What is Poetry?
What can young adults gain from reading/studying poetry?
A clearer understanding of their emotions; something they can connect to; a deeper understanding of the world around them and those who are feeling what they are feeling
What is poetic form?
The overall structure or shape of a poem
How many lines are in a sonnet?
14 lines
What is a paraphrase?
A prose restatement of the central idea in your own words
What six "things" belong in an MLA header?
Page number
Your name
Teacher's name
Class name
Due date of assignment
What are some choices poets have to make when writing?
Structure, rhyme scheme, perspective, diction, punctuation, etc.
What are the two types of form?
Fixed form and free verse (open form)
What are the two types of sonnets we discussed in class?
Petrarchan (Italian) and Shakespearean (English)
What is theme?
The overall message of a piece of literature
How should you format the title of an MLA essay?
Center it and leave it as it is.
What is the purpose of annotating/close reading a poem?
What is a fixed form poem?
A poem that can be categorized by the patterns of its lines, meter, rhymes, and stanzas
The Petrarchan sonnet is divided into what two parts?
The octave and the sestet
What is a thesis statement?
A sentence or two that states the purpose of the paper/what the paper is about
Present
What was the very first poem we read together in class about?
The loss of self/sanity
What is rhyme scheme?
The pattern of end rhymes
The Shakespearean sonnet is divided into what two parts?
3 quatrains and a couplet
What is the first thing a body paragraph needs?
A topic sentence
When should you refer to an author by their first and last name in an essay?
Only when you first mention them
What is a volta?
Name the four types of fixed forms we talked about in class. How many lines are in each form?
Couplet (2 lines)
Quatrain (4 lines)
Sestet (6 lines)
Octave (8 lines)
In a Petrarchan sonnet, what is the function of the octave, and what is the function of the sestet?
The octave presents a problem, idea, topic, etc., and the sestet comments on/responds to that problem, idea, etc.
Evidence (examples from the text)
Define apostrophe (the literary technique).
Directly addressing an object or idea