This document provides information about the poet Maya Angelou and instructions for a scavenger hunt activity analyzing her poem "Still I Rise." It introduces similes and metaphors, then asks students to find examples of repetition, rhyme, similes, and a metaphor in the poem to analyze its literary devices.

1. Maya Angelou

2. Maya Angelou Biography:

3. Review: Similes and Metaphors
Simile: a comparison between two things using “like” or “as”
Her eyes were like the ocean.
Her eyes were as blue as the ocean.
Metaphor: a comparison that does NOT use “like” or “as”
Her lips are a red rose.

4. “Still I Rise” Scavenger Hunt
1)Find at least two instances of repetition.
2)Find at least 4 instances of rhyme.
3)Find at least 3 similes.
4)Find at least 1 metaphor.