"The Hill We Climb" poem 1. What types of imagery (sights, sounds, smells, tastes) do you experience as you listen to/read the poem?

2. What do you wonder about "why" Ms. Gorman wrote the poem?

3. What stands out to you or speaks to you within the poem? Choose a line or lines from the poem, copy them in your response and explain why these lines have meaning to you?.

4. What is the tone of the poem?

5. What is the message/theme of the poem?

6. Ms. Gorman uses the metaphor of a hill in her poem. Why do you think she chose to include this metaphor in the title? What do you feel the "hill we climb" metaphor represents/means and how does it relate to our present-day "America?"

the correct answer is d. a discussion of specific uses of alliteration

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when you are critiquing or evaluating a poem, you will mostly pay attention to the theme, as well as figures of speech and rhythm. alliteration is a figure of speech where consonants are repeated in neighboring words - and it is important for analysis of sound and rhythm, which is why it might appear in the evaluation of that poem.

the rocket launch by showing how the population around it changes its behavior as the earth's influence over the martian planet when he uses the term "green star".

explanation:

иσ σиє тяυℓу киσωѕ ιf нє ∂ιє∂, кαωαкι кιℓℓє∂ нιм ιи тнє мαиʝα тнσ

the book's theme is the moral ambiguity of the iranian revolution, history of middle eastern relations and the process of growing up during war. it sheds light on the stereotypical views of middle eastern culture and religion.

the author explicitly portrays the issues of class disparities and racism continously throught the whole novel.

the relationship between parents and childrens, the abandonment of faith, modernity vs fundamentalism and class conflict are the 4 main panels that this novel englobes.

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