"Hanging Fire" is a poem by Audre Lorde that reflects the inner thoughts and struggles of a teenage girl. The poem is written in the first person, and the speaker expresses a sense of isolation, anxiety, and uncertainty about her identity and place in the world.
 
This product contains a copy of the poem on a summarization chart. It also includes author's craft/purpose questions which require students to identify the strategies used by the author to convey her purpose. These are higher-level thinking rather than content based questions. Answers keys are included with each activity.