Daily Formative Assessment #1 3/26/13
1. Lyric poetry is
A. poetry that is relatively short and relates the emotion of the poet
B. poetry that tells a story
C. poetry that is told as from a character and reveals a situation or story
2. Epic poetry is
A. poetry that is relatively short and relates an emotion
B. poetry that records the adventures of a hero
C. poetry that is told as from a character and reveals a situation or story
3. Narrative poetry is
A. poetry that is relatively short and relates an emotion
B. poetry that tells a story
C. poetry that is told as from a character and reveals a situation or story
4. A sonnet is
A. a poem that utilizes 14 lines and a specific rhyme scheme
B. a poem that is written in 3 lines, 17 total syllables, and no rhyme
C. a poem that utilizes a certain rhythm, but no rhyme
5. A persona poem is
A. a poem that records the adventures of a hero
B. a poem that tells a story
C. a character taken on by a poet; is typically written in first-person point of view
Daily Formative Assessment #2 3/27/13
A Song in the Front Yard
by Gwendolyn Brooks
I’ve stayed in the front yard all my life.
I want a peek at the back
Where it’s rough and untended and hungry weed grows.
A girl gets sick of a rose.
I want to go in the backyard now
And maybe down the alley,
To where the charity children play.
I want a good time today.
They do some wonderful things.
They have some wonderful fun.
My mother sneers, but I say it’s fine
How they don’t have to go in at quarter to nine.
My mother, she tells me that Johnnie Mae
Will grow up to be a bad woman.
That George’ll be taken to Jail soon or late
(On account of last winter he sold our back gate).
But I say it’s fine. Honest, I do.
And I’d like to be a bad woman, too,
And wear the brave stockings of night-black lace
And strut down the streets with paint on my face.
Little Weapon
Little Terry got a gun, he got from the store,
He bought it with the money he got from his chores,
He robbed candy shop told her lay down on the floor,
Put the cookies in his bag took the pennies out the drawer.
Little Kalil got a gun he got from the rebels,
To kill the infidels and American devils,
A bomb on his waist,
A mask on his face,
Prays five times a day,
And listens to Heavy Metal.
Little Alex got a gun he took from his dad,
That he snuck into school in his black book bag,
His black nail polish, black boots and black hair,
If I Needed You
If I needed you would you come to me
Would you come to me, for to ease my pain
If you needed me I would come to you
I would swim the sea, for to ease your pain.
Well, the night's forlorn and the morning's born
And the morning's born with the lights of love
And you'll miss sunrise if you close your eyes
And that would break my heart in two.
If I needed you would you come to me
Would you come to me, for to ease my pain
If you needed me I would come to you
I would swim the sea, for to ease your pain.
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Types of Poetry
Lyric Poem - A poem that is relatively short and relates the emotion of the poet
Narrative Poem – A poem that tells a story
Epic Poem – A poem that records the adventures of a hero
Sonnet – A poem that utilizes 14 lines and a specific rhyme scheme
Persona Poem – A poem that allows the poet to take on the identity of a character; usually written in first person
Literary Devices Used in Poetry
Simile – A direct comparison of two unlike things using like or as
Metaphor – A direct comparison of two unlike things
Personification – Giving human qualities to an inanimate object
Onomatopoeia – A word that imitates the sound it’s describing
Symbolism – A concrete idea that stands for an abstract one
Connotation – The emotional associations that accompany a word
Denotation – The dictionary definition or surface meaning of a word
Alliteration – Repeated consonant sounds at the beginnings of words in the same phrase
Assonance – Repeated vowel sounds in words in the same phrase
Consonance – Repeated consonant sounds within words in the same phrase
Imagery – Vivid language that appeals to the five senses