Our Town
Walt Whitman
Emily Dickinson
A Lesson Before Dying
Potpourri
100
He gives us a tour of Grover's Corners
What is the stage manager
100
This style has no pattern of rhythm or rhyme
What is free verse
100
Her speaker could not stop for this
What is death
100
He gives Jefferson a radio
What is Grant
100
This is where Lucinda Matlock lived.
What is Spoon River
200
He delivered it every morning
What is milk
200
This is a poetic list
What is a catalogue?
200
Death presented as a carriage driver is an example of this.
What is personification
200
She wants Grant to visit her nephew
What is Miss Emma
200
It is the list of sources used in a research paper
What is the Works Cited page
300
the newspaper edited by Mr. Webb
What is the Grover's Corners Sentinel
300
This poem lists hard working occupations
What is I Hear America Singing?
300
This is almost a rhyme
What is slant rhyme
300
He refers to Jefferson as a hog
What is the lawyer
300
It tells you where a quoted material came from
What is a parenthetical citation
400
His drinking was the topic of gossip
What is Simon Stimson
400
They served as symbols of war in Beat! Beat! Drums!
What is drums and bugles
400
exaggeration...like counting until your fingers fall off
What is hyperbole
400
a one room schoolhouse
What is the location of Grant's job?
400
The location of Dominguez High School
What is Compton California
500
The namesake to this poem provided the Our Town theme...it takes life to love life.
What is Lucinda Matlock?
500
This lengthy poem addresses many subjects, not just its writer
What is Song of Myself
500
Her hometown in Massachusetts
What is Amherst
500
When Grant sees one he knows the execution is finished
What is a butterfly
500
It is performed more than any other American play
What is Our Town