ASL Poetry

What role does movement play in ASL poetry?

• Movement creates rhythm and flow in visual poetry.

• Movement disrupts the structure of visual poetry.

• Movement has no significant role in visual poetry.

• Movement is only used for aesthetic purposes in visual poetry.

The speed of movement in ASL poetry influences the

• meaning

• tone

• structure

• sign parameters

Which of the following aid with rhyme?

• handshape

• speed of signs

• creating a "beat" with body movement

• personation

The concept of 'Place of Articulation (location)' in sign language refers to:

• The specific location on the body where a sign is made

• The speed at which a sign is performed

• The facial expression used during signing

• The handshape used in a sign

In signed poetry, parallelism is:

• breaking grammar rules for poetic effect

• a method to emphasize rhyme

• using established forms of the language in an unusually repetitive way

• a strategy to compare two ideas

Eye gaze is a feature of

• paralellism

• rythm

• rhyme

• deviance

To better understand sign language poetry, a person would need to:

• see the poem in written form

• be Deaf

• be a native user of ASL

• understand the Deaf experience

Deviance in ASL poetry is defined as:

• using new forms of the language

• following everyday uses of the language

• including obtrusive language

• how the poet uses the language

In ASL poetry, ambiguity

• should be avoided

• eliminates confusion

• adds meaning to a poem without adding extra words

• should be avoided to ensure clear communication

In ASL poetry, personation means

• talking about a character

• the overall aesthetic of a poem

• how one performs the poem

• when the signer "becomes" the person or thing being described.