In the poem O What Is That Sound?,
"As they step lightly," lightly means _________
What is nimbly or with agility?
200
the role of the student in the poem Theme for English B
Who is the speaker in Theme for English B?
200
the metaphor of a starling
Who is the daughter compared to?
200
a poem that tells a story and usually focuses on one tragic event
What is a ballad?
200
Haikus were first written by ________ poets.
What are Japanese?
200
the main idea in a work of literature
What is a theme?
300
the meaning of the line "I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love."
What are some things the speaker likes?
300
The literary device found in these lines:
... a commotion of typewriter keys
like a chain hauled over a gunwhale
What is a simile?
300
Lines 3-4
"Only the scarlet soldiers, dear,
The soldiers coming."
refer to ...
Who are the British soldiers?
300
Writing haiku requires counting parts of words called
_________ .
What is syllabication or a syllable?
300
a broad statement about a group or process
What is a generalization?
400
The speaker and the instructor share a special relationship in the lines 29 - 34.
But it will be
a part of you, instructor.
You are white-
yet a part of me, as I am a part of you.
That's American.
Sometimes perhaps you don't want to be a part of me.
What is being a "part of you"?
400
The literary device found in these lines:
"the whole house seems to be thinking"
What is personification?
400
Most of the poem, O What Is That Sound? is dialogue between _________________
Who are husband and wife?
400
Haikus contain __________ lines using a _-_-_ syllable pattern
What are three lines and a 5-7-5 syllable pattern?
400
In Theme for English B the student is told
And let that page come out of you---
Then, it will be ___________
His goal is to write something that will be _________
What is true?
500
"Sometimes perhaps you don't want to be a part of me."
What is the question the speaker in "Theme for English B" has about whether his teacher understands the difference in their colors or races?
500
One possible meaning of the lines:
"It is always a matter, my darling,
Of life or death, as I had forgotten. I wish
What I had wished you before, but harder.?
What is the success in writing your story, or success in life?
500
In line 30, "Were the vows you swore deceiving, deceiving?",
the speaker questions the other's _________
What is the marriage promise?
500
Forest finery
Of purest green, ferns boast their
Delicate beauty
The subject of this haiku is_______________
What is/are fern(s)?
500
language that communicates ideas beyond the ordinary, literal meaning of words.