Unit 4 Poetry Collection

In ¨Retort,¨ who is speaking to whom?

• Phyllis is speaking to herself

• Phyllis is speaking to the speaker

• The speaker is speaking to Phyllis

• The speaker is speaking to himself

In ¨Retort,¨ who is Phyllis?

• the speaker´s alter ego

• the speaker´s neighbor

• the speaker´s beloved

• the speaker´s friend

In the excerpt from The People Yes, why does the ¨White man¨ draw circles in the sand?

• to illustrate his belief that white people know more than Native people

• to communicate with a Native man who does not speak English

• to teach the Native man how to use shapes to represent ideas

• to show the outer boundary of the Native territory

What is the topic of discussion in the excerpt from The People, Yes?

• art

• land

• nature

• knowledge

¨The lady is fair,¨ said the knight. What is the knightś opinion of the lady? Base your answer on the meaning of fair.

• She is intelligent

• She is beautiful

• She is funny

• She is sad

Which sentence best states a main message of the poem ¨Retort?¨

• Always follow your head rather than your heart

• A person in love does not always think rationally

• It is easy to fall in love with an unkind person

• Love happens only when the mind and the heart agree

In the excerpt from The People Yes, what does the Native man´s immense ring represent?

• what the ¨White man¨ fears

• the human desire to make art

• what the Native people have learned

• the limits of human knowledge

The phrase ¨Face was fair" represents which sound device?

• rhyme

• consonance

• alliteration

• formal verse

Which poetic structure does the poet use in the excerpt from The People, Yes?

• meter

• free verse

• formal verse

• rhyme scheme

What sound device is used in the following line:

Then my heart spoke out with a right bold air

• assonance

• alliteration

• consonance

• rhyme scheme