When words or phrases in the poem are used to appeal to your five senses.
Imagery
100
I am sunshine on a cloudy day
Metaphor
100
Write an example of Personification
a
100
In your opinion, does poetry have the power to heal people? Explain why or why not. (if you can, in your answer use an example from a poem that we have read.)
hi
100
Name the Title of Two poems we have read this unit.
many answers
200
Personification
Giving human or life-like characteristics to something that is not human
200
Oh babe its cold outside
but as the King of Pop said, "the way you make me feel"
is alright.
Allusion
200
Write an extended simile
b
200
Why is it important to have imagery in a poem? Explain.
hi
200
What is the big main question that we are answering in our poetry unit?
Can poetry change the world?
300
Allusion
Making reference to a person, place, time period, or event in your poem
300
as the years have followed me,
time has been good to me.
Personification
300
Write a Metaphor about 'happiness'
e
300
Explain how negro Spiritual poems might have changed the course of history.
300
The following rhyme scheme describes what?
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
A Shakespearean Sonnet
400
Comparison of two unlike things without using ‘like’ or ‘as’
Metaphor
400
wild nights drip on
falling slowly from the moon
upon my eyelids.
Haiku
400
what is the rhyme scheme for this poem:
watching her eyes
inside of the coffee shop
deciding which latte to pay for
I walked across from the corner store
with my 16 oz soda pop
to seek out a golden prize.
A B C C B A
400
What does this line of poetry mean?
'suns goin down, dark gonna catch me here."
e
400
Fill in the following phrase:
______________ is the best parts of learning poetry.
Mr. O'Hara (or Miss A.)
500
When a Simile is continued over several lines of the poem. Detail is given to the simile as it is dragged on.
Extended Simile
500
Eyes like lightning,
sharp and to the point
blinding if you get in its way.
Extended Simile
500
Write an image that appeals to your sense of taste
e
500
In your opinion, how do simile's and metaphor's make poems better?