2nd 9 Weeks DFA Review

What is the first MENTAL step we take with poetry?

• Annotate the Poem

• Show No Fear

• Think About Imagery

• Talk About It

This is a question about your SIFT strategy for poetry.

What does the "S" step stand for?

• Sentence

• Structure

• Simile

• Synthesize

This is a question about your SIFT strategy for poetry.

What does the "I" step stand for?

• Imagery

• Imagine

• Idiom

• Important

This is a question about your SIFT strategy for poetry.

What does the "F" step stand for?

• Figure it out

• Find imagery

• Figurative Language

• Fill in the blank

This is a question about your SIFT strategy for poetry.

What does the "T" step stand for?

• The Author

• Thesis

• Title

• Theme

What is a METAPHOR?

• A comparison of two things not using the words like or as

• A comparison of two things using the words like or as

• A comparison of similarities between two things

• A comparison that contrasts two things

What is an EXTENDED METAPHOR?

• A comparison not using like or as that extends at least 2 or more lines

• A comparison using like or as that extends at least 1 or more lines

• A comparison not using like or as

• A comparison using like or as

Which one of the options below shows an extended metaphor?

• Well, son, I’ll tell you: /

  Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair. /

  It’s had tacks in it, /

  And splinters, /

  And boards torn up, /

  And places with no carpet on the floor— /

  Bare

• In grammar school I stuttered, /

  felt the hot panic on my face /

  when my turn to read / crept up the row.

• I test the iron with little drops of water /

  that sizzle and die. Press down /

  on the wrinkled cloth. / The room fills /

  with a smell like / singed flesh.

Define TONE

• Tone is the way the author speaks in a presentation

• Tone is the attitude the author establishes through their word choice

• Tone is the way the reader is meant to feel when reading a text

• Tone is the reason the author writes a specific text

Define REPETITION

• When the words in the text make a specific sound

• When the words in the text show a comparison using like or as

• When the words in the text have a deeper meaning we need to figure out

• When the words in the text repeat through at least one or more lines