Faulkner
In his Nobel Peace Prize speech, Faulkner uses the opportunity to address THEM.
Who are future writers?
These lines in the poem suggest that readers can approach reading like a scientist would.
What is "Drop a mouse into a poem/and watch him probe his way out"?
In "Introduction to Poetry," this character, or these characters, express frustration.
Who is the speaker?
The writing process is THIS type of management.
What is time management?
This aspect of a SMART goal asks you to be realistic about your goals.
What is attainable (achievable)?
According to Faulkner, "the basest of all things is to be" THIS.
What is to be afraid.
This line in the poem suggests that one can research a writer to improve comprehension.
What is "waterski/across the surface of a poem/waving at the author's name on the shore"?
"Feeling the walls for a light switch" is an example of this type of imagery.
What is tactile imagery?
We use the rubric when we reach THIS step in the writing process.
What is evaluation?
This does not belong:
concept - idea - belief - underpass - thought
What is underpass?
According to Faulkner, writing for a living is a dedication to "anguish" and THIS, from the French word for work.
What is "travail"?
Perhaps the most dangerous metaphor in the poem is THIS line; it emphasizes the importance of proper training and care.
What is "press an ear against its hive"?
According to Introduction to Poetry, reading is a process that ensures we don't abuse what we read.
What is the poem's theme?
We focus on diction when we reach this step in the writing process.
What is editing?
This does not belong:
negate - ascend - soar - uprise - surmount
What is negate?
According to Faulkner, the most important theme writers should explore is THIS... Sounds like internal conflict to me.
What is "the human heart in conflict with itself"?
The poem DOES NOT use which of the following?
Visual Imagery
Tactile Imagery
Kinesthetic Imagery
What is Olfactory Imagery.
This, according to "Introduction to Poetry," is "the shore" of the poem.
What is the bottom of a poem on a page?
According to "Introduction to Poetry," sometimes we must "wave at the author's name on the shore." This type of research would come in handy during this stage of the writing process.
What is prewriting?
This does not belong:
falter - hesitate - nimble - waver - oscillate
What is nimble?
According to Faulkner, "love and honor and pity and pride and compassion and sacrifice" are considered THESE...
What are "the old verities and truths of the heart..."?
In the poem, the "mouse" (line 5) might represent this.
What are our assumptions, or our claims?
What are alliteration, personification, and organic imagery?
The most time-consuming step in the writing process is most likely THIS.
What is revision?
This does not belong:
tempt - allure - lag - entice - tantalize
What is lag?