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This underlined vocabulary word means (contempt).
What is (sneer)?
100
The speaker in the poem "Learning to Read" is (Cloe, a sixty year-old African American.
Who is the speaker in the poem "Learning to Read" by Frances Harper?
100
Line #12 contains this poetic technique.
What is assonance?
100
A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
What is RHYTHM.
100
You should read a poem more than once.
What is one technique that you should use when you read a poem?
200
This underlined vocabulary word means (great value).
What is (precious)?
200
Masters did not want enslaved African Americans to learn to read because reading would give power to enslaved people.
Why do masters not want enslaved African Americans to learn to read?
200
Line #16 contains this poetic technique.
What is alliteration?
200
Rhymes that occur within a line of poetry.
What is INTERNAL RHYME?
200
You should pay close attention to punctuation.
What is one technique you should use when you read a poem?
300
This underlined vocabulary word (praises something).
What is (hymns)?
300
Uncle Caldwell and Ben find clever ways to learn how to read in reaction to the rule that enslaved people must not learn to read.
How do Uncle Caldwell and Ben react to the rule that enslaved people must not learn to read?
300
Lines #43 & 44 contain this poetic technique.
What is simile?
300
Poetry that does not use meter or a rhyme scheme.
What is free verse?
300
This is a poem of mourning or a feeling of loss.
What is ELEGY?
400
This underlined vocabulary word means (free from control).
What is (independent)?
400
When Chloe learns to read, other people try to discourage her.
How do other people react when Chloe learns to read?
400
Lines #6 & 8 contain this poetic technique.
What is end rhyme?
400
A Simple Sad Song is a great example of this poetic technique.
What is ALLITERATION?
400
this is a poem of celebrating something small.
What is ODE?
500
This underlined idiom means (by any means possible).
What does the idiom (by hook or by crook) mean?
500
"Learning to Read" is a free verse.
What type of poem is "Learning to Read" by Frances Harper?
500
Line #12 is also is a good example of this poetic technique.
What is internal rhyme?
500
This kind of poem focuses on the speaker's feelings.
What is NARRATIVE POEM?
500
"Besides, They'll see how beautiful I am And be ashamed---"
What is a stanza from the poem "I, Too" by Langston Hughes?