To S. M., a Young African Painter... / Phillis Wheatley

Test Practice

Compare and Contrast Main Ideas

With your partner, discuss how to answer these questions about the main ideas of the selection.

1. Which is not a way the speaker is like the subject of the poem?
a. She was a slave.
b. She was inspired by a muse.
c. She was a visual artist.
d. Her education was uncommon for the time.


What is the correct answer to the question above? Explain how you eliminated incorrect answers.

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