Poetry
Hope is personified as what thing in Emily Dickinson's short, lyrical poem.
What is a bird/Thing with Feathers?
The reason that Friar Lawrence was willing to help marry Romeo and Juliet.
What is "He thought it would help end the feud?"
Dr. King Jr. tried to persuade the crowd to protest in this way with his "I Have a Dream Speech".
What is peaceful/nonviolent protest?
This is an example of this type of figurative language:
"The flowers and grasses slept through what seemed to be a never-ending winter."
What is personification?
The city that Romeo flees to after killing Tybalt.
Where is Mantua?
The different sets of bells represent these in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Bells" poem.
What are stages of life; happenings of life; sleigh bells, wedding bells, alarm bells, funeral bells.
This character is the primary source of comic relief in the play.
Who is Mercutio?
In "On Summer"- the grandmother's experience in the past that was too difficult for the little girl to understand.
What is slavery?
This is an example of this type of sound device:
"The Jabberwock burbled as it came."
What is onomatopoeia?
O-N-O-M-A-T-O-P-O-E-I-A
This is the major theme of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" (hint: Nevermore).
What is neverending grief/loss?
The purpose of the Prologue in the play.
What is "give background information about the play"?
The place that Dr. King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech took place.
Where is the Lincoln Memorial?
This is an example of this type of figurative language:
"If everything is possible, then is it possible for something to be impossible?"
What is a paradox?
The name of the speech that Dr. King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream Speech" alluded to.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
This person is the author of "Dreams" and "Dreams Deferred", the two short poems about why you should hold on to a dream/what happens if you defer it.
Who is Langston Hughes?
This is Romeo's tragic flaw or his "hamartia" in the play.
What is his emotional state/changing emotions/rashness?
The author's overall tone in "On Summer" (hint- her idea about summer does what throughout the poem).
What is transformational/changing?
This is an example of this type of sound device-
"I can't count the crayons in this Crayola box."
What is alliteration?
What color were the curtains in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" poem?
What is PURPLE?
This type of sound device is used the MOST in "Analysis of a Baseball".
(Example-Bat hits mitt).
What is consonance?
3 fears that Juliet expressed in her soliloquy before she drank the sleeping potion.
What are these fears:
1. She thought Romeo wouldn't be there when she woke up.
2. She thought the potion might kill her.
3. She thought the potion might not work at all and she would wake up normally.
_________ + _________ = tone
What are diction and syntax?
"I bet my pet won't settle for normal food."
What is assonance?
In "Libraries Face Sad Chapter", this person gave grant money to build the Brooklyn Public Library.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?