Poets
Poems
Figurative Language
Strategies
Study Guide
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Name one of the poets we have learned about
Shel Silverstein
Robert Frost
Langston Huges
100
In winter I get up at night
And dress by yellow candle-light.
In summer quite the other way,
I have to go to bed by day.
What is the rhyme scheme in this stanza?
a
a
b
b
100
Her early leaf’s a flower
What figurative language is found here?
Personification
100
Does reading a poem aloud help our understanding?
If so, why?
Read the poem aloud several times to hear rhyme, rhythm, and the overall sound of the poem. This makes it easier to understand the poem.
100
What is tone in poetry?
The attitude or mood the author creates. (The feeling you get when you read a poem.)
200
What poet wrote "Mother to Son"?
Langston Huges
200
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
- How many stanzas are in this poem?
2
200
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Which line(s) in this poem has figurative language and what is it?
Alliteration
200
By paying close attention to strong verbs and comparisons within the poem. Do the images remind you of anything? Let the comparisons paint a picture in your head.
What reading strategy is this?
Visualizing the images/ mental image.
200
What is rhythm in poetry?
RHYTHM- the musical quality of a poem using alliteration, meter, repetition, or rhyme.
300
William Tell, William Tell,
Take your arrow, grip it well,
There’s the apple–aim for the middle–
Oh well… you just missed by a little.
In Shel Silversteins peom "Advice" what was the image that went along with it?
300
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
What was the theme/meaning of this poem?
Don't take things for granted, precious things come and go, so we must enjoy them while they last or are here.
300
A comparison of two different things not using like or as is a...?
Metaphor
300
What is one of the reading strategies?
Preview
Read the poem aloud several times
Visualize the images
Clarify words and phrases
Evaluate the poem’s theme
300
Leaving my friends, leaving my home leaving my room, leaving my memories.
What is seen in this line from a poem?
REPETITION- to repeat sounds, words, phrases, or whole lines in a poem.
400
What was one of the other poems we read from Shel Silverstein?
Short kid
The runners
400
The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
What does lines 3 and 4 do for the poem?
emphasizes
400
Winter is white as a fluffy cloud
Winter is soft as a pillow
Winter is as cold as ice
In winter kids play
In winter kids sleigh
It will freeze your hands
It will freeze your toes
It will even freeze the snowman's nose!
Winter is being to what? and using what figurative language?
white as a fluffy cloud
soft as a pillow
cold as ice
Simile
400
When reading aloud a poem what are two/three things you can ask yourself?
What do I wonder?
What do I notice?
What mental image can I create?
400
What is a meter in poetry?
METER- A rhythmic pattern in poetry that is usually repeated. It can be measured in beats by counting syllables.
500
Who wrote the poem "Stopping by the woods on a snowy evening"?
Robert Frost
500
Footnotes can be found how and where?
In the poem, next to the word with a number,
Then found at the bottom with the definition next to the number/word.
500
Giving things that are not human the personalities and actions of humans.
This is?
Give an example.
Personification.
Ex. The wind whistled its happy tune.
500
They said I’d grow another foot
Before I reached the age of ten.
It’s true, I grew another foot~
Guess this is what they meant.
Read this poem using all the reading strategies
Good job!
500
How can you identify the theme in a poem?
Identifying the message about life that the poem conveys.