The New Colossus
Figurative Language
Poetic Structure
Past Skills -1
Past Skills -2
100
The title of poem "The New Colossus" nicknames the...
The Statue of Liberty
100
What is a metaphor?
Comparing two unlike things by saying one "is" the other.
100
A sonnet has how many lines?
14
100
Fill in the Blanks: I promise that I will NOT date until I am done with ________; otherwise, I owe Miss Time my ________.
College. Answer varies.
100
The easiest way to find the theme is to look for the _________ of the story.
Moral
200
"The New Colossus" is being compared to...
The Colossus of Rhodes
200
"I dropped the kids off at the pool" is an example of...
Idiom
200
The three most common types of poetic structure are...
Sonnet, limericks, haikus
200
Compare means... Contrast means...
Compare = similarities Contrast = differences
200
A subject is ___________ word. A theme is _____________________.
One / sentence
300
The Colossus of Rhodes is dedicated to which Greek god?
Helios (Apollo)
300
Give me an example of a hyperbole.
Answer varies.
300
When there is a "shift in tone in a sonnet," that is called a ...
Volta
300
Stanza is...
A group of lines in a poem (paragraph).
300
Connotative/Denotative means
Connotative means "associated meaning" based on context. Denotative means the literal "dictionary" meaning.
400
"The New Colossus" is considered to be a "Mother of Exiles." What does exile mean?
(1) To be banished (2) anyone separated from his or her country or home voluntarily or by force of circumstances.
400
"The slithery snake hissed at my brother at the zoo" is an example of...
Onomatopoeia
400
The type of sonnet "The New Colossus" is (the formal name)...
Petrarch sonnet
400
The three different types of poetic elements are
poetic structure, sound patterns, and word meaning
400
When the text outlines chronological events or a list of steps in a procedure is called...
Order sequence
500
With the statue's silent lips, who is she welcoming (there are five groups mentioned in the poem)?
Tired, poor, "huddled masses yearning to breath free" (freedom), and the homeless.
500
Alliteration is ...
The repetition of beginning sounds in a group of words.
500
What does structure mean in poetic structure?
Characteristics or order of a poem.
500
Some examples of informational texts are...
NON-FICTION WRITING: magazines, newspaper, science, autobiographies, history books.
500
The five different types of informational text structure are...
Description, compare and contrast, order sequence, problem and solution, and cause effect.
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