What is the term used to describe giving human traits to non human objects?
Personification
100
What author wrote the poem "The Road Not Taken"
Robert Frost
100
In the poem "The Road Not Taken", the author speaks of a fork in the road he encounters. What does the fork in the road symbolize?
A Life Decision
100
In the poem "The Road Not Taken" the theme of this poem is..what?
Life is full of decisions and how they can change your life
100
In the poem "Identity", how does the author describe 'the flowers' in the poem?
watered, fed, guarded, admired, pleasant smelling, praised
200
What is the poetry term used to describe a comparison between two unlike objects?
Simile
200
What author wrote the poem "Silver"
Walter De la Mare
200
In the poem "Silver", the author mentions how the moon is "walking the night." This is an example of what poetic term? (giving human traits to nonhuman objects)
Personification
200
In the poem "O 'Captain, My Captain" the author speaks of a 'fearful trip'. What 'fearful trip' is the author referring to?
The Civil War
200
In the poem "Identity" how does the author describe the 'weeds'?
tall, ugly, unseen, shunned by everyone
300
What is the poetry term used to describe the divisions or sections in poetry?
Stanza
300
What author wrote the poem "O 'Captain, My Captain"?
Walt Whitman
300
In the poem "O' Captain! My Captain", what historical figure is being compared to the captain of a ship? (He played a major role in the Civil War)
Abraham Lincoln
300
What type of poem is "Barbara Frietchie" said to be?
Narrative Poem
300
What do the flowers represent in the poem "Identity"?
Conformists, people who are unoriginal, people who are like everyone else
400
What is the poetry term that refers to using words to imitate sounds?
Onomatopoeia
400
What author wrote "Identity"?
Julia Noboa Polanco
400
In the poem "New Colossus" two historical objects are being compared. Name one of the objects
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400
In the poem "The Choice", a woman tells a tale of how she could have chosen to be with a man of much wealth but decided not to in order to be with someone else. What would you say is the tone of the poem?
Humorous
400
What is the message of the poem "Identity"?
To be yourself, to be unique and original
500
What is the poetry term used to describe language not meant to be taken literally; implies a hidden meaning?
Figurative Language
500
What author wrote "The New Colossus"?
Emma Lazarus
500
In the poem "New Colossus", two historical objects are being compared. Name one of the objects.
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500
In the poem "The Choice", why does the speaker choose to stay with the man who is not wealthy?