Poetry Day 2

Standard & Objective

ELA.10.R.1.4: Analyze how authors create multiple layers of meaning
and/or ambiguity in a poem.
Students should:

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Be able to identify the theme in a poem

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Use text evidence to support their analysis of a poem

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Use text evidence to identify an author's argument &
to support their own

Word Cloud

What are you most anticipating about Winter Break?

Multiple Choice

What is the narrator of a poem called?

• Author

• Main Character

• Speaker

• Protgonist

Multiple Choice

On the beautiful summer night, the trees danced in the breeze is an example of

• simie

• personification

• metaphor

• allusion

Multiple Choice

What structure is poetry written in?

• Sentences and paragraphs

• Sentences and stanzas

• Lines and paragraphs

• Lines and stanzas

Multiple Choice

Explain the allusion in the sentence: 'The team's victory was a Cinderella story.'

• The team's victory was a predictable outcome.

• The team's victory was a literal fairy tale.

• The team's victory was a tragic event.

• The team's victory was unexpected and remarkable.

Multiple Choice

Pick the hyperbole below:

• Can't you get this question correct?
• Mr. Smith is older than the hills.
• I went skating last Tuesday.
• Marcella was very, very cold. 

Multiple Choice

"...the tables folded like butterflies back through the paneled walls" is a

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

What is the best definition of THEME?

• A universal truth, moral, or idea that the author wants to express. 

• The location and time of the story

• The events that occur in the story

• The author's reason for writing a story

Match

Match the following to complete the definition:

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Meiosis

comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as".

comparison of two unlike things that share something in common without using "like" or "as".

when an idea or object is given human attributes and/or feelings.

overly exaggerated statement or claim.

Understatement

• comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as".

• comparison of two unlike things that share something in common without using "like" or "as".

• when an idea or object is given human attributes and/or feelings.

• overly exaggerated statement or claim.

• Understatement

Match

Match the following terms with their examples.

• Meiosis

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

Tis only a scratch (it's

a mortal wound)

The jingling and tinkling of the bells

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled popsicles

I have a million things to do today.

• Tis only a scratch (it's

  a mortal wound)

• The jingling and tinkling of the bells

• Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled popsicles

• I have a million things to do today.

Rhyme Scheme Review

Rhyme scheme is the name
given to the pattern of
rhyming words at the end of
each line of poetry. The 1st
line gets an A, & any line
whose last word rhymes with
line 1 gets an A. The next line
gets a B, & anything that
rhymes with it gets a B, & so
on...

Roses are red A
Violets are blue B
Sugar is sweet C
And so are you B.

Twinkle, twinkle, little star A
How I wonder what you are A
Up above the world so high B
Like a diamond in the sky B

Multiple Choice

What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?

• ABCD

• ABAB

• ABBA

• BABA

Multiple Choice

What is the rhyme scheme?

• A B C D E F G
• AA BB CC DD
• A B C B A B C D
• A B A B C D C D

Approaching Poetry

• Title: Pay close attention to this & any author information provided
• Paraphrase: Break the poem down into smaller pieces & translate them
• Connotations: Identify all figurative language & consider its purpose
• Attitude: Use the author's words to identify how they feel
• Shift: Look for transitions in time, place, attitude (look for contrast words)
• Title: Return to the title to ensure full comprehension of its value
• Theme: Identify the message the author is sending

"Mother to Son"

This poem does not have a rhyme scheme or
follow any traditional structure. It is a
monologue, meaning one person is speaking
to someone else (who is not speaking). The
title reveals who is speaking and to whom.
Please open this assignment in Actively Learn
so you can read along while Langston Hughes
himself reads his poem to us. After, we will
listen to Viola Davis reading the text. Pay
close attention to the difference in your
response to each.

Hughes Reading
Davis Reading

Multiple Choice

In the poem, who is the speaker?

• Langston Hughes

• A mother

• Maya Angelou

• A son

Multiple Choice

In the poem, who is the speaker addressing, and what are they addressing?

• A mother is telling a story to her child about her own childhood.

• A mother is speaking to her son about climbing a crystal staircase.

• A son is retelling a conversation his mother had with him about earning money.

• A mother is warning her son about the difficulties of life and perseverance.

Multiple Choice

What is the speaker comparing the stairs to?

• Her childhood

• Her partner

• America

• Her life

Multiple Choice

Why did the speaker share that it felt like they were "sometimes goin' in the dark"? What feelings does that evoke?

• Frightening and confusing

• Adventurous

• Exciting

• Mysterious

Multiple Choice

How has the speaker described her life so far?

• As a fancy, beautiful staircase.

• As flawless, without trials.

• As a difficult, painful climb

• As a strange, spiral staircase

Multiple Choice

How does the speaker end the poem? What does she tell the boy?

• That he will not be able to reach the top without a lot of help.

• That crystal stairs are not hard to climb if he does not turn back.

• That he should keep going up the stairs, because she is still going.

Multiple Choice

What is the theme and central metaphor of the poem?

• The narrator describes a tiring climb up a beat-up staircase, representing life's struggles.

• The narrator describes a beat-up staircase turning into a crystal staircase, representing her overcoming hardship.

• The narrator describes herself going down a spiral staircase, representing her continuous problems.

​Work Period

​Please visit Exact Path to:
1. Complete the Poetry assignment
2. Work in your Reading Path to earn a trophy (due 12/14)