Vocab Terms
Define an apostrophe in literary terms.
An absent person, abstract quality, or non-existent personage is addressed as if capable of understanding and responding.
Define an oxymoron
A figure of speech in which the author groups contradictory terms together.
What does roast garlic refer to in the "Space Leek"?
The space station
What is the irony that is seen within Webcam the World?
The focus is on recording everything before it's gone rather than taking the steps to halt the actual destruction.
What inauguration did Amanda Gorman read her poem at?
2021...Bonus points if you said the name of the poem...
Statement that appears contradictory but in fact, has some truth.
Define Metonymy
Substitution of a term for one thing by something closely associated with it.
What is the structure of "The World is Too Much With US"?
-Sonnet- 14 lines of iambic Pentameter
-Petrarchan sonnet- sestet provides response to first octave
Bonus points if you can state what a shakespearean sonnet normally consists of.
"Earthrise"'s title references which famous photograph?
The photograph of the Earth taken from space on the 1968 Apollo 8 mission...bonus points if you can state what the Apollo 8 mission was.
Where does Naomi Shihab Nye currently teach?
Texas State University
What is a slant rhyme?
A near rhyme in which the concluding consonant sounds are identical but not the vowels. Example: sun/noon, should/food, slim/ham.
Define a chiasmus?
Concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form
In "Epiphany in the beans", what would the narrator recommend to restore relationship between land and people?
"Plant a garden"
Who was Smith's blue butterfly named for in "The Blue"... also who was it named by?
Claude I. Smith...Rudi Mattani... bonus points if you can say where the pair first encountered the butterfly.
Name three things about Marge Piercy's family's background.
At least three of the following must be named:
Jewish-American poet, working class family, father grew up in a soft coal mining town in Pennsylvania and became a heavy machinery repairman, Grandfather Morris murdered for organizing bakery workers, Lithuanian born grandmother's grief was over relatives murdered by the Nazis, mother instilled passion for poetry and judaism
What is a sonnet?
A closed form consisting of fourteen lines of rhyming iambic pentameter.
What is a synecdoche?
The use of a part to signify the whole.
Which of the following is not a section of "The Machine Stops" Choose two.
A)The Surface
B) The Homeless
C)The Air-ship
D)The Leake
E)The Mending Apparatus
A, D
What kind of rhyme appears in Earthrise?
internal rhyme
Name the four artists that had a strong influence on Lorna Dee Cervantes' life, and name of the poem she wrote.
Pablo Neruda, Maya Angelou, Phillis Wheatley, Gwendolyn Brooks
What is a litote?
Understatement in which a thing is affirmed by stating the negative of it's opposite
Define a Synesthesia
When one kind of sensory stimulus evokes the subjective experience of another. In literature, synesthesia refers to the practice of associating two or more different senses in the same image.
How does Shengnan fix the Yutu-3 Space station leaks?
She uses the leeks' allyl methyl sulfide to create a synthetic polymer to patch up the leaks.
What was the series of events that greatly influenced the environmental concerns raised in the era "The Toxic Donut" was produced in?
1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, Chernobyl's 1986 toxic radiation leak, Altgeld Gardens
What other books did Elwyn Brooks White author? Also state the short story he authored.
Stuart Little, Charlotte's Web, "Once More to the Lake"