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Unit 4 Review Sheet: Poetry and Symbolism
It is absolutely essential that all of you do well on Thursday’s exam. Not only is this a chance for you to show us how well you
understand the material that you will need to know for the CAHSEE, but it will directly affect your grade in the class. While some
questions will be about new material, most of the questions are about things we have gone over in the last three weeks, so if you
prepare properly, there is no reason you cannot earn a passing score on this test! In order to help you review, you will need to
complete this study guide according to the directions and turn it in with your Unit 4 homework packet on Thursday.
Literary Terms
Directions: Match the following literary terms with their definitions. You need to be able to define and identify examples of
each of these literary terms on tomorrow’s test.
1.
_____ allegory
2.
_____ alliteration
3.
_____ figurative language
4.
_____ hyperbole
5.
_____ idiom
6.
_____ image
7.
_____ imagery
8.
_____ metaphor
9.
_____ onomatopoeia
10. ____ personification
11. _____ rhyme
12. _____ simile
13. _____ symbol
a.
a story in which characters and settings stand as
symbols representing truths about human life
b. figure of speech that makes a comparison between
two unlike things without using a connecting word
such as like, than, as, or resembles
c. repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds
following them in words that are close together in a
poem
d. person, place, thing, or event that stands both for
itself and something beyond itself
e. use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its
meaning
f. repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds
in words that are close together, especially at the
beginnings of words
g. a phrase or expression that means something
different from what the words actually say (e.g., “It’s
raining cats and dogs.”)
h. the use of words and phrases that appeal to the five
senses
i. figure of speech that makes a comparison between
two unlike things using a connecting word such as
like, than, as, or resembles
j. figure of speech in which a nonhuman thing is talked
about as if it were human
k. figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express
strong emotion or create a comic effect
l. repetition of similar vowel sounds in words that are
close together
m. language based on some sort of comparison that is
not literally true
n. representation of anything we can see, hear, taste,
touch, or smell
Literary Response and Analysis: Poems
Directions: Answer the following questions about each of the poems we read in this unit in complete sentences (you will want
to review your homework responses for these poems as well):
“Same Song”
1. What do the son and daughter in the poem have in common?
2. List five images that the speaker uses to help you “see” what the son and daughter are going through.
“Eating Together”
1. List three images that the speaker uses to help you “see,” “smell,” and “taste” the family’s meal?
2. What does the poet mean when he says that his father “lay down to sleep like a snow-covered road winding through
pines older than him”? What literary device is the poet using? How did you know?
“Grape Sherbet”
1. List three examples of imagery that the poet uses to help you picture the scene.
2. When the speaker compares the grandmother to “a torch of pure refusal,” what literary device is he using? What is
she refusing? Why?
3. How does the speaker in “Grape Sherbet” change from the beginning to the end of the poem? In other words, what
does the speaker understand at the end of the poem that she didn’t understand at the beginning?
“Shall I compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?”
1. What reasons does the poet give to explain why his love is better than a summer’s day?
2. What is the “eye of heaven”? What literary device is this an example of?
3. How does the poet plan to keep his love’s beauty alive forever?
“The Legend”
1. What tragic event happens in this poem? Why is the speaker in the poem “ashamed”?
2. How is the second half of the poem different from the first half of the poem?
3. Give three examples of imagery from this poem.
“Ode to my Socks”
1. What is an ode? Why is a pair of socks an unusual choice for the subject of an ode?
2. Give three examples of similes from this poem.
3. Give three examples of metaphors from this poem.
4. How does the speaker feel about his socks in this poem?
5. What lesson does the speaker want us to learn about treasured gifts? In other words, what does the speaker think
we should do with treasured gifts?
Literary Response and Analysis: Short Story
Directions: Answer the following questions about “The Ones who Walk Away from Omelas” in complete sentences (you will
want to review your homework responses for this story as well):
1. What makes the people of Omelas unique? What emotion characterizes them?
2. What details about the setting reflect the happiness of the citizens of Omelas?
3. How do the people of Omelas treat the child in the cellar? Be specific.
4. Why do the people of Omelas treat the child this way? What would happen if they took it out of the cellar and
treated it kindly?
5. What could light be a symbol of in this story? What could darkness be a symbol of?
6. Why do some people walk away from Omelas?
Grammar
Capitalization
You must capitalize the _______________ word in a sentence; the _______________ “I”; _______________ nouns (names of
people, geographical names, organizations, teams, businesses, buildings and other structures, holidays, months, days of the
week, nationalities, religions, heavenly bodies, and vehicles); _______________ adjectives (French, American, German); and
the _______________ and _______________ words and all other important words in titles and subtitles.
Practice! Fix the errors in capitalization in the following sentences:
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many people can find a reason to celebrate in december and january. there are many holidays, such as hanukkah (a
jewish holiday) and christmas (a christian holiday).
christmas is coming and i am hoping that santa claus will bring me airplane tickets for a trip to paris, france.
Punctuation: End Marks and Commas
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At the end of a statement, request, mild command, or abbreviation, you need to use a period / question mark /
exclamation point (circle one).
At the end of an exclamation, a strong interjection (Yikes), or a strong command, you need to use a period / question
mark / exclamation point (circle one).
At the end of a question, you need to use a period / question mark / exclamation point (circle one).
Commas are used to separate items in a _______________; to separate _______________ or more adjectives before a noun;
before a _______________ (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) when it joins two independent clauses; to set off subordinate
_______________ and nonessential participial _______________; after _______________ elements; to set off an expression
that _______________ a sentence; and to separate items in _______________ and addresses.
Practice! Add commas, periods, question marks, and exclamation points where they are needed in the following sentences.
1. Smiling and bowing the dancer took another
curtain call
2. Didn’t you answer the telephone Tiffany
3. We moved to Colorado on September 30 1999
4. Last summer I did nothing for two months but
swim sail and fish
5. My how cold it is
6. Katrina don’t sneak up on me like that
Punctuation: Semicolons and Colons
7. Before the game was over most of the players
were covered with mud
8. My sister was born in January and I was born in
May
9. We must be late for the lights in the theater are
dim
10. Are you sure that the store is located on Tetra
Avenue
List the two main reasons for using semicolons:
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Colons are used when the first part of the sentence creates a sense of _______________ about what follows in the second; to
introduce a _______________; to introduce an _______________ of what was just said; to introduce the formal expression of
a _______________ or _______________; between the _______________ and _______________ (when telling time);
between a _______________ and _______________; and after the _______________ of a business letter.
Practice! Correct the punctuation in the following sentences by placing semicolons and colons where they are needed.
1. My father drinks black coffee, my mother prefers tea.
2. We should take Jerry out for lunch, he really came through for us on that project.
3. Here are my New Year’s resolutions to read more, to exercise more, and to eat fewer snacks.
4. I am an excellent swimmer, my brother, on the other hand, prefers skating.
5. Three students received A’s on the test Johnny B. Baker, Toni Mancuso, and Rory Milano.
6. Karen has traveled to many places Barcelona, Spain, London, England, and Sydney, Australia.
7. Felix didn’t get to sleep until 2 30 a.m., he had to finish an important project.
8. The candidate finished her speech with a final comment “If I am elected, I will do everything in my power to fulfill he
promises I have made.”
Using Italics (Underlining) and Quotation Marks
Label those titles that should be underlined or put in italics with a “U”; label those titles that should be put in “quotation
marks” with a “Q.”
_____ The name of a magazine or newspaper (Seventeen)
_____ The name of a song on a CD (California Gurls)
_____ An article in a magazine or newspaper
_____ A book (To Kill a Mockingbird)
_____ Legal cases (Brown v. Board of Education)
_____ Names of ships and aircraft (Titanic)
_____ A chapter in a book
_____ A short story (Lamb to the Slaughter)
_____ A play (Romeo and Juliet)
_____ A poem (We Real Cool)
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A film (Toy Story 3)
A television show (The Office)
An episode of a television show
Ballets and operas (Swan Lake)
_____ The name of an album (Teenage Dream)
A book-length poem (The Odyssey)
Scientific names (Alces americanus)
Foreign words (adios; bonjour)
Lectures
_____ Slang words (chillin’)
***Remember to also use quotation marks for dialogue***
When you use quotation marks, periods and commas always go (inside / outside) the quotation marks. Semicolons and
colons always go (inside / outside) the quotation marks. Question marks and exclamation points go (inside / outside) the
quotation marks when they are part of the quotation and (inside / outside) the quotation marks when they are part of the
main sentence. If you use a quotation within a quotation, you should use (single / double) quotation marks for the innermost
quotation.
Good luck on tomorrow’s test. You can (and need) to do well!