stories, essays, plays, and children books. In this poem, a speaker asserts the strength and love of a collective set of people. Our reading focus will be the imagery that the author uses to describe voice and love. This is not a small voice you hear this is a large voice coming out of these cities. This is the voice of LaTanya. Kadesha. Shaniqua. This is the voice of Antoine. Darryl. Shaquille. Running over waters navigating the hallways of our schools spilling out on the corners of our cities and no epitaphs spill out of their river mouths. This is not a small love you hear this is a large love, a passion for kissing learning on its face. This is a love that crowns the feet with hands that nourishes, conceives, feels the water sails mends the children, folds them inside our history where they toast more than the flesh where they suck the bones of the alphabet and spit out closed vowels. This is a love colored with iron and lace. This is a love initialed Black Genius. This is not a small voice you hear. The theme is that unity is the key to well-being, strength, and resilience. Which of the following best supports the theme?
    “on the corners of our cities and / no epitaphs spill out of their river mouths.” (Lines 11-12)
    "folds them inside our history where they / toast more than the flesh” (Lines 20-21)
    This is the voice of Latanya. / Kadesha. Shaniqua. This / is the voice of Antoine.” (Lines 4-6)
    “Running over waters / navigating the hallways / of our schools spilling out” (Lines 8-10)
    300s
  • Q8
    Context: Sonia Sanchez is an award-winning poet who has authored over a dozen books of poetry, as well as short stories, essays, plays, and children books. In this poem, a speaker asserts the strength and love of a collective set of people. Our reading focus will be the imagery that the author uses to describe voice and love. This is not a small voice you hear this is a large voice coming out of these cities. This is the voice of LaTanya. Kadesha. Shaniqua. This is the voice of Antoine. Darryl. Shaquille. Running over waters navigating the hallways of our schools spilling out on the corners of our cities and no epitaphs spill out of their river mouths. This is not a small love you hear this is a large love, a passion for kissing learning on its face. This is a love that crowns the feet with hands that nourishes, conceives, feels the water sails mends the children, folds them inside our history where they toast more than the flesh where they suck the bones of the alphabet and spit out closed vowels. This is a love colored with iron and lace. This is a love initialed Black Genius. This is not a small voice you hear. How does the speaker’s personification of learning in lines 14-16 contribute to the poem?
    It proves that there is a love for education inside every person.
    It stresses that the strongest love is the love for knowledge.
    It shows how all people long to learn and grow.
    It shows that love is closely linked with knowledge.
    300s

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