Puerto Rican Obituary

Why does poetry use repetition (repeated words and phrases)?

• For more emphasis or to create a sense of urgency

• To simply add more words to make the poem longer

• To give a musical quality to the poem

• To give the poem a deeper meaning

What is the effect of the repetition of the following words from the poem "They worked"

• The poet emphasizes how hard the immigrants worked

• The poet shows the reader that work can also be fun

• The poem lets the reader know that only a few people worked

• The poem shows how thankful the immigrants were they had a job

After citing evidence from the text, which of the following should you do?

• Move on to citing another piece of evidence

• Explain why you cited the evidence or why it's relevant

• Citing evidence is plagiarism -avoid doing this

• All of the above

What evidence from the poem "Puerto Rican Obituary" shows that the 5 characters (Juan, Miguel, Milagros, Olga and Manuel) symbolize the entire Puerto Rican Community,

• "Waking up in the middle of the night, screaming: Mira Mira"

• "Olga died waiting for a five dollar raise"

• "It's a long ride from Spanish Harlem to Long Island cemetery"

• "All died yesterday today and will die again tomorrow"

At what point is there a shift in the poem?

• The beginning

• Towards the middle

• Towards the end

• Throughout the entire poem