POETRY:
Bell-Ringers &
Exit Slips
Remember:
Complete the “Learning Target” for today.
Answer in the space provided.
You will have 2 minutes for the Bell-Ringer.
Bell-Ringer: 1-7-2012
1. The first thing I do when coming to class is copy
down my “Learning Target” for the day.
a) True
b) False
2. If I receive THREE “X”s in one week, I receive FIVE
free points on any assignment.
a) True
b) False
3. The consumption of food-like products is now legal in
Mr. Davis’s class:
a) True
b) False
Bell-Ringer:1-8-2013
1.
A word that imitates a noise or action. Example: “buzz.”
a)
b)
c)
2.
Compares two different things without using a word of
comparison, such as “like” or “as.”
a)
b)
c)
3.
Alliteration
Assonance
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
One type of noun that you can see or touch.
a)
b)
c)
Common
Concrete
Abstract
Exit Slip:1-8-2013
1.
Using the same consonant to start two or more stressed syllables in
phrase or verse line.
a)
b)
c)
2.
Exaggeration beyond reason—to be funny or to prove a point.
a)
b)
c)
3.
Alliteration
Assonance
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
A unit of lines grouped together. Similar to a paragraph in prose.
a)
b)
c)
Stanza
Couplet
Refrain
Bell-Ringer: 1-9-2012
1.
The rhyming of a word with another in one or more of their accented
vowels, but not in their consonants; sometimes called vowel rhyme.
a)
b)
c)
2.
Compares two different things without using a word of comparison, such
as “like” or “as.”
a)
b)
c)
3.
Alliteration
Assonance
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
A figure of speech where the poet describes an abstraction, thing, or a nonhuman form as if it were a person.
a)
b)
c)
Personification
Hyperbole
Peoplefying
Exit Slip:1-9-2013
1.
Poetry that tells a story in verse form.
a)
b)
c)
2.
Poetry that tells a story using a character’s own thoughts or
statements.
a)
b)
c)
3.
Narrative
Dramatic
Lyric
Narrative
Dramatic
Lyric
A brief poem in which the poet expresses the feelings of a single
speaker, creating a single effect on the reader.
a)
b)
c)
Narrative
Dramatic
Lyric
Bell-Ringer: 1-10-2012
1.
A fourteen-line lyric poem with formal patterns of rhyme, rhythm, and line
structure.
a)
b)
c)
2.
A poem containing three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables
a)
b)
c)
3.
Sonnet
Haiku
Free Verse
Sonnet
Haiku
Free Verse
The repetition of identical or similar sounds in stressed syllables.
a)
b)
c)
Rhyme
Rhythm
Stanza
Exit Slip:1-10-2013
1.
A stanza consisting of four lines.
a)
b)
c)
2.
The repetition of one or more phrases or lines at certain intervals,
usually at the end of each stanza.
a)
b)
c)
3.
Tercet
Quatrain
Octet
Rhythm
Rhyme
Refrain
The way a poet uses words, forms, or imagery to create an effect
on the reader.
a)
b)
c)
Mood
Tone
Style
Bell-Ringer: 1-11-2012
1.
A poem with no specific patterns of rhyme, rhythm, or structure.
a)
b)
c)
2.
A word or phrase repeated within a line or stanza.
a)
b)
c)
3.
Sonnet
Haiku
Free Verse
Repetition
Rhyme
Rhyme Scheme
The pattern in which “end rhyme” occurs.
a)
b)
c)
Repetition
Rhyme
Rhyme Scheme
Exit Slip:1-11-2013
1.
A word or object that has its own meaning and represents another
word, object or idea.
a)
b)
c)
2.
The feeling a poem creates for its reader.
a)
b)
c)
3.
Mood
Tone
Symbol
Mood
Tone
Symbol
The attitude a poet takes towards his/her subject.
a)
b)
c)
Mood
Tone
Style
Bell-Ringers &
Exit Slips
January 14-17
Remember:
Complete the “Learning Target” for today.
Answer in the space provided.
You will have 2 minutes for the Bell-Ringer.
Bell-Ringer: 1-14-2012
1.
A poem with no specific patterns of rhyme, rhythm, or structure.
a)
b)
c)
2.
A word or phrase repeated within a line or stanza.
a)
b)
c)
3.
Sonnet
Haiku
Free Verse
Repetition
Rhyme
Rhyme Scheme
The pattern in which “end rhyme” occurs.
a)
b)
c)
Repetition
Rhyme
Rhyme Scheme
Exit Slip:1-14-2013
1.
Which type of noun names a SPECIFIC person, place, or thing?
a)
b)
c)
2.
This type of pronoun points out specific people, places or things.
a)
b)
c)
3.
Common
Concrete
Proper
Demonstrative
Interrogative
Personal
Which type of verb connects a subject to the predicate in a
sentence?
a)
b)
c)
Action
Linking
Neither
Bell-Ringer: 1-15-2012
1.
What type of noun can you not see or touch? It is an “idea.”
a)
b)
c)
Concrete
Common
Abstract
2. What type of pronoun points out or demonstrates?
a)
b)
c)
Reflexive
Personal
Demonstrative
3. How many pronouns are in the following sentence?
When you go to the store, will you please get me some gum?
a)
b)
c)
One
Two
Three
Exit Slip:1-15-2013
1.
“Her eyes are like diamonds.” is an example of which poetic device?
a)
b)
c)
2.
“The sky is a patchwork quilt.” is an example of which poetic device?
a)
b)
c)
3.
Simile
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
“The sea was angry that day, my friends.” is an example of which poetic
device?
a)
b)
c)
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Bell-Ringer: 1-16-2012
1.
Which word means “to put off until a future time”?
a)
b)
c)
Defer
Discerning
Pensive
2. Which word means “deeply or seriously thoughtful”?
a)
b)
c)
Defer
Discerning
Pensive
3. Which word means “having good judgment or
understanding”?
a)
b)
c)
Defer
Discerning
Pensive
Exit Slip:1-16-2013
1.
Which poet wrote “Dream Deferred”?
a)
b)
c)
2.
Which poet wrote “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”?
a)
b)
c)
3.
Jean de Sponde
Langston Hughes
William Wordsworth
Jean de Sponde
Langston Hughes
William Wordsworth
Which poet wrote “Meciendo/Rocking”?
a)
b)
c)
Jean de Sponde
Gabriela Mistral
William Wordsworth
POETRY:
Bell-Ringers &
Exit Slips
Remember:
Complete the “Learning Target” for today.
Answer in the space provided.
You will have 2 minutes for the Bell-Ringer.
Bell-Ringer: 1-17-2013
1.
In “Dream Deferred,” the lines “Or crust and sugar over— / like a syrupy sweet?” are
an example of which kind of figurative language?
a.
simile
b.
metaphor
c.
personification
2. What is the speaker in Gabriela Mistral's poem “Meciendo” doing?
a.
listening to the ocean's waves crash
b.
rocking her child
c.
praying by the sea
3. What figure of speech do these lines from “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”
“The waves beside them danced: but they
Outdid the sparkling waves in glee.…”
a.
b.
c.
simile
metaphor
personification
illustrate?
Exit Slip:1-17-2013
1. If you were in a pensive mood, how might a friend describe you?
a.
foolish
b.
practical
c.
thoughtful
2. If Elaine deferred her trip to India, what did she do?
a.
b.
c.
She planned her trip carefully.
She paid for her trip in installments.
She postponed her trip.
3. Which of the following best states the theme, or underlying message, of
“Dreams”?
a.
Dreams allow people to live forever.
b.
People can be crippled by their dreams.
c.
A life without dreams is no life at all.
POETRY PACKET
This marks the first entry in your “Poetry Packet.”
Just like with TKAM, you will take notes, answer questions,
complete writing assignments, etc., and it is YOUR
responsibility to keep up with your work.
When we complete enough assignments, I will give you a
“checklist” and you will submit your work.
Your “Introduction to Poetry” worksheet is included in this
packet.
VOCAB: POETRY SELECTION #1
Copy down the following vocabulary terms. Use EACH one in a
sentence (correctly).
1. Defer (v): put off until a future time.
2. Pensive (adj): deeply or seriously thoughtful
3. Discerning (adj): having good judgment or
understanding
4. Preliminaries (n): steps or events before a
main event
POETRY SELECTION #1
1. Langston Hughes: “Dream Deferred”
& “Dreams”
2. William Wordsworth: “I Wandered
Lonely as a Cloud”
3. Gabriela Mistral:
“Meciendo/Rocking”
4. Jean de Sponde: “Sonnets on Love
XIII”
RESPOND:
POETRY SELECTION #1
Answer each of the following questions regarding the first selection of poems. Be sure to
answer in COMPLETE sentences (restate the question in your answer!).
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Which of these poems affected you the most, and WHY?
Answer in 2-3 COMPLETE sentences.
In Hughes’s “Dream Deferred,” and/or “Dreams” identify one
SIMILE and one METAPHOR. To what is the poet comparing
these things? (3 sentences).
What are the “natural sights” (or things you would see in
nature) that are described in Wordsworth’s “I Wandered Lonely
as a Cloud” and Mistral’s “Meciendo/Rocking”? Answer in 2
sentences.
In de Sponde’s “Sonnets on Love XIII,” to what does the speaker
compare his love? What do you think this says about the
speaker’s feelings? Answer in 2-3 sentences.
Provide AT LEAST three examples of PERSONIFICATION from
the selection of poems. Answer in 3 complete sentences.