Imaginative Comparisons
When he sat the test, the words and the ideas fled from his mind.
What is personification?
How the reader is supposed to feel when reading a piece of poetry.
What is mood?
What does the author mean when he says "Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes".
What is the tone of this stanza?
Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
Anything related to: what is triumphant?
How many stanzas did "The Defence of Fort McHenry" have?
What is 4?
You laugh at a person who slipped stepping on a banana peel, and the next thing you know, you’ve slipped too.
What is irony?
How the writer feels in a piece of poetry.
What is tone?
The definition of author's purpose is:
Anything that relates to: what is the reason for or intent in writing
What is the theme of "Lift Every Voice and Sing"?
Anything related to: what is the road to freedom is not easy?
In "Lift Every Voice and Sing," what did the author mean when he said:
"Let our rejoicing rise High as the list’ning skies"
Thinks these dark days of autumn rain
Are beautiful as days can be;
She loves the bare, the withered tree;
She walked the sodden pasture lane.”
What is imagery?
The point of view of this line of poetry: She could feel the weight of the team fall on to her shoulders as she stepped up to the line.
What is third person omniscient?
Underneath my belt, my stomach was a stone. Sinking was the way I felt.
And hollow.
And alone.
Why would the author structure the poem this way?
Anything related to: what is to portray their loneliness.
What is the tone?
"O, yes, I say it plain, America never was America to me, And yet I swear this oath-- America will be!"
Anything related to: what is determined?
What did "freedom" mean in Langston Hugh's poem, "Let America Be America Again"?
Anything related to: What is the hardworking people taking back their land
An example of this is: "Life for me ain't been no crystal stair."
What is a metaphor?
Title, Paraphrase, Figurative Language, Attitude, Shift, Title again, Theme
What is TP-FASTT?
What is the mood of this poem?
I can't bear the thought of it. I cry and shout and throw my fit. It isn't fair at all to me. A red hot flame is all I see.
Anything related to: what is angry?
What is the tone?
"Who said the free? Not me? Surely not me? The millions on relief today? The millions shot down when we strike? The millions who have nothing for our pay? For all the dreams we've dreamed And all the songs we've sung And all the hopes we've held And all the flags we've hung, The millions who have nothing for our pay-- Except the dream that's almost dead today."
Anything related to: irritated, furious
In "The Defence of Fort McHenry," what does the author mean by "footsteps' pollution"?
An example of this is:
“The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew,
The furrow followed free;
We were the first that ever burst
Into that silent sea.”
What is alliteration?
The deeper level of meaning in a poem; contributed to by all the other elements.
What is the theme?
Why is author's purpose important?
Anything related to: Why a reader, knowing the purpose or intent that the writer to better understand.
Give an example of a theme for "The Defence of Fort McHenry."
Anything related to: what is foes will not crush the American spirit; The star spangled banner is a symbol of American tenacity (perseverance or courageousness); Don’t give up, even when the situation looks grim
The point of view that shows what one person is thinking, but describes the person as "he."
What is limited omniscient?