Invictus - Finding the Implied ideas in poetry

What is the context in which the word "shade" is used in the sentence: "In the dark, she could just make out the shade of her diseased ancestor"?

• Light

• Color

• Ghost

• Tree

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What action did the person resist in the sentence: "She tried to fell him, but he resisted her"?

• Helping

• Ignoring

• Knocking down

• Healing

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does figurative language in poetry often include?

• Grouping of lines

• Rhythm or beat

• Words with similar sounding final syllables

• Images, unusual word combinations, or striking metaphors or similes

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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 is the structure of the poem "Invictus"?

• 3 heroic quatrains

• 4 heroic quatrains

• 5 heroic quatrains

• 6 heroic quatrains

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is the rhyme scheme of each stanza in "Invictus"?

• aabb

• abab

• abba

• abcb

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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

What meter is used in the poem "Invictus"?

• Iambic pentameter

• Trochaic tetrameter

• Iambic tetrameter

• Dactylic hexameter

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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

What is the speaker's soul described as in the poem "Invictus"?

• Fragile

• Unconquerable

• Lost

• Invisible

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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

What does "pole to pole" refer to in the phrase "Black as the pit from pole to pole"?

• From the North Pole to the South Pole

• From the East to the West

• From the top to the bottom

• From the center to the edge

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The definition of "Invictus" is

• unmatchable

• unconquered

• unstoppable

• unthinkable

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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

Henley was inspired to write "Invictus"

• When he learned about apartheid in South Africa

• When he met Nelson Mandela

• None of these

• While he was in the hospital due to tuberculosis and an amputated leg.

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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