Inference
Reading a Poem
Literary Devices
Poetic Devices
Literary/Poetic Devices Cont.
100

A conclusion reached based on evidence and reasoning.

What is an inference?

100

You circle ____ while annotating a poem.

What are literary elements?

100

Sensory images contained in or evoked by a text. It can be figurative or directly described.

What is Imagery?

100

The poetic device used in the excerpt of the poem “Shaving” by Richard Blanco. 

“how my beard is a creation of silent labor 

like ocean steam rising to from clouds, 

or the bloom of spiderwebs each morning;” 

What is Simile?

100

A character that remains unchanged throughout the course of a narrative.

What is a Static Character?

200

The first step in making an inference.

What is identifying the question you want to answer?

200

After reading the poem, this is what the bottom white space is used for.

What is brainstorming an outline?

200

Refers to a narrative that starts in the middle of the plot as opposed to its exposition.

What is “In Media Res?”

200

When a line of poetry continues onto the next line without any punctuation.

What is Enjambment?

200

The act of contrasting two objects or images side by side and studying the effects of this contrast.

What is Juxtaposition?

300

The second step in making an inference.

What is looking for context clues?  

300

This side of the poem is used to write down inferences and interpretations.

 What is the right side?

300

Blood and wolves are examples of a ______ in the novel Dracula.

What is Symbol?

300

A pause within a line of poetry, indicated by punctuation.

What is Caesura?

300

The arrangement of words in a line of poetry or in a sentence of prose.

What is Syntax?

400

Make an inference for the situation:
A group of tourists got pulled over on the islands by the police.

What is they were getting robbed/the police was robbing them?

400

It is recommended to read a poem at least 3 times to be able to understand it. This skill is used to reduce that time.

What is annotating?

400

The literary device used in the excerpt of the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. 

“Like Adam, I was apparently united by no link to any other being in existence; but his state was far different from mine in every other respect. He had come forth from the hands of God a perfect creature, happy and prosperous, guarded by the especial care of his Creator; he was allowed to converse with and acquire knowledge from beings of a superior nature, but I was wretched, helpless, and alone.” 

What is Allusion?

400

The poetic device used in the excerpt of the poem “The Man with the Saxophone” by Ai  

“I’m the unencumbered bird of my imagination, 

rising only to fall back 

toward concrete  

each note a black flower” 

What is Metaphor?

400

This poem by Basho is an example of ____ type of poetry. 

“On a withered branch
A crow has alighted;
Nightfall in autumn.” 

What is Closed Form Poetry/Haiku?

500

If you don’t have ______, you cannot make an inference.

What is background information?

500

While interpreting a poem it is important to recognize the different poetic devices found in the poem. This poetic device is the repetition of vowel or diphthong sounds in one or more words found close together.

What is assonance?

500

The literary device used in the excerpt of the poem “XIV” by Derek Walcott. 

“Sunset would threaten us as we climbed closer 

To her house up the asphalt hill road, whose yam vines” 

What is Personification?

500

The rhythmic pattern that is used in the opening passage of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.

“Two households, both alike in dignity,  

In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,  

From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,  

Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.” 

What is iambic pentameter?

500

This stanza from the poem “Tulips” by Sylvia Plath is an example of ____ type of poetry. 

“The tulips are too excitable, it is winter here. 

Look how white everything is, how quiet, how snowed-in.    

I am learning peacefulness, lying by myself quietly 

As the light lies on these white walls, this bed, these hands.” 

What is Open Form Poetry?