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24 Cards in this Set
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"The Rooster's crowing"
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"But at Osaka's gateway/The guards are never fooled."
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"this morning (for the girls of eastern high school)"
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Lucille Clifton
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"Ballad of Birmingham"
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"But you may go to church instead"
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"Jabberwocky"
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"'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves"
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"Dreams"
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Langston Hughes
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"Haiku"
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Etheridge Knight
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"Blessed Lord, what it is to be young"
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"The singer, the song, and the sung."
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"Chicago"
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Carl Sandburg
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"In a Farmhouse"
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Luis Omar Salinas
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What is a ballad?
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A ballad is a form of poetry that tells story, passed from person to person, often as a simple song with rhyming words and a refrain.
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What is the difference between rhyme and rhythm?
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Rhymes are words that end with the same or similar sounds, while rhythm is a pattern created by the stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.
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What is imagery?
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Imagery is the use of word pictures that appeal to the fives senses.
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Give an example of imagery from a poem in Unit 7
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(You find an example of imagery.)
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What is voice?
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Voice is the way a writer expresses ideas through style, form, content, and purpose.
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Give an example of voice from a poem in Unit 7
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(Find an example of voice.)
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In "The Streets of Laredo," the cowboy is wrapped up in
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a. a towel b. blue bed sheets c. gray flannel d. white linen
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"The rooster's crowing" is in a traditional form of Japanese poetry called
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a.tanka b. haiku c. an anecdote d. blank verse
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With words like tinkle, oversprinkle, and twinkle, Poe imitates the sound of slivery sleigh bells. This is called what?
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a. onomatopoeia b. assonance c. a metaphor d. alliteration
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The quote from "My Life Story," "...she is too small/ only a sand in the big desert," is an example of what?
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a. onomatopoeia b. assonance c. a metaphor d. alliteration
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Cool and school are examples of what?
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a onomatopoeia b. assonance c. metaphors d. alliteration
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Lurk late and strike straight are examples of what?
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a. onomatopoeia b. assonance c. metaphors d. alliteration
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In "The Poet," the poet's table is covered with what?
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a. ink b. books c. pens. d. paper
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The main subject of Luis Omar Salinas's poems is the experience of what people in the United States?
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a. American Indian b. African-American c. Hispanic d. Spanish
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In "Nikki-Rosa," the poet doesn't think a white person will ever understand that Black love is Black what?
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a. power b. wealth c. intelligence d. courage
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