poetry terms
poetry
Positive/Malala
Memoir
Freedom Writers
100

repetition of sound in accented syllables that appear in similar positions within lines of poetry 

Rhyme

100

In "Ice House Circa 1964" what image provides a glimpse of the working class environment of the poem. 

the "paychecks dangling from their shirt pockets" 

100

These adults did not respond to the needs of Paige Rawl and contributed to the bullying she experienced 

Ms. Ryan--soccer coach 

Ms. Ward--school counselor 

Ms. Fischer--school administrator 

100

this type of 1st person writing deals with the immediacy of time and date

diary 

100

The first person that the Freedom Writers raised money to bring to Long Beach, California 

Miep Gies 

200

An extreme exaggeration in a statement or figure of speech 

hyperbole 

200

The dashes in "I heard a fly buzz when I died" might suggest 

the speaker's breath

200

Paige Rawl's testimony helped pass this type of legislation in Indiana in 2013

anti-bullying legislation 

200

For a sense of authenticity and good faith a memoir needs this kind of narrator

genuine and reliable 

200

The museum that Ms. G brought her students to in L.A. 

The Museum of Tolerance 

300

diction that provides verbal pictures or other sensory details

imagery 

300

Which step in the 4-step method includes looking at the tools used by the poet or artist?

Analysis 

300

Malala was targeted by this group for continuing to go to school 

The Taliban 

300

This type of 1st person writing tends to recount the story of a whole life, usually in chronological order in a linear structure 

autobiography 

300

Representatives from this organization saw the Prime Time special about the Freedom Writers and decided to make a movie 

MTV films 

400

A contradiction created by the juxtaposition of antithetical words (i.e. Jumbo shrimp) 

oxymoron 

400

Which step in the 4-step method includes looking at the things that are obvious right away when reading a poem?

Description 

400

She was named after a Pashtun heroine 

Malala Yousefsai 

400

There is an art to memoir that exercises this just as much as other literary forms in terms of pace, tone, and choice in language

rhetorical skill 

400

When kids reach the courtroom it's too late 

Ms. G's reason for wanting to be a teacher instead of a lawyer 

500

unrhymed lines of poetry in iambic pentameter

blank verse 

500

Which step in the 4-step method includes making an attempt to understand the poet's intentions or the poem's meaning?

Interpretation 

500

The age that Paige Rawl was diagnosed with HIV

three 

500

Memoir can be a more powerful means of expression because it is a powerful witness to this 

history

500

Zlata Filipovic lived through this war 

the Bosnian war