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1. This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer…
1. This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B.
Part A: How does the author develop the universal themes of “The Stories of Your Culture Must Be Shared” and “Heritage Informs You Who You Are”? (R.1.2)
The narrator connects her woven pattern to her own hopes and dreams.
The narrator shares the story of her people through her weaving pattern.
While the narrator weaves her own pattern she reflects on the culture of her people.
The narrator reflects on her own life through her weaving and expresses gratitude for the events that brought her people to their current land.
2. PART B: Which detail from the passage shows how the author develops the universal themes from Part A? (R.1.2)
Shall I weave the zig-zag pathway / Whence the sacred fire was born; / And interweave the symbol of the God (lines 21-23)
Shall I, a patient dweller in this / Land of fair blue skies, / Tell something of their story while / My shuttle swiftly flies? (lines 9-12)
For ages long, my people have been/Dwellers in this land; / For ages viewed these mountains, / Loved these mesas and these sands, (lines 1-4)
While I watch the pattern grow;/Showing something of my life: / To the Spirit God a prayer. / Grateful that he brought my people / To the land of silence vast (lines 34-38)
3. Read lines 37-40:
Grateful that he brought my people
To the land of silence vast
Taught them arts of peace and ended
All their wanderings of the past.
How does the poet’s use of the phrase “the land of the vast silence” create mood in the poem? (R.3.1)
It creates a saddened mood as the speaker connects the loss of wandering.
It creates a triumphant mood as the speaker explains her sense of belonging.
It creates a respectful mood as the speaker further explains her connection to the land.
It creates a humbled mood as the speaker recognizes the struggle her people experienced to get to this land.
4. How does the speaker’s tone add meaning to the poem? (R.1.1)
The speaker’s woeful tone connects the emotion she feels towards her heritage as she is actively weaving.
The speaker’s playful tone connects her heritage and current life through the act of weaving throughout the poem.
The speaker’s skeptical tone connects her uneasiness about her future as it relates to her heritage as she is weaving.
The speaker’s pensive tone connects both the literal and figurative action in the poem to what the weaving can accomplish.
5. Read the following lines from the poem.
Grateful that he brought my people
To the land of silence vast
Taught them arts of peace and ended
All their wanderings of the past.
What is the effect of the words peace and wanderings in these lines? (V.1.3)
It suggests that at one point, her people were nomads who were forced to relocate to this land.
It shows that the speaker’s people were unsettled, but have since found a permanent home in this land.
It suggests that the speaker’s people had a violent history in the land that she would rather not remember.
It shows that her people looked to a divine power for help, and their prayers were answered in this land.
