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

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

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

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

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

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CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

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

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

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.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

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"

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

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"

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

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.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5