High School Poetry

What literary device is used in the sentence?

• Assonance

• Consonance

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

O earth, please give me so much joy.

• personification

• allusion

• apostrophe

• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

How does the poet's use of the words breaks, march, camouflage, armed affect the tone of the poem?

• He purposely chooses words which are reflective of war or the military to create the way he felt there.

• He purposefully chooses words which convey a sense of urgency about urban problems.

• He purposefully chooses words which are nostalgic and remind the audience of their past.

• He purposefully chooses words which sound neutral to convey the idea of uniformity in suburban life.

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What does the phrase "but never learn to swim" mean in line 7?

"Oceans of adolescents come here to receive lessons but never learn to swim, part like the Red Sea when the bell rings."

• don't know how to move around the school

• are hydrophobic and fear water

• don't know how to do basic things

• never been to the Red Sea

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the purpose of the figurative language in lines 9-10?

• to show the disconnect between life in Chicago vs in schools

• to show how the students aren't able to separate

• to show how badly the school fences have been maintained

• to show how much the speaker dislikes the way school is set up

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The Little Turtle

Vachel Lindsay

There was a little turtle.

He lived in a box.

He swam in a puddle.

He climbed on the rocks.

He snapped at a mosquito.

He snapped at a flea.

He snapped at a minnow.

And he snapped at me.

He caught the mosquito.

He caught the flea.

He caught the minnow.

And he didn’t catch me.

*What is the poem about?

• It is about climbing rocks

• It is about mosquito

• It is about a boy

• It is about little turtle

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What did the writer tell you with his poem?

• View of sea

• View of mountain

• View of pool and sand

• View of sky

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Birthday Boy

Vachel Lindsay

When I was one

It was so much fun.

When I was two

The world was new.

Then I turned quickly

Into a boy of three.

One year more

And I was four.

Now I’m happy to say

I’m a year older today.

And soon you’ll see

Another birthday party for me

Do you know

How old I’ll be?

*What is the Poem about?

• It is about birthday party of boy

• It is about happy boy

• It is about numeral

• It is about new world

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Birthday Boy

Vachel Lindsay

When I was one

It was so much fun.

When I was two

The world was new.

Then I turned quickly

Into a boy of three.

One year more

And I was four.

Now I’m happy to say

I’m a year older today.

And soon you’ll see

Another birthday party for me

Do you know

How old I’ll be?

*How old will the boy be?

• He will be six

• He will be five

• He will be four

• He will be seven

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

In January the year just begins.

In February there’s a Valentine for everyone.

In March the winds can blow and blow.

In April spring comes and there’s no more snow.

In May the air is fresh and clean.

In June the grass is long and green.

In July the sun is high in the sky.

In August hot winds go blowing by.

In September we children go to school.

In October Halloween fun is the rule.

In November we have a day of Thanksgiving.

In December there’s holiday fun in giving.

*How many cultural events are there in the poem?

• one

• two

• three

• No one

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9