The literal/dictionary definition of a word is...

An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning is....

I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!!

She was beautiful like a flower.

The snow was a white blanket on a frozen landscape.

The wind whispered through the dry grass.

Sally sells seashells by the seashore.

The attitude a writer takes towards the audience, a subject, or a character.

The word house and home have the same dictionary definition: the place where you live. However, when I think of a house, I picture four walls and a roof. When I think of a home, I picture a place of comfort, familiarity, and love. This is because the words have different ____________ ?

What kind of poem is this?

Smart

Children

Have

Oodles

Of

Laughter

The repetition of a VOWEL sound within two or more words in close proximity.

The repetition of a CONSONANT sound within two or more words in close proximity.

These are BOTH (two answers) examples of metrical feet.

A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas is called a.... (We read "The Cremation of Sam McGee")

A natural pause or break in a line of poetry . , ! ? - //

There are strange things done in the midnight sun ("The Cremation of Sam McGee", Line 1) The underlined words prove that this is an example of...

Two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit

The poem "O Captain! My Captain" mourns the sudden and tragic death of Whitman's beloved president, Abraham Lincoln. After reading the poem, and noting it's sad and mournful tone, we concluded that it was what kind of poem?

The continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line of poetry to the next (We discussed this when reading Richard Wilbur's "The Writer").

A long narrative poem, typically derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures (You'll read one in high school, I promise. Probably "The Odyssey")

A group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm

I wrote a poem!! What kind of poem is it?

I love English class

We have so much fun daily

The best class ever

What kind of poem is this?

There once was a man from Nantucket

Who kept all his cash in a bucket.

But his daughter, named Nan,

Ran away with a man,

And as for the bucket, Nantucket.

A basic structural component of poetry

A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry that gives rhythm and regularity to poetry

A piece of writing that partakes of the nature of both speech and song that is nearly always rhythmical, usually metaphorical, and often exhibits such formal elements as meter, rhyme, and stanzaic structure.

The "chorus" of a poem; a phrase, verse, or group of verses repeated at intervals throughout a song or poem, especially at the end of each stanza.

Repeating a word, phrase, or idea for emphasis or rhythmic effect

Correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry.

The words "stress" and "kiss" don't quite rhyme, but they almost do. There's a term for this, when the vowels sounds are nearly, but not exactly the same. It is called....

A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; A verse; Sort of like a poem version of a paragraph *Hint: We've numbered a bunch of these*

"A promise made is a debt unpaid" (Line 33, "The Cremation of Sam McGee") This is an example of which literary device in action?

"And the dogs were fed, and the stars overhead were dancing heel and toe" (Line 19, "The Cremation of Sam McGee") The underlined portion of this poem is an example of which literary device in action?

"Talk of your cold! Through the parka's fold it stabbed like a driven nail." (Line 14, "The Cremation of Sam McGee") The underlined portion of this line is an example of which literary device in action?

Which line from "Invictus" best exhibits the idea of a growth mindset?

A fixed mindset is.... (Pick 2)

A growth mindset is... (Pick 2)

When reading "The Cremation of Sam McGee," we also learned about the Klondike Gold Rush. In order to be permitted entry into Canada, how much food and gear (PER PERSON) did the stampeders need to have with them?

A stillness greatens, in which (Stanza 4, Line 12)

The whole house seems to be thinking, (Stanza 5, Line 13)

-- One of our questions about "The Writer" focused on these two lines. Which poetic device does the author utilize here in order to create an awkward or disjointed feel to the poem, similar to the daughter's disjointed and "stop & go" typing patterns?