Y8 Poetry

What is imagery?

• When you give an animal or object qualities or abilities that only a human can have

• Descriptions that appeal to the 5 senses

• Imagining a person

• Writing about your imagination

Langston Hughes was a leading figure in the ______ Renaissance.

When writing an analysis paragraph, you should always use quotations marks around a quote.

• True

• False

• Sometimes

What is tentative language?

• Language that is in English

• Language that is fierce and powerful

• Language that is definite and forceful

• Language that is suggestive and not definite

Select the correct example(s) of tentative language

• The poet knows that he will never be friends with White Americans.

• It could be argued that the poet feels hopeful about his future.

• It is certain that the poet will not be buried near slavery.

• Some might think that the poet felt distraught about the way African Americans were treated.

Select the best synonym for the word 'gruesome'

• cheery

• gentle

• delicate

• hideous

Which paragraph structure should you follow when analysing poetry?

• Think, Act, Speak

• What, Who, When?

• Point, Evidence, Explain

• Evidence, Point, Explain

What is onomatopoeia?

• When you compare one thing to another using the words 'like' or 'as'

• When you repeat a word or phrase

• When a word describes a sound and actually mimics the sound of the object or action it refers to when it is spoken.

• When you exaggerate something