1. Name______________________Date_________Hr. ___#____ “Poetry is the telescope for which we look into a poet’s feelings, beliefs and the core values a poet bases their life upon.” Instructions: Fill in the blanks at the top and then identify them in the poem below. Parts of a Poem (label): Things in a Poem (highlight/explain): 1)______________________7) _____________________(Yellow) 2)______________________8) _____________________(Pink) 3)______________________9) _____________________(Orange) 4)______________________10)______________________(Green) 5)______________________11)______________________(explain) 6)______________________12)______________________(Blue) 13)______________________(Purple) 14)______________________(Underline) Paleolithic Poets I understand what you said about poetry, that it’s the stuff you think of when you don’t have a pen, paper or any way of recording it, that it sidesteps capture as animals flee fire. And I know that homo sapiens means “man who thinks.” And there haven’t been any significant anatomical changes in this thinking man for 30,000 years. I understand that I’m no better than him. But what I want to know is this: Why did it take us 25,000 years to invent writing? What did we think about for all that time? And with no pen, no papyrus, no sharpened reed to dip in a mixture of soot and glue, would not what came to us, what passed through our minds, would it not all have been, by your own definition, poetry? -Taylor Mali 11.

2. 1)Title 2) Line 3) Stanza 4) Capital letters 5) Rhyme 6) Breaks 7) Meaning 8)Voice 9) Purpose 10)Shifts 11) Organization 12) Figures of Speech 13) Tone 14) Sound Devices

3. Name: BOOMERDate_________Hr. ___#____ “Poetry is the telescope for which we look into a poet’s feelings, beliefs and the core values a poet bases their life upon.” Instructions: Fill in the blanks at the top and then identify them in the poem below. Parts of a Poem (label): Things in a Poem (highlight/explain): 1)Title7) Meaning_(Yellow) 2)Line8)Voice_(Pink) 3)Stanza9) Purpose_(Orange) 4)Capital Letters10)Shifts__(Green) 5)Rhyme11)Organization__(explain) 6)Breaks12Figures of Speech__(Blue) 13)Tone_(Purple) 14)Sound Devices__(Underline) 11. The poem is organized in stanzas that move from what the speaker knows to what he questions. Title Line Capital Letter Stanzas Breaks

4. Name______________________Date_________Hr. ___ I.)______________________ Crisis:______________________________________________________________________________ Conflict(s):__________________________________________________________________________ 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. II.)______________________ ___________ III.)______________________:________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ IV.)______________________:________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ V.)______________________

5. Name______________________Date_________Hr. ___ I.)______________________ Crisis:______________________________________________________________________________ Conflict(s):__________________________________________________________________________ 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. II.)______________________ ___________ Protagonist Antagonist III.)______________________:________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ IV.)______________________:________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ___________ V.)______________________ Choose three elements to give examples of. Plot Exposition Rising Action Climax Falling Action Resolution A conflict is usually established between two characters Internal ( Man vs. Self) & External (Man vs. Man, Nature, Society, Unknown, Supernatural, Time ) Characters Flat DynamicStereotyped Protagonist Antagonist Setting Atmosphere Where and when Mood of the story Style Diction Formal Informal Colloquial slang Imagery Sensuous Figurative Simile Metaphor Personification Apostrophe Hyperbole Irony Verbal Dramatic Situational Style Continued: Symbolism Point-of-View Sentence Structure

6. Name______________________Date_________Hr. ___ _____________

7. Name______________________Date_________Hr. ___ Call to Adventure Supernatural Aid Threshold (beginning of transforma -tion) Challenges & Temptations Abyss (death & return) Transformation Atonement Return Threshold Guardians mentor Gift of the Goddess Known Unknown Freedom to live Fights Symbolic Dragon Receives the Goal Crossing the Return Threshold Meets a Protector Belly of the Whale

8. Name______________________Date_________Hr. ___ I.)______________________ Crisis:______________________________________________________________________________ Conflict(s):__________________________________________________________________________ 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. II.)______________________ ___________ III.)______________________:________________________________________________ IV.)______________________:________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ___________ V.)______________________

9. Name______________________Date_________Hr. ___ I.)______________________ Crisis:______________________________________________________________________________ Conflict(s):__________________________________________________________________________ 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. II.)______________________ ___________ III.)______________________:________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ IV.)______________________:________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ___________ V.)______________________ Choose three elements to give examples of.