Chicago

What type of poem is Chicago?

• Haiku

• Free Verse

• Sonnet

• Blank Verse

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CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What do line breaks do to a poem?

• They end a poem's sentence

• They make the poem pretty

• They create tension, cause a sense of suspension or surprise

• They have no impact over the poem

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CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The figurative language device that creates pictures in your mind is known as what?

• Imagery

• Diction

• Syntax

• Sonnet

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

"Fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action," is an example of what?

• Diction

• Simile

• Imagery

• Alliteration

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What type of tone is created in this line, "And they tell me you are brutal and my reply is: On the faces of women and children I have seen the marks of wanton hunger."

• Happiness

• Anger

• Sorrow

• Joy

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What proof of Chicago's reputation as brutal does the poem's speaker give?

• The speaker thinks the people who live in Chicago are insensitive

• The speaker has seen dogs fighting in the streets

• The speaker thinks the people who live in Chicago grab all the wealth

• The speaker has seen hungry women and children

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

According to the poem, how does Chicago feel about its reputation?

• Sad

• Angry

• Proud

• Sorrowful

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CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

How was stanza 1 different from stanza 2?

• Stanza 1 has a rhyme scheme and stanza 2 does not

• Stanza 1 is about Chicago and stanza 2 is not

• Stanza 2 contains vivid images and stanza 1 does not

• Stanza 2 contains long lines and stanza 1 does not

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

"Under the smoke, dust all over his mouth, laughing with white teeth," is an example of what?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Diction

• Imagery

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"City of the Big Shoulders" is an example of

• Personification

• Diction

• Imagery

• Simile

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9