Casey At The Bat Vocab

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Image created by 'five thousand tongues applauded':

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Crowd cheering for Casey at bat.

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Line that creates irritation in the poem?

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“They saw his face grow stern and cold, they saw his muscles strain.”

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Example of alliteration:

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“With a smile of Christian charity great Casey's visage shone”

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Tone change from stanza 4 to 5:

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Despair to joy.

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Connotation of “haughty grandeur”?

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Negative connotation: self-centered and conceited.

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Best synonym for 'doffed' in: 'He lightly doffed his hat.'

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Removed

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Line that does NOT exemplify personification:

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“For Casey, mighty Casey, was advancing to the bat.”

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Synonym for 'blot' in: 'Oh how we hated Casey, he was a blot upon the game.'

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Joke

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Author's repetition of strikes in both poems impacts the mood by creating excitement within the crowd at a close game.

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Excitement in the crowd at a close game.

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The phrase "died at second" in Stanza 1 refers to:

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The player was tagged out at second base.