Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Langston Hughes
Maya Angelou
Robert Frost
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What is the definition of stanza?
a section of a poem containing a number of lines or verses
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What is the defintion of metre?
a rhythmic arrangemnt of syallables in verse
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What 2 poems did we study by Langston Hughes?
Mother To Son Harlem
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What was the title of the poem we studied by Maya Angelou?
Alone
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From the poem An Encounter "of wire with something in it from men to men..." What is this quote describing and what does it mean?
The wire from the telephone/power line is carrying information or converations between people. This is an odd image since the speaker is in the middle of the forest.
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A phrase, group, or group of verses repeated at intervals throughout the poem especially at the end of each stanza
refrain
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What is the defintion of onomatopoeia?
The use of a word or phrase that actually imitates or suggests the sounds of what it describes.
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What metaphor does the poet use to describe times when the speaker was unsure of what she was doing or what would happen next?
And sometimes goin in the dark..... Even though the speaker was unsure where she was going at times and couldn't see ahead....she kept on going, she kept on climbin
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What is the simile in line 16? What is the metaphor in line 19?
Simile: wives run round like banshees Metaphor: cure their hearts of stone
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What is the main idea from the poem Now Close the Windows?
The speaker is inside looking out to all the silent occurances on nature. The things that happen when fall goes to winter and we close the windows.
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What is an interpretation?
a personal vision or explanation of a work of art
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Give an examples of Alliteration.
Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds usually at the beginning of words.
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What is life being compared to? If life were like this, what would it be like?
Life is being compared to a crystal staircase. If life were like this it would be easy and carefree. You would never have to worry about money.
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In lines 14-19, the speaker claims that there are some things that money cannot do. What is the speaker saying about the value of money?
Money can't buy or create connections among people or make them happy.
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In the poem To the Thawing Wind, the speaker wanted to do something else besides change the season? What is that?
The speaker wants the changing of the wind to also bring him inspiration.
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Give an example of a Personification.
Personification gives human like qualities to an object, animal or idea.
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Give an example of a simile.
A simile is a comparision between two like things using the words like or as.
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What advice does the mother give her son? Is this believable? Do you think it's something a mother might actually say to her son?
The mother gives her son advice to keep going no matter how hard life gets. If she can get through it so can he.
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What is the speaker saying in the first stanza?
The soul finds life being with others.
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In the poem, The Road Not Taken, what decision does the speaker have to make?
The speaker has to decide what path he wants to take or go done in the forest.
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Give an example of hyperbole.
Hyperbole is an extreme exaggeration.
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Give an example of Metaphor.
A metaphor is the comparison between two unlike things typically using the word "is"
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Reread the first three lines of the poem. What 2 things are being compared? In what way are they similar?
The 2 things being compared are a dream deferred and a rasin in the sun. The are similar because the dream has been put off to the side and maybe the reality of achieving it has shrunken. Just how a grape if left too long on a vine shrinks and dries up to become a raisin.
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According to the speaker why is the "race of man" suffering?
People are isolated from one another and if we do that we will suffer. We need to treat each other well or we will not survive.
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In the poem, The Road Not Taken, is the speaker happy about his decision? How do you know?
Your answer should include why you feel that way and what parts in the poem made you think that.
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