Vocabulary
What is a metaphor?
figure of speech that directly compares two things not using like or as
What time period did Shakespeare write in?
English Renaissance
In Langston Hughes Mother to Son who is the speaker addressing and about what?
a mother is warning her son about the difficulties in life and struggle to persevere
a sentence consisting of only one clause, with a single subject and predicate.
What does it mean to edit?
It means you must fix errors: grammar, spelling, etc.
What is alliteration?
When two or more words in a group of words begin with the same sound: Peter Piper picked .....
Emily Dickinson's Hope is the thing with Feathers is what type of poem?
Lyric poem
How many lines are in a Shakespearean Sonnet
14 lines
Sentences that are too short and often repeat the same words.
What is a non-credible source?
A source that is not trusted
What is a stanza?
a group of lines within a poem, usually set off from others by a blank line or indentation.
Langston Hughes wrote Dreams, what was the overall message?
Hold fast to dreams/ For if dreams die/ Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams/ For when dreams go/ Life is a barren field/ Frozen with snow.
He is saying that at times dreams give us purpose in life without them we are"frozen" in time.
What is poetic rap?
Give at least one example of poetic rap:
spoken word poetry in that it is performed in time to a beat.
Everything is Everything by Lauryn Hill
Dear Mama by Tupac Shakur
What is an independent clause?
a clause that can stand alone. It is a group of words that contains a subject and verb and expresses a complete thought.
Determine if the following in-text citation is correct: Caroll states, "Please remember to watch food labels for they are incorrect sometimes." (1)
INCORRECT
What is a meter?
is the pattern of beats in a line of poetry.
In The Raven what is implied in the last two lines of the poem? (What is the end result)
The man was trapped in depression/insanity, he misses Lenore.
In Tupac's song Dear Mama how was it similar to Langston Hughes Mother to Son?
They both had hardships, both mothers had struggles in their life, racial inequality was still an issue, and no matter what the mother had love for her son.
What is a complex sentence?
A complex sentence contains both and independent and dependent clause.
What is a signal word/phrase?
Introduces a direct quotation or paraphrased text so people know who wrote it and/or from where it was taken.
What is assonance?
in poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel (a, e, i, o, u)
In The Raven, why does Poe include mythological allusions to the Pallas (goddess of war) and the “Plutonian shore” (the underworld) in stanzas 7 and 8?
They add to the narrator’s belief that the raven is evil and other-worldly.
What is the rhyme scheme for a Shakespearean Sonnet?
abab cdcd efef gg
What does FANBOYS stand for?
For and nor but yet so
What are the MLA format guidelines: list all for the 500 points!!
Header, double spaced, centered title, Times New Roman, 12 pt font, indentation for each paragraph, Work Cited page.