Elements of Poetry
"Natures first green is gold
Her hardest hue to hold."
Describing nature as "her" is an example of...
What is personification?
Who's notebook is this? should be revised as...
What is "Whose notebook is this?"
This punctuation correction is needed in this complete sentence:
Were on our way.
What is an apostrophe in "We're."
East Los Angeles during the 60s and 70s is a key part of this element in Always Running, by Luis Rodriguez.
What is setting?
Puppet, from Always Running, Zach, from The Secret Life of Bees, and Judge Danforth, from "The Crucible" are good examples of this basic type of character.
What is static character?
"To me, she was the wisp
of the wind's freedom,"
This comparison is an example of...
What is metaphor?
(Rodriguez, "Tia Chucha")
Don't miss class to many times; you will have two write an attendance appeal.
These often misspelled prepositions need to be changed accordingly.
What is "don't miss class too many times; you will have to write an appeal.
The house has a crack in it's foundation.
This correction is needed.
What is change it's to its?
Luis becomes this type of character when he realizes that the world is bigger and has more to offer than the gangs' never ending revenge cycle.
What is a dynamic character?
The scene in which Elizabeth Proctor is questioned about John Proctor's affair is a good example of this element. The audience knows something important that she doesn't know.
Often you must have seen them/Loaded with ice a sunny winter morning/After a rain.
This passage from "Birches," by Robert Frost, is loaded with this element of poetry.
What is imagery?
The Suns was not at their best during their last game.
Those students lockers need to be cleaned.
This apostrophe rule needs to be applied (name of rule for plural nouns that own something in the sentences) and the correct punctuation added.
What is plural possessive, students'?
Lily's struggle to cope with the conflicting emotions about her mother's death is an example of this specific type of conflict.
What is internal conflict?
Finding meaning in life as characters face adversity and obstacles is a common __________ in Always Running, The Secret Life of Bees, and the "Pursuit of Happiness."
This type of poem focuses on imagery and figurative language; whereas this type of poem focuses on metrical pattern and rhyme scheme.
What are free verse and lyric poem?
One of the horses are a mustang.
This correction is needed.
What is One of the horses is a mustang?
This is the correct way to revise the following sentence when beginning with a ___________ clause.
Although it is almost summer; you must stay focused.
What is
Although it is almost summer, you must stay focused.
The sentence begins with a dependent clause.
With regard to displaying their affections for each other in public, Lily and Zach face a challenge because of the prejudices of other people during the 1960s in South Carolina.
This is an example of a specific type of conflict known as...
What is character vs. society?
Also acceptable: What is character vs. environment?
Arguably, the Reverend John Hale had the greatest ________ _______ of all characters in "The Crucible." He questioned his beliefs and left with a completely different view of the trials.
What is character arch?
These four elements work together in the last four lines of Frost's classic poem.
Then leaf subsides to leaf./So Edan sank to grief,
So dawn goes down today./Nothing Gold can stay.
What are allusion, alliteration, couplet, and rhyme scheme?
"The Crucible" is a required reading, however many feel it could be replaced with a less intense play.
This sentence problem needs to be fixed with correct punctuation in two places to keep it as one well-written sentence.
What is a run-on sentence.
"The Crucible is a required reading; however, many feel it could be replaced with a less intense play.
This sentence needs punctuation in the right place because it is a _____________ sentence.
This has been a year of challenges but also a year of persevering and growth.
What is a compound sentence?
This has been a year of challenges, but also a year of persevering and growth.
Rosaleen, despite her rough exterior, cares for Lily as though she is a family member.
This statement demonstrates an inference known as...
What is indirect characterization?
Both the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 and the McCarty "Red Scare" of the 1950s are important to this element that connects the story to past real life events.
What is historical context?