HMH Mirror

Lyric poetry (select all that apply)

• • expresses the speaker’s thoughts and feelings

• has a rigid rhyme and rhythm patter

• is written in free verse

• • implies, rather than states, the speaker’s emotion

True or False: The speaker in a poem is not always the same as the poet, even in a poem that uses I and me.

• True

• False

In poetry, the voice that "talks" to the reader is called...

• the main character

• the narrator

• the speaker

• the protagonist

Why does a poet choose a particular speaker?

• to inform

• to entertain

• to evoke the reader's emotions

• to convey a message

When reading a poem, how can you get a sense of who the speaker is?

• read the background information

• use the poem's words & images

• focus on the rising action

• look at the evidence supporting each claim

What questions should you ask yourself about the speaker (select all that apply)?

• Who wrote this poem because they are the speaker?

• • What is the speaker’s tone, or attitude, toward the subject?

• • What thoughts and feelings does the speaker express?

• • What is significant about this choice of speaker?

Figurative language communicates ideas beyond...

• the literal meaning of the words, making an imaginative comparison

• what can be inferred about the speaker

• just mood and tone

• the connotations of each word used

True or False: Figurative language forces a reader to look at familiar things in a new way.

• True

• False

The snow settled on the roof like a comforting blanket.

• metaphor

• allusion

• simile

• personification

The flowers are a carpet of color.

• metaphor

• allusion

• simile

• personification