Figurative Language
What type of figurative language gives human traits to nonhuman things?
What is Personification
What was Blanco’s purpose and the central idea in writing "One Today" for Obama's 2013 inauguration?
What is "Unity" To unite the nation by emphasizing common experiences
What is imagery in poetry and prose?
What is sensory details that appeal to the five senses (sight, sound, touch, taste, smell).
Choose the correct verb: “Neither of the players (was / were) ready for the game.”
What is “was”?
What does derogate mean in Madison’s essay?
a) To strengthen or build up something
b) To lessen the importance of something
c) To praise someone or something highly
What is B - To lessen the importance of something
Phyllis Wheatly, in her poem "On Imagination" has the following line “Fair Flora may resume her fragrant reign.” What does this represent?
What is Alliteration
What theme does Wheatley develop in her poem "On Imagination"?
What is that imagination (Fancy) is powerful and beautiful.
What is a stanza in poetry?
What is a group of lines in a poem, like a paragraph in prose.
Fix this sentence:
“She likes to swim, running, and to bike.”
What is “She likes swimming, running, and biking”?
OR What is “She likes to swim, run, and bike”?
Madison criticizes the “impious doctrine in the Old World, that the people were made for kings.” What does impious mean in this context?
a) Lacking reverence; disrespectful
b) Noble and virtuous, trustworthy
c) Confused or uncertain; unsure
What is A) Lacking reverence; disrespectful
Wheatley describes Imagination as an “imperial queen.” What two devices are used here?
What is Personification and Metaphor
“The bright fireworks burst across the night sky, as cheers filled the air.” What mood is created here?
What is celebratory, excited, or joyful?
“Before thy throne the subject-passions bow” is a line from Wheatly's poem. What type of figurative language AND poetic device are in it and what is being described?
What is Imagination or Fancy is being described. What is Imagery and Personification
Add the correct hyphen(s): “She bought a twenty one year old car.”
What is “twenty-one-year-old car”?
Wheatley writes that “silken fetters all the senses bind.” What does fetters mean?
a) Chains or restraints
b) Decorations or ornaments
c) Thoughts or ideas
What is a) Chains or restraints
In Gorman’s poem, “We’ve braved the belly of the beast,” is what 2 types of figurative language. What are they?
What is an: Allusion & Idiom
What does tone mean in literature?
What is "the author’s attitude toward the subject."
Wheatley mentions “From Helicon’s refulgent heights attend.” What is this poetic device and what is it referring to?
What is an: Allusion (Classical Allusion) Helicon is from Greek Mythology.
How might a poet empathize a key word or phrase in a speech or poem?
What is “by using repetition of the word or phrase to 1) let us know the topic / theme, or to make it more memorable”?
In line 16, Wheatley describes the “empyreal palace of the thund’ring God.” What does empyreal mean?
What is Heavenly, celestial, or royal.
Madison’s opponents feared the Union would “derogate from the importance of the governments of the individual States.” If a modern speaker said “That law really stepped on the state’s toes,” what is the type of figurative language, and what does it mean?
What is an Idiom
Both mean to interfere with or interfere with someone’s authority or power.
What was Madison’s main purpose in Federalist No. 45?
What is "to persuade readers that a Strong Union or Federal gov't was necessary for peace and liberty.
In Blanco’s One Today, why does he repeat the word “One” at the start of several lines?
What is to empathize the theme of Unity in America or shared experiences of Americans.
Identify and correct the error(s) in parallel structure and punctuation: “He likes reading novels, to play basketball and cooking big meals with friends.”
What is “He likes reading novels, playing basketball, and cooking big meals with friends.”
What does refulgent in Wheatly's poem (line 5) mean using context clues?
What is shining, bright, radiant, (synonym).