Who does the "Man in the Arena" refer to?

Roosevelt would not approve of Nelson Mandela's attempts to bring racial equality to South Africa.

Roosevelt's speech suggests it is just as helpful to point out the flaws in the way someone does a task as it is to try to perform the task yourself.

Choose the group of images from the poem that best support its themes related to persistence.

Roosevelt gave this speech in Paris, France in 1910.

What is the purpose and likely effect of repetition in the lines "I rise / I rise / I rise" at the end of Angelou's poem?

Pick two examples of how Angelou uses a simile in her poem a). the moon, sun and the tides b). Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines diggin in my own backyard c). shoulders falling down like tear drop d). trees falling down

The theme of the poem, "Still I Rise," is that women are good workers and satisfied to do just that.

The use of allusion is evident when Angelou says, "Out of the huts of history's shame..."

Roosevelt would not measure a man's worth by his successes, but rather by the number of attempts he has made to accomplish something.