March 6, 2014Poetry test review

Homework: Poetry test tomorrow!

Objective: I can demonstrate mastery of concepts learned throughout poetry unit.

Warm Up (in your composition book)

Copy your objective into you comp book. Look up the definition for LIMERICK in the red section of your Literature book. Copy the definition into your comp book.

Today we will be reviewing for tomorrow's poetry test

You will need to do all assignments without the use of your notes.

You can write everything on the paper I give you. First, make this chart on the back...

Poetry is different from other genres of literature in the following ways...

this is called... examples

the way it looks

the way it sounds

the language it uses

its appeal to the senses

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Poetry is different from other types of writing in the way it looks...This is called...

Poetry is different from other types of writing in the way it sounds...These are called...

Poetry is different from other types of writing in the language it uses. This is called..

Poetry is different from other types of writing in the way it appeals to the 5 senses. This is called..

1. A ______________________ is a way of comparing two things in poetry. It is a statement that one this is like or as another.

2. The snake slithered soundlessly is an example of _________________________ because the words have the same beginning consonant sounds.

3. She cried her eyes out over the depressing movie is an example of _________________________

4. "Eeek!" I screamed when I saw the mouse is an example of _________________________

5. She was a gazelle as she ran the track. This is an example of _________________________

6. Write an example of personification.

7. Write an example of a simile.

8. Determine the rhyme scheme of the following poem:

Did you hear that guy? He was talking about you. You shouldn't crybecause none of it is true.

9. How are concrete poetry and free verse poetry different?

10. The rhyme scheme of limericks is...

11. Write a couplet.

12. Haiku is a type of poetry that has __________________ lines and a syllabication pattern of ________________________.

13. A sonnet has ___________ lines.

14. A cinquain is a stanza poem that has ___________ lines, while a quatrain is a poem or stanza with _______________ lines.

15. Write a poem about any teacher using an AABB rhyme scheme.

Turn to pg. 666 in your Literature book.

You will need to read the two poems and then answer questions 1-15 (pgs. 668-669) in your comp book.

Rain comes in various sizes. Some rain is as small as a mist. It tickles your face with surprises, And tingles as if you'd been kissed. 

Some rain is the size of a sprinkle And doesn't put out all the sun. You can see the drops sparkle and twinkle, And a rainbow comes out when it's done. 

Some rain is as big as a nickel And comes with a crash and a hiss. It comes down too heavy to tickle. It's more like a splash than a kiss. 

Rain Sizes by John Ciardi

When it rains the right size and you're wrapped in Your rain clothes, it's fun out of doors. But run home before you get trapped in The big rain that rattles and roars

The robin cries: rain! The crow calls: plunder!

The blacksnake climbingin the vine haltshis long ladder of muscle

While the thunderheads whirl upout of the white west,

their dark hooves nickingthe tall trees as they come.

Rain, rain, rain! sings the robinfrantically, then flies for cover.The crow hunches.The blacksnake

pours himself swift and heavyinto the ground.

Rain in Ohioby Mary Oliver

Questions 1-6: Rain Sizes

1. Which statement describes the pattern of rhyme in this poem?

2. Which description of rain is a simile?

3. In line 4, the speaker uses a simile to compare the misty rain to -

4. Which phrase from the poem is an example of an onomatopoeia?

5. Which image appeals to your sense of hearing?

6. You can infer that the speaker in Rain Sizes -

Questions 7-11: Rain in Ohio

7. In line 5, the speaker uses the metaphor "his long ladder of muscle" to emphasize the snake's -

8. Read lines 6-9.

"while the thunderheads whirl upout of the white west,

their dark hooves nickingthe tall trees as they come."

What are the thunderheads being compared to?

9. Read lines 10-11.

"Rain, rain, rain! sings the robinfrantically, then flies for cover."

You can infer that when the robin sings "Rain, rain, rain!" it is -

10. The metaphor in lines 13-15 compares the blacksnake's movement to -

11. What can you infer about how the birds and the snake feel about the approaching storm?

Question 12:both selections

12. In both poems, the descriptions of rain -

SHORT CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE2-3 sentences

13. In Rain Sizes what idea does the speaker emphasize by repeating the phrase "some rain is"?

14. Do you think Rain in Ohio describes the approach of a wild thunderstorm or a gentle rain? Give two examples from the poem to support your idea.

Write a paragraph to answer this question.

15. Find 3 images in Rain inthat describe how the robin, the crow and the blacksnake react to the storm. Are their reactions the same or different? Explain.

Homework:

Study for tomorrow's poetry test!