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Amy Colquist Analysis #1 Still I Rise
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Still I Rise Maya Angelou
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Amy Colquist Analysis #1 Still I Rise
Theme
Strength and endurance
Overcoming opression
Hope
Determination
Don's allow others to silence you/ make yourself heard
Autobiographical Elements
Rising from "a history rooted in pain"
About African American oppression, which Angelou was very involved in during her life
Character Development
Character is a black person being opressed by whites
Shows clear anger and defiance
Oppressed both literally and metaphorically
Appears to be having an argument/ conflict
Assertive
Confident
Determined
Strong
Writing Style
Narrator
Narrator is addressing white oppressors of black slaves
Narrator shows a negative view towards them
1st person
Written from the perspective of an African American woman
Figurative Language
Questions
Similes
Metaphors
Word Choice
"bitter, twisted lies"
broken
soulful cries
haughtness
"You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I'll rise."
Symbols
"black ocean"- ocean represents strength and power
diamonds- beautiful but also strong
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