Vocabulary
A literary device that appears contradictory but contains truth, theme, or humor is called a
Paradox
Who wrote "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?
Maya Angelou
“Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard," is an example of what literary device?
Simile
What are the main themes of "All the World's a Stage"
Various answers
What is the name of the CNN host? FIRST AND LAST NAME
The repetition of the same sound/letter at the start of a series of words (ex: Marvelous Matthew, Outstanding Omar) is
Alliteration
Who wrote the poem, "I, Too"?
Langston Hughes
What was the meaning of "The Road Not Taken"?
Various answers....
What are the main themes of "The Road Not Taken"
Various answers.
Membean!!!
A verse without rhyme is known as a
Blank Verse
This poet wrote "The Road Not Taken" for his friend, and it was taken literally. Due to this, his friend enlisted in the war because of it.
Robert Frost
Analyze this passage:
All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
Shakespeare compares the world to a stage and players to people. Exits and entrances relates to life and death
What are the overall main themes of "I, Too" and "Still I Rise"?
Standing up for what is right, fight against racism
What was Shakespeare's wife's name?
Anne Hathaway
Line of verse with ten syllables arranged in five metrical feet is known as
Iambic pentameter
“All the world's a stage” is the start of the poem by which poet?
Shakespeare
How many "stages" of life were there in Shakespeare's poem, "All the world's a stage"? What did each one mean?
7 stages:
Theme of "This Is Just To Say"
Temptation
What year(s) was the Harlem Renaissance?
1920s-1930s
Continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line to the next in poetry (ex: "I went out and / lost my way,") is known as. HINT: "Jam together"
What are "authors" of poems called?
Poets
What are the main differences between Hughes and Angelou's writing?
Different time periods/themes (slavery, segregation). Hughes was an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance, while Angelou's writing often touched on her own experiences
True/False: Music is poetry
True
True/False: Anaphora is the use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence (ex: "So many places, so little time" or "Go big or go home")
True