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Who wrote "Sonnet with Bird"?

• Sherman Alexie

• Pat Mora

• Harryette Mullen

Who wrote "Elliptical"?

• Sherman Alexie

• Pat Mora

• Harryette Mullen

Who wrote "Fences"?

• Sherman Alexie

• Pat Mora

• Harryette Mullen

True/False: "Fences" uses ellipses to make the poem more stylistically interesting, as well as fostering the imagination of the reader.

• True

• False

Which of these poems is not written in prose style?

• "Sonnet with Bird"

• "Elliptical"

• "Fences"

Using your knowledge of the poems read, which of the authors uses their Native American heritage to explore the complicated position of being both "Indian" and "American" in their writing?

• Pat Mora

• Sherman Alexie

• Harryette Mullen

Which author merges her Spanish and American culture in her poetry?

• Sherman Alexie

• Harryette Mullen

• Pat Mora

Ellipses definition:

• poems that do not follow any set patterns; create the rhythm of natural speech

• do not end with a grammatical break, do not make full sense without the line that follows

• lines that complete a grammatical unit; they usually end with a punctuation mark, such as comma or period

• omission (often intentional) of words that would be needed for a thought to be complete

Which poem creates an us-versus-them mentality?

• "Fences"

• "Elliptical"

• "Sonnet with Bird"

Which poem takes place on a tourist resort?

• "Fences"

• "Elliptical"

• "Sonnet with Bird"