The first sentence in the poem, " We real coo," shows the poems use of
a.theme
b. rhyme
c. alliteration
d. onomatopoeia
c alliteration
100
An example of a metaphor is
a. Life is as beautiful as a rose.
b. Apples are red.
c. The girl is like a tiger.
d. Life is war
Life is war.
100
The sun's complexion is dimmed means
a. The sun is setting
b. Clouds are out
c A person is feeling sad
d. A girl has a pimple
A person is feeling sad
100
The phrase "cold dark" appeals to the reader's sense of ______ and ________
sight and touch
100
A sonnet has how many quatrains?
3
200
The players hong out late at night is a paraphrase for what line in the poem?
"lurk late"
200
What is the speaker in tis poem trying to do?
Persuade a woman to kiss him.
200
In Shakespeare's day gentlemen were expected to write..
a. poems
b. a sonnet
c. a letter
d. a play
b. a sonnet
200
Both the girl and the boy
a. are pleased with the way they look
b. are not pleased with the way they look.
c. wish that they had fairer hari and skin.
d. Do not want to change the way they look.
b. are not please with the way they look.
200
Each quatrain has one ___________ or _________
main idea or point
300
If you don't go to school, drink, and hang out late at a pool bar, the author final message is
"We/Die soon" = Die young
300
What metaphor does the author use to say death is not necessarily an end.
"Life is not a parenthesis."
300
What line in this poem means The poem is a way of keeping the poet's lover's beauty alive in people's minds.
"so long lives this, and this gives life to thee"
300
"Stumbles into the bathroom at six a.m. "is an example of imagery. It helps the reader ...............
It helps the reader form a mental picture.
300
When two words sound the same we say they ________.
Spell it!
Rhyme
400
"We strike straight" is and example of alliteration because..
two words begin with the same consonant sound
400
What helps you to better understand word comparisons in a poem?
a. analyzing the poets choice of words
b. using sonnets to sum up the fnal meaning of the poem.
c. give examples for the speaker.
a. analyzing the poets choice of words.
400
What was the author's purpose in writing this sonnet?
He wanted to compare someone he loved to a summer's day.
400
What does the allusion to "Snow White" make you think of? "Mirror, mirror on the wall..."
The desire to beautiful
400
The final couplet __________ the poem.
sums up or summarizes
500
Who does the "We" in the poem's title refer to?
Kids that left school and are hanging out around a pool hall.
500
The speaker in the poem feels wisdom is (less or more) important than feelings?
less important
500
What must we pay attention to because it tells us where complete thoughts begin and end?
Punctuation
500
The poet starts each line with a verb. These words
help me to ____________ what the daughter is doing.