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Vocab./Conventions
"Winter"
"The Rider"
"Seal"
Haiko Bashō
100
Sweet-smelling
What is fragrant
100
The three stanzas of "Winter" all tell about
What is preparing for winter
100
What type of poem is "The Rider"
What is lyric
100
A small fish
What is Minnow
100
The season mentioned in Haiko Bashō
What is spring
200
What do you do when you utter an idea?
What is say the idea or speak
200
How can you tell "Winter" is a free verse?
What is lack of structure, has no regular meter, rhyme, fixed line length, or specific stanza pattern
200
Do you want free points
What is yes
200
The poet arranges the letters and lines to create a visual image that suggests the poem’s subject.
What is a concrete poem
200
The type of tree in Haiko Bashō
What is a Plum Blossom Tree
300
If something is luminous, what quality does it have?
What is brightly lit
300
In "Winter," what is the most likely reason that the speaker collects books for the coming winter?
What is the speaker will need to have something to do inside when it is cold outside.
300
Which word best describes the speaker in "The Rider"?
What is lonely, loneliness
300
A concrete poem, such as "Seal," is a poem that
What is has a shape that suggests its meaning.
300
A traditional form of Japanese poetry that is often about nature. The first and third lines always have five syllables, and the second line always has seven syllables.
What is a Haiku
400
What is the correct end punctuation to use with this sentence? "Did you enjoy the poem we read"
What is a question mark/?
400
Ms. Kilgore's two favorite colors ...
What is pink and blue
400
How can you tell that "The Rider" is a lyric poem?
What is tells about a single idea.
400
Which words best describe the seal in the poem "Seal"?
What is fast and graceful
400
What emotion does the speaker express in these lines from the third haiku by Basho? The fragrant blossoms remain. / A perfect evening!
What is contentment
500
Which sentence type commonly functions with either of two end marks?
What is imperative
500
Which of the following meanings of the word air is used in the following line from "Winter"? snails bury themselves / and I air my quilts
What is expose to the open air
500
What is the theme of "The Rider"?
What is loneliness is a bad feeling that people want to escape.
500
What is the seal doing in "Seal"?
What is diving for food
500
What conclusion can you draw from the details in these lines from the first haiku by Basho? The sun rises suddenly. / Look, a mountain path!
What is The speaker is happily surprised