In This Excerpt Wheatley Uses Hyperbole To Show

Question: Which statement best describes the rhyme schemes of “To My Dear Loving Husband” and “To the King’s Most Excellent Majesty”?

Answer: Both poets use couplets for rhyme scheme and structure, inverting sentences when needed to maintain the rhyme.

Question: Which line from “To My Dear Loving Husband” contains a metaphor?

Answer: “My love is such that rivers cannot quench,”

Question: Which statement best describes the tones of “To My Dear Loving Husband” and “To the King’s Most Excellent Majesty”?

Answer: Bradstreet’s poem has a soft and loving tone, while Wheatley’s poem has an energetic and excited tone.

Question: Read the quotation from “To the King’s Most Excellent Majesty.”

“Great God, direct, and guard him from on high,

And from his head let ev’ry evil fly!”

How does the couplet form support the meaning of the lines?

Answer: by completing the speaker’s thought

Question: What do both “To My Dear Loving Husband” and “To the King’s Most Excellent Majesty” communicate to the reader?

Answer: details of a significant relationship

Question: How does each poet’s use of figurative language contribute to the overall meaning of “To My Dear Loving Husband” and “To the King’s Most Excellent Majesty”?

Answer: Wheatley’s use of hyperbole accentuates her respect for the king; Bradstreet’s use of hyperbole shows how greatly the speaker values her husband’s love.

Question: The theme best expressed in “To My Dear Loving Husband” and “To the King’s Most Excellent Majesty” is .

Answer: respect and adoration

Question: Read the quotation from “To the King’s Most Excellent Majesty.”

“And may each clime with equal gladness see

A monarch’s smile can set his subjects free!”

Wheatley uses the word free in these lines to suggest that

Answer: the king has the potential to make his subjects happy.

Question: Which statement best describes how Wheatley’s word choice in “To the King’s Most Excellent Majesty” expresses her colonial values?

Answer: Using hyperbole, it stresses admiration and praise for the king.

Question: Read the excerpt from The Crisis, Number I.

“‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.”

Which best describes the purpose of this excerpt?

Answer: to inspire colonists to join the fight for independence