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1. Write an ECR about Shakespeare's 29th sooner and how he used figurative language, tone, and structure to convey his main theme
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2. in 3-5 sentences use effective reasoning to explain a conclusion you can draw from the structure of away base your conclusion in
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3. Which lines of poetry are the best examples of alliteration? (From the poem, “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe)(1 point)
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4. Write a poem about the name anjola always being mispronounced and misspelled
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5. Use the passage below to answer the question.Write 4-5 sentences in which you draw a conclusion about the relationship between
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6. Sonnet 116by William Shakespeare Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments; love is not love Which alters when
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7. Sonnet 116by William Shakespeare O no, it is an ever-fixed mark That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to
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8. Ifby Rudyard Kipling If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch, If
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9. What is a structural characteristic of a litany poem?(1 point)Responses The ending must be in the form of a couplet. The ending
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10. What is a quatrain?(1 point)Responses a type of poem with 14 lines a type of poem with 14 lines a group of four lines of poetry
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11. What is the aesthetic impact of a poem?(1 point)Responses how the poem’s speaker addresses the reader how the poem’s speaker
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12. What is rhyme scheme?(1 point)Responses the number of stressed syllables per line of poetry the number of stressed syllables per
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13. what can you call a wolf poem without saying wolf in the name
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14. The sun wakes up,orange embers on the horizon. Light strikes the buildings like flame. The city yawns, stretches, awakes. And
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15. It sifts from Leaden SievesIt sifts from leaden sieves, It powders all the wood, it fills with alabaster wool The wrinkles of
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16. It sifts from Leaden Sievesby Emily Dickinson Use the poem "It sifts from Leaden Sieves" below to answer the question. According
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17. Annabel Leeby Edgar Allan Poe The angels, not half so happy in Heaven, Went envying her and me- Yes! -that was the reason (as
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18. Before a PaintingJames Weldon Johnson I knew not who had wrought with skill so fine What I beheld; nor by what laws of art He
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19. George GrayEdgar Lee Masters I have studied many times The marble which was chiseled for me-- A boat with a furled sail at rest
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20. Now Zeus the lord of cloud roused in the northa storm against the ships, and driving veils of squall moved down like night on
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21. What is imagery in the context of poetry?the location and time frame that a poem takes place in descriptions in a poem that
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22. My men were mutinous,fools, on stores of wine. Sheep after sheep they butchered by the surf, and shambling cattle,
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23. A Song by Paul Laurence DunbarWhat is the rhyme scheme of the poem's first stanza? a. abcca b. aabba c. abccd d. abaac
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24. Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Dylan ThomasWhich line from the poem is an example of a refrain? SELECT THE TWO CORRECT
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25. What is a unique feature of a haiku?a. The first and third lines have five syllables b. Each stanza begins with the same word or
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26. Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Dylan ThomasWhat is the relationship between the second lines of each stanza? a. They
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27. Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Dylan ThomasIn this poem, what is the first line called in poetic terms? a. villanelle
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28. LongingBy "Paul Laurence Dunbar" use the poem to answer the question. In 3-5 sentences, use effective reasoning to explain a
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29. LongingBy "Paul Laurence Dunbar" use the poem to answer the question. In 3-5 sentences, use effective reasoning to explain a
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30. Hope is the thing with feathersBy “Emily Dickinson” use the poem to answer the question. to which sense does the stanzas
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31. what does the quote "not all those who wander are lost" mean
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32. LongingBy “Paul Laurence Dunbar” use the poem to answer the question. what is one way in which diction affects the meaning
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33. dim, dangerous cloudsstampede across the sky. where did the sun go hide? use the haiku to answer the question. what conclusions
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34. What is the central theme of the poem "Icarus's Flight"?Group of answer choices The wisdom gained through pushing boundaries The
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35. Hope is the thing with feathersBy “Emily Dickinson” use the poem to answer the question. which analyst of this poems prosody
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36. what measure of structure best defines a haiku?a syllables per line b number of stanzas c rhyme scheme d type of refrain
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37. What is the central theme of the poem "Icarus's Flight"?Group of answer choices The wisdom gained through pushing boundaries The
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38. by Paul Laurence Dunbar If you could sit with me beside the sea to-day, And whisper with me sweetest dreamings o’er and
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39. poem about friends 14 lines
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40. wright a song about the soldiers that did not make it back home from war
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41. The lovely voices in ardor appealing over the watermade me crave to listen, and I tried to say 'Untie me!' to the crew, jerking
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42. 'Sirens 20weaving a haunting song over the sea we are to shun, she said, and their green shore all sweet with clover; yet she
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43. Do not go gentle into that good night,Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
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44. What is a villanelle?(1 point)Responses when a poem’s speaker talks directly to the reader when a poem’s speaker talks
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45. Use the poem Longingby Paul Laurence Dunbar to answer the question. In 3–5 sentences, use effective reasoning to explain a
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46. Because I could not stop for Death – (479)Play Audio By Emily Dickinson Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly
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47. Because I could not stop for Death – (479)Play Audio By Emily Dickinson Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly
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48. Use the poem Hope is the thing with feathersby Emily Dickinson to answer the question. To which sense does this stanza’s
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49. Use the poem to answer the question.To which sense does this stanza’s imagery most appeal? (1 point) Responses smell smell
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50. Because I could not stop for Death – (479)Play Audio By Emily Dickinson Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly
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51. Use the poem Longingby Paul Laurence Dunbar to answer the question. What is one way in which diction affects the meaning of the
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52. Dim, dangerous cloudsstampede across the sky. Where did the sun go hide? Question Use the haiku to answer the question. What
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53. Use the poem Hope is the thing with feathersby Emily Dickinson to answer the question. Which analysis of this poem’s prosody
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54. Use the two haikus to answer the question.Haiku 1: I see the leaves fall and wish the summer would last, yet—find hope in
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55. Describe the poetic structure of a haikuin one simple sentence
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56. The sun wakes up,orange embers on the horizon. Light strikes the buildings like flame. The city yawns, stretches, awakes. And
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57. FeatureMolly Maguire at Monmouth by William Collins On the bloody field of Monmouth Flashed the guns of Greene and Wayne.
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58. FeatureIt sifts from Leaden Sieves by Emily Dickinson It sifts from leaden sieves, It powders all the wood, It fills with
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59. Annabel Leeby Edgar Allan Poe The angels, not half so happy in Heaven, Went envying her and me— Yes!—that was the reason (as
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60. What is the definition of consonance?(1 point)Responses when multiple words within a line of poetry rhyme when multiple words
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61. To a Certain Civilianby Walt Whitman Did you ask dulcet rhymes from me? Did you seek the civilian’s peaceful and languishing
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62. O Captain! My Captain!by Walt Whitman O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells; Rise up—for you the flag is
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63. In Flanders Fieldsby John McCrae In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and
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64. O Captain! My Captain!by Walt Whitman O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather’d every rack, the
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65. 10 of 1210 of 12 ItemsQuestion Use the stanza from the poem to answer the question. The wind is a howl, rumble and growl. The
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66. What is the rhyme scheme of the following poem?"Roses are red, Violets are blue, Sugar is sweet, And so are you." (2 points)
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67. Read the poem, and then choose the correct answer to the question below.Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day? (Sonnet 18) by
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68. O thou, my lovely boy, who in thy powerDost hold Time's fickle glass, his sickle, hour; Who hast by waning grown, and therein
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69. Read the poem, and then choose the correct answer to the question below.Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day? (Sonnet 18) by
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70. This poem expresses the thoughts and feelings of the speaker. It is a(n) ______ poem.
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71. The "voice" of this poem is called the _____.
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72. A piece of writing has these characteristics:short lines that are not complete sentences a capitalized word at the beginning of
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73. To a Certain Civilianby Walt Whitman Did you ask dulcet rhymes from me? Did you seek the civilian’s peaceful and languishing
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74. O Captain! My Captain!by Walt Whitman O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells; Rise up—for you the flag is
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75. Historical Context Quick Check2 of 42 of 4 Items Feature In Flanders Fields by John McCrae In Flanders fields the poppies blow
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76. O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won,The port is
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77. O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won,The port is
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78. Birthday message with biblical verse for my young grandma
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79. Language in Poetry Quick Check5 of 55 of 5 Items Feature Spring Storm by William Carlos Williams The sky has given over its
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80. Language in Poetry Quick Check4 of 54 of 5 Items Question Which sentence contains a simile?(1 point) Responses The mounds of
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81. Language in Poetry Quick Check3 of 53 of 5 Items Question What is imagery?(1 point) Responses a writer’s choice and use of
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82. Language in Poetry Quick Check2 of 52 of 5 Items Feature Spring Storm by William Carlos Williams The sky has given over its
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83. Mrs. Ramona taught her poetry students to write poems with two or more stressed syllables that have the same consonant sound.
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84. Madelynn’s poetry aims to instruct or teach. What type of poetry does Madelynn MOST likely write?(1 point) Responses
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85. Historically, poetry was used for many different reasons. What is MOST likely one of those reasons?(1 point) Responses rhyme
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86. Marcia enjoys reading poetry with a particular beat or tempo. What term BEST describes this feature of poetry?(1 point)
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87. Rashid is trying to write a poem using assonance. How is assonance BEST defined?(1 point) Responses the beat or tempo of the
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88. Lyric forms of poetry were used in societies where the written word had not yet been established. What was MOST likely one
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89. Gilberto writes poetry with the intention of thoroughly describing a particular aspect of something. What type of poetry does he
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90. Kari writes poetry with a musical and sometimes emotional mood. What type of poetry does Kari MOST likely write?(1 point)
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91. Some poems have a distinct rhythm or meter. What term BEST defines a measured group of meters within a poem?(1 point) Responses
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92. Luis writes narrative poetry. What is MOST likely true about Luis’s poems?(1 point) Responses They tell a story. They tell a
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93. Rachel’s teacher assigned her to write a poem using personification. How is this method BEST explained?(1 point) Responses the
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94. Which of the following defines repetition in a poem?(1 point) Responses words that start with the same letter words that start
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95. answer this in grade 11 level: For this activity, you will be asked to analyze a variety of poems and identify the various
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96. Which feature makes a narrative poem different from other poems?(1 point)Responses It uses stylistic techniques. It uses
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97. Which structural element of epic poetry does this passage reflect? the opem is "the oddyssey". (1 point) Responses parallel
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98. Which structural element of epic poetry does this passage reflect? (1 point) Responses parallel structure parallel structure
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99. How can you tell an epic poem has begun in media res?(1 point) Responses The poem includes two events happening at the same
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100. How can you tell an epic poem has begun in media res?
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