Poetry of Identity Review

What is a simile?

• a comparison using like or as

• a comparison not using like or as (uses the "'be" verb)

• an extreme exaggeration

• the main idea of a text

What is a metaphor?

• a comparison using like or as

• a comparison not using like or as (uses the "'be" verb)

• an extreme exaggeration

• the main idea of a text

What is a hyperbole?

• a comparison using like or as

• a comparison not using like or as (uses the "'be" verb)

• an extreme exaggeration

• the main idea of a text

What is a central idea?

• a comparison using like or as

• a comparison not using like or as (uses the "'be" verb)

• an extreme exaggeration

• the main idea of a text

Read the excerpt from "I'm Nobody! Who Are You?" by Emily Dickinson.

I’m nobody! Who are you?

Are you nobody, too?

Then there’s a pair of us—don’t tell!

They’d banish us, you know.

Which statement best explains the central idea of this stanza?

• the poet has something to hide

• the poet identifies with private people

• the poet is afraid of authority

• the poet seeks fame and recognition

Read the excerpt from "I'm Nobody! Who Are You?" by Emily Dickinson.

How dreary to be somebody!

How public, like a frog

To tell your name the livelong day

To an admiring bog!

Which statement best explains the central idea of this stanza?

• Friendships should be kept secret

• Announcing one's name is rude

• Public speaking is difficult

• Fame is dull and unappealing

Read the excerpt from "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins.

I ask them to take a poem

and hold it up to the light

like a color slide

or press an ear against its hive.

Which statement best explains the central idea of these lines?

• Poems should be studied in many ways.

• Poetry readings should take place outside.

• Poems are colorful and noisy.

• Poetry should be shared with friends.

Which line from "I'm Nobody! Who Are You?" by Emily Dickinson contains a simile?

• "Then there’s a pair of us—don’t tell!"

• "They’d banish us, you know."

• "How public, like a frog"

• "To tell your name the livelong day"

Read the excerpt from "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins.

I ask them to take a poem

and hold it up to the light

like a color slide

or press an ear against its hive.

Which line from the excerpt contains a metaphor?

• "I ask them to take a poem"

• "and hold it up to the light"

• "like a color slide"

• "or press an ear against its hive"

Read the excerpt from "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins.

or walk inside the poem's room

and feel the walls for a light switch.

How does this metaphor reveal Collins’s message?

• The metaphor suggests that poetic themes are serious and dark.

• The metaphor suggests that readers should explore poems in depth.

• The metaphor insists that readers should move about while reading.

• The metaphor insists that one must know the poet to understand the poem.