A speaker in a poem is like a ____________ in a story.
narrator
100
According to the poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade”, what was the purpose of the charge (what did they do once the order was messed up)?
Attack the enemy gunners.
100
In “Southbound on the Freeway,” what you can conclude that the creature with “a red eye turning on the top of his head” is?
Police car
100
“A Loaf of Poetry” compares writing a poem to what?
Making bread.
100
In “who knows if the moon’s,” the speaker wonders if the moon is what?
A hot air balloon.
200
A stanza in a poem is like a ___________ in a story.
paragraph
200
Which characteristics of the soldiers does the speaker MOST admire?
Their courage and devotion.
200
The tourist wonders if the “soft shapes inside” are the creatures’ “guts or brains.” What are the “soft shapes"?
Humans
200
What is the main metaphor of the poem “Mi Madre”?
The desert is compared to a mother.
200
What does the speaker imply when he says of the keen city that ““always it’s Spring) and everyone’s in love”?
Life is perfect in that city.
300
What does personification do in a poem?
Talks about objects as if they were people.
300
What sound devices do the following two lines from “The Charge of the Light Brigade” illustrate?
Flash’d all their sabres bare,
Flash’d as they turned in air
Rhyme, rhythm, and repetition.
300
In “Southbound on the Freeway,” who is the tourist from Orbitville?
An alien.
300
Identify the figurative language/literary devices in the following phrase:
“Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair…..”
Metaphor
300
What did the poet e. e. cummings and the character of Charlie in “Flowers for Algernon” have in common?
They both misused punctuation.
400
What does imagery do in a poem?
Refers to the five senses.
400
The speaker in “The Charge of the Light Brigade” suggests that the leader responsible for the charge did what?
Made a tragic mistake.
400
In “Southbound on the Freeway,” what does the speaker describe cars as if they were?
Living creatures.
400
In Nikki Giovanni’s “the drum,” what wish is the speaker is expressing?
To be an independent thinker.
400
Both “Southbound on the Freeway” and “who knows if the moon’s” are examples of what type of poetry?
Free verse.
500
How are metaphors and similes alike?
They are both types of figurative language.
They are both comparisons.
500
“The Charge of the Light Brigade” is what type of poem?
narrative poem
500
Who is the speaker in “Southbound on the Freeway”?
An alien.
500
Identify the figurative language/literary devices in the following phrase:
“…and bake it in the oven of your heart.”
Metaphor
500
Identify the figurative language/literary devices in the following phrase:
“Say to them…the sun-slappers, the self-soilers...”