Questions on Poems and Literary Analysis

Karlessa and Smith are reading the poem The Highwayman in class. Teacher says, "Identify two examples of repetition in the poem. Explain what the repetition could symbolize."

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

During a classroom film analysis activity, Smith and Lawson watched a video adaptation of a poem. One of the film elements used in the video is lighting. Identify and explain moments where the meaning or tone of the poem is made more clear by the lighting in the film.

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CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

Identify Bess’s final action. Explain what readers can learn about love and loss from the relationship in the poem.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

Read these lines from the poem: "Here I see it glow with day Under glowing heaven. Every path and every plot, Every bush of roses, Every blue forget-me-not Where the dew reposes." Which phrase best expresses the description of the garden in the lines above?

• the amount of plants in the garden

• the way the morning lights up the garden

• how the plants in the garden are organized

• how much the garden has grown overnight

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

This part of the poem analysis entails finding detailed language that you can imagine using your five senses:

• Repetition

• Figurative Language

• Imagination

• Imagery

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Match the following

• Appeals to the reader's sense of taste.

• Olfactory Imagery

• Appeals to the reader's sense of hearing.

• Auditory Imagery

• Appeals to the reader's sense of sight.

• Tactile Imagery

• Appeals to the reader's sense of touch.

• Gustatory Imagery

• Appeals to the reader's sense of smell.

• Visual Imagery

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

words, phrases that create images in mind of the reader & appeal to the 5 senses​ (a)  

• imagery
• illustrate
• infer
• inspect

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

When Zachary reads a story, the ​ (a)   is the atmosphere of a text for the reader. The​ (b)   is the attitude the author takes on toward the text

• mood

• tone

• point of view

• allusion

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

During poetry class, Teacher Smith says, "The poem Lawson wrote follows an ABAC pattern. ABAC is an example of ​ (a)   ​ . This is the pattern of rhyming words at the end of each line in a stanza. This builds the rhythm in poems.​

• rhyme scheme

• rhythm

• stanzas

• imagery

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

Read lines 11, 12, 15, and 16 from the poem. The poet uses these lines mainly to show that the speaker —

• is confused about what she has made

• wants to test her idea for herself

• does not want anyone’s help

• is excited about showing the wings to others

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10