Figurative Language and Literary Techniques
Authored by Mile Katusa
English
10th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What figurative language can be seen in the poem below?
“don’t be shy of unkindness, either
it’s cleansing and allows you to be direct
like an arrow that feels something”
- from Frank O’Hara, “Poem (Hate is only one…)”
Metaphor
Apostophre
Simile
Symbol
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
2.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
3 mins • Ungraded
Why is the author comparing unkindness to an arrow? Is this positive or negative?
“don’t be shy of unkindness, either
it’s cleansing and allows you to be direct
like an arrow that feels something”
- from Frank O’Hara, “Poem (Hate is only one…)”
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CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Which words or phrase in the poem is an example of imagery?
“I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold”
-William Carlos Williams, "This is Just to Say"
"so sweet and so cold"
"I have eaten the plums"
"Forgive me"
"saving for breakfast"
4.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
3 mins • Ungraded
Why does the author choose to describe the plums as "sweet and cold"?
“I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold”
-William Carlos Williams, "This is Just to Say"
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CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.11-12.11
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Which phrase is an example of an apostrophe?
“O world, I cannot hold thee close enough!
Thy winds, thy wide grey skies!
Thy mists, that roll and rise!
Thy woods, this autumn day, that ache and sag
And all but cry with colour! That gaunt crag
To crush! To lift the lean of that black bluff!
World, World, I cannot get thee close enough!”
-Edna St. Vincent Millay, "God's World"
"all but cry with color"
"the gaunt crag"
"the lean of the black bluff"
"O world"
6.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
3 mins • Ungraded
What does the speaker feel about the world?
“O world, I cannot hold thee close enough!
Thy winds, thy wide grey skies!
Thy mists, that roll and rise!
Thy woods, this autumn day, that ache and sag
And all but cry with colour! That gaunt crag
To crush! To lift the lean of that black bluff!
World, World, I cannot get thee close enough!”
-Edna St. Vincent Millay, "God's World"
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CCSS.L.1.6
CCSS.L.3.6
CCSS.L.4.6
CCSS.RL.1.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Why is the following an example of a catalogue?
“who wept at the romance of the streets with their pushcarts full of onions and bad music,
who sat in boxes breathing in the darkness under the bridge, and rose up to build harpsichords in their lofts,
who coughed on the sixth floor of Harlem crowned with flame under the tubercular sky surrounded by orange crates of theology,
who scribbled all night rocking and rolling over lofty incantations which in the yellow morning were stanzas of gibberish,
who cooked rotten animals lung heart feet tail borsht & tortillas dreaming of the pure vegetable kingdom,
who plunged themselves under meat trucks looking for an egg,
who threw their watches off the roof to cast their ballot for Eternity outside of Time, & alarm clocks fell on their heads every day for the next decade”
- Ginsberg, “Howl”
The poem creates a a strong voice.
The poem uses a lot of metaphor.
The poem creates a list of types of people.
The poem uses a strong imagery.
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.2.4
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