Ms. Vanessa's Class
Which poem won Poetry Madness?
“Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper” by Martin Espada
FOOT (imagine font at 72)
Bigfoot
The process of counting a poem’s meter is known as _____.
The process of counting a poem’s meter is known as scansion.
David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son?
David
Name the 5 members of New Kids on the Block.
BONUS 1 (3x) BONUS 2
Donnie Wahlberg, Joey McIntyre, Jordan Knight, Jon Knight, Danny Wood
NERVED
(state capital)
DENVER
and counted the steps of the sun
BONUS 1 BONUS 2
“Two Sunflowers Move in the Yellow Room” by William Blake
Fill in the blank:
“…I’ll love you/Till China and Africa meet” is an example of (figurative language), which highlights the theme of _____________.
BONUS
hyperbole; everlasting love
TEEF
FEET
TEEF
2 left feet
What is a rising meter?
an unstressed syllable followed by one or two stressed syllables
I am made of metal surrounded by wood. Everyone uses me, what am I?
What was their first single?
Please Don’t Go Girl
CHEATER
(occupation)
TEACHER
I met a man who wasn’t there
BONUS 1 BONUS 2
“Antigonish” by Hughes Mearns
Solve for the variable:
Half of a number decreased by 5 is as much as 13.
x=36
I right I
Right between the eyes
A missing syllable in a poem line is called a ______.
BONUS 1 BONUS 2
Ceasura
What invention lets you look right through a wall?
a window
What four videos were played in the documentary?
BONUS
Please Don’t Go Girl, You Got It (The Right Stuff), I’ll Be Loving You (Forever), Hangin’ Tough
A GROAN OK
(one word for mammal)
KANGAROO
as I slipped cardboard/between the pages,
BONUS 1 BONUS 2 BONUS 3
“Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper” by Martin Espada
Translate the following sentence:
The bee is yellow and black.
La abeja es amarilla y negra.
1.
2. Blame
3. Blame
No one to blame.
AABBCCDDEEFF is found at the end of a poem.
Tell me two things about the poem.
Possible answers: it has a couplet rhyme, it has 12 lines.
What loses its head in the morning and gets it back at night?
a pillow
Jordan Knight would always wear clothing or items that featured _____________.
Batman
PANDERISM
(red and blue)
SPIDERMAN
Whatever dies, was not mixed equally;
BONUS
“The Good Morrow” by John Donne
Solve for the variable:
Three times the difference of a number and eight is the product of five and a number.
-12
Ri Poorch
Steal from the rich and give to the poor
/ u / u / u /u / II
is found on the syllables of a line of poetry.
Tell me the meter of the line and one more thing.
Possible answers: The line is a spondaic pentameter, there are 9 syllables in the line, it has a ceasura
What do the numbers 11, 88, and 96 all have in common?
They are all read the same upside down.
What song did they release when they made a comeback?
BONUS
Summertime
CUBANMEAL
(when you get hurt...)
AMBULANCE
In a mad expostulation with the deaf and frantic fire
BONUS
“The Bells” by Edgar Allan Poe