Poetry and Prose
What are the sections of a poem called?
What is stanza
In "Explorers or boys messing about," what vehicle crashed?
What is Helicopter
What is sibilance?
What is Alliteration with an S or C
What part of New York did the Carbone family live in?
What is Red Hook
What hand gesture is the equivalent of the middle finger?
What is biting your thumb
"Voices of boys rang saddening like a hymn, Voices of play and pleasure after day, Till gathering sleep had mothered them from him."
The words 'hymn' and 'him' are what kind of words
Hint: two words the sound the same spelled differently
What is a homophone
Who wrote The Explorer's Daughter?
Who is Keri Herbert
How many lines are in a sonnet?
What is 14
What is the name of the song Rodolpho sings
What is "Paper Doll"
What era was Romeo and Juliet written?
What is Elizabethen or half points for Shakespearian
"For daggers and plaid socks; of smart salutes"
What piece of poetry is this from?
What is Disabled by Wilfred Owen
Why have the Inuit people never suffered from scurvy?
What is Narwhal Blubber
How do you use a semicolon, dash, and ellipsis ; -- ...
semicolon: connects two independent clauses
dash: to add emphasis or mark an interruption
ellipsis: to leave out extra or unnecessary words
What action did Marco do that humbled Eddie's ego?
What is raise a chair above his head
What kind of rhythm is used in Romeo and Juliet?
What is Iambic Pentameter
Who wrote Disabled?
Who is Wilfred Owen
What piece is this quote from, "Leaving behind nights of terror and fear"
What is Still I Rise by Maya Angelou
What is an allegory?
What is a story where characters and events represent abstract ideas
What does Rodolpho like "very much"?
What is Sugar
Describe the events of a scene in which Juliet presents the Nurse as a parental figure.
TBD
What is the first line of Maya Angelou's "Still I Rise"
What is, "you may write me down in history"
Finish this quote
"Two hours after the last of the...."
Give an example of analepsis
TBD by teacher
Name 5 traits that Rodolpho had showing his femininity.
Sewd, sang, cooked, clean, flamboyant
What are the two types of sonnets in Romeo and Juliet
What is Shakespearean and Petrarchan sonnet