Figurative Language
Read the excerpt from a poem:
The warm gentle breeze plays among
The bright buds of spring,
As busy bees buzz and birds sing.
Identify one example of alliteration and one example of onomatopoeia from the poem.
Alliteration: busy bees buzz, bright buds
Onomatopoeia: Buzz
A coherent series of reasons, statements, or facts intended to support or establish a point of view
What is an argument or claim?
Other acceptable answers are dispute and assertion.
Which of the following is the central idea (also called key idea or main idea)?
Oranges, Bananas, There are many different kinds of fruit, Apples
There are many different kinds of fruit.
The rhythmic structure of a line, created by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables, which can be grouped into units called "feet".
Attributed author of "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey"
Read the excerpt from a poem:
The warm gentle breeze plays among
The bright buds of spring,
As busy bees buzz and birds sing.
Which of the following accurately describes the tone of the poem?
a. worried and uncertain
b. calm and peaceful
b. calm and peaceful
The appeal a text uses to incorporate sound reasoning supported by the citation of relevant statistics in order to attract monetary support for legislation proposed to protect endangered species.
What is Logos?
Which of the following are the supporting details?
Oranges, Bananas, There are many different kinds of fruit, Apples
Oranges, Bananas, and Apples
A single row of text, a fundamental unit of structure, distinct from grammatical structures like sentences, and chosen by the poet for specific reasons like rhythm, meaning, or pacing
What is a line?
Author of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" and "The Waste Land"
Who is T.S. Eliot?
How does the author's use of personification in "the wind howled in rage" influence the tone?
A) It creates a calm and peaceful tone.
B) It enhances the sense of anger and turmoil.
C) It contributes to a playful tone.
D) It has no impact on the tone.
B) It enhances the sense of anger and turmoil.
An opposing claim; a claim made in reply to another claim and different from it
What is a counterclaim?
You see a page in the yearbook with only pictures of students playing different sports.
What is the topic of that page?
Sports
A division of a poem consisting of two or more lines, acting as a unit, and often characterized by a recurring pattern of metrical lengths and rhyme scheme
Famous Roman poet whose most famous work is Metamorphoses
Who is Ovid?
Read the Poem and respond to the questions below.
Isolated in the country house on a stormy night,
Skeleton branches scrape the windows and…
A creak on the stairs! A footstep? But whose?
Identify an example of alliteration from line 2 of the poem and the example of onomatopoeia from line 3 of the poem.
alliteration: Skeleton...scrape
onomatopoeia: creak
The appeal that a text uses to evoke haste in responding to the declining Florida panther population discusses the implication of panther mortality rates.
What is Kairos?
You see a page in the yearbook with pictures of students playing different sports. The title reads "Fall Sports at LHS" and there is no other text.
What is the main idea of that page?
Students play many different fall sports at LHS.
a long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a legendary or historical hero extending beyond the usual or ordinary especially in size or scope
Epic poem
Reread lines 9 –12 of the poem. Then answer the multiple-choice questions that follow.
From “Sonnet 18” by William Shakespeare
9 But thy eternal summer shall not fade
10 Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st;
11 Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
12 When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st;
Which of the following features of the poet’s style is created by the sonnet form?
A. the capitalization of Death
B. the semicolons to connect lines
C. the change from thy to thou
D. the efef rhyme scheme.
D. the efef rhyme scheme
Read the Poem and respond to the question below.
Bend low again, night of summer stars.
So near you are, sky of summer stars,
So near, a long-arm man can pick off stars,
Pick off what he wants in the sky bowl,
So near you are, summer stars,
So near, strumming, strumming,
So lazy and hum-strumming.
What tone is created through the repetition of the word strumming (a way of playing a stringed instrument) and the use of the word lazy?
a. a mournful, sad tone c. a calm, relaxed tone
b. a cheery, playful tone d. a tense, nervous tone
C. a calm, relaxed tone
City officials are finally admitting what residents have known for years: The Fifty-first Street Bridge needs to be repaired. We, the citizens of Springfield, need to fund this project and get work started as soon as possible! To most motorists, the deck, or surface, of the bridge appears to be in decent condition, but this is deceiving. Javier Ortega, an independent structural engineer, says in a report on the bridge that the abutments, or structures at the end of a bridge, are “showing structural fractures.” Shu Peng, a civil engineer, adds that several girders, or support beams, “need immediate repair.” Delay could cause a serious failure, such as that of the Town Line Bridge in Center City back in 2010; a collapse in which, thankfully, no one was hurt. Let’s act now—before it’s too late!
What is the author’s claim in this passage?
The Fifty-first Street Bridge needs to be repaired immediately.
Read this passage from an article:
The Milky Way is turning 100. But it's not the galaxy we call home. It's the popular caramel-filled chocolate bar. The candy was created by Frank Mars in 1923. Despite the candy's cosmic name, Mars wasn't trying to make an out-of-this-world snack. He wanted a treat that would compete with malted milkshakes. That was a popular drink in the early 1900s. The name Milky Way reminded customers that Mars' bar was full of malted milk. And people ate it up!
Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?
A) how the Milky Way galaxy came to be
B) how the Milky Way bar got its name
C) outer space
D) candy bars
B) how the Milky Way bar got its name
What impact does the repetition in a villanelle have on a poem’s style and theme?
A) It diminishes the thematic significance of the words.
B) It allows for varied interpretations of the central theme.
C) It emphasizes the theme through persistent reinforcement of key phrases.
D) It distracts the reader from the underlying message.
C) It emphasizes the theme through persistent reinforcement of key phrases.
Read lines 9 –12 of the poem. Then answer the multiple-choice question that follows.
From “Sonnet 18” by William Shakespeare
9 But thy eternal summer shall not fade
10 Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st;
11 Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
12 When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st;
How does the form of this quatrain contribute to its meaning?
A. The arrangement of the lines in the quatrain draws attention to the speaker’s worry that love’s beauty will fade.
B. The iambic pentameter creates a steady rhythm that emphasizes the everlasting beauty of the speaker’s love.
C. The rhyming of the words fade and shade highlights the speaker’s anger at the person he or she loves.
D. The personification of death emphasizes the speaker’s acceptance that love is not forever.
B. The iambic pentameter creates a steady rhythm that emphasizes the everlasting beauty of the speaker’s love.