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 The first thing I do when coming to class is copy down my “Learning Target” for the day. True False If I receive THREE “X”s in one week, I receive FIVE free points on any assignment. The consumption of food-like products is now legal in Mr. Davis’s class:

Bell-Ringer:1-8-2013 A word that imitates a noise or action. Example: “buzz.” Alliteration Assonance Onomatopoeia Compares two different things without using a word of comparison, such as “like” or “as.” Simile Metaphor Personification One type of noun that you can see or touch. Common Concrete Abstract

Exit Slip:1-8-2013 Using the same consonant to start two or more stressed syllables in phrase or verse line. Alliteration Assonance Onomatopoeia Exaggeration beyond reason—to be funny or to prove a point. Simile Metaphor Hyperbole A unit of lines grouped together. Similar to a paragraph in prose. Stanza Couplet Refrain

Bell-Ringer: 1-9-2012 The rhyming of a word with another in one or more of their accented vowels, but not in their consonants; sometimes called vowel rhyme. Alliteration Assonance Onomatopoeia Compares two different things without using a word of comparison, such as “like” or “as.” Simile Metaphor Hyperbole A figure of speech where the poet describes an abstraction, thing, or a non-human form as if it were a person. Personification Peoplefying

Exit Slip:1-9-2013 Poetry that tells a story in verse form. Narrative Dramatic Lyric Poetry that tells a story using a character’s own thoughts or statements. A brief poem in which the poet expresses the feelings of a single speaker, creating a single effect on the reader.

Bell-Ringer: 1-10-2012 A fourteen-line lyric poem with formal patterns of rhyme, rhythm, and line structure. Sonnet Haiku Free Verse A poem containing three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables The repetition of identical or similar sounds in stressed syllables. Rhyme Rhythm Stanza

Exit Slip:1-10-2013 A stanza consisting of four lines. Tercet Quatrain Octet The repetition of one or more phrases or lines at certain intervals, usually at the end of each stanza. Rhythm Rhyme Refrain The way a poet uses words, forms, or imagery to create an effect on the reader. Mood Tone Style

Bell-Ringer: 1-11-2012 A poem with no specific patterns of rhyme, rhythm, or structure. Sonnet Haiku Free Verse A word or phrase repeated within a line or stanza. Repetition Rhyme Rhyme Scheme The pattern in which “end rhyme” occurs.

Exit Slip:1-11-2013 A word or object that has its own meaning and represents another word, object or idea. Mood Tone Symbol The feeling a poem creates for its reader. The attitude a poet takes towards his/her subject. 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 A poem with no specific patterns of rhyme, rhythm, or structure. Sonnet Haiku Free Verse A word or phrase repeated within a line or stanza. Repetition Rhyme Rhyme Scheme The pattern in which “end rhyme” occurs.

Exit Slip:1-14-2013 Which type of noun names a SPECIFIC person, place, or thing? Common Concrete Proper This type of pronoun points out specific people, places or things. Demonstrative Interrogative Personal Which type of verb connects a subject to the predicate in a sentence? Action Linking Neither

Bell-Ringer: 1-15-2012 What type of noun can you not see or touch? It is an “idea.” Concrete Common Abstract What type of pronoun points out or demonstrates? Reflexive Personal Demonstrative How many pronouns are in the following sentence? When you go to the store, will you please get me some gum? One Two Three

Exit Slip:1-15-2013 “Her eyes are like diamonds.” is an example of which poetic device? Simile Metaphor Onomatopoeia “The sky is a patchwork quilt.” is an example of which poetic device? Personification “The sea was angry that day, my friends.” is an example of which poetic device?

Bell-Ringer: 1-16-2012 Which word means “to put off until a future time”? Defer Discerning Pensive Which word means “deeply or seriously thoughtful”? Which word means “having good judgment or understanding”?

Exit Slip:1-16-2013 Which poet wrote “Dream Deferred”? Jean de Sponde Langston Hughes William Wordsworth Which poet wrote “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”? Which poet wrote “Meciendo/Rocking”? Gabriela Mistral

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 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” illustrate? “The waves beside them danced: but they Outdid the sparkling waves in glee.…”

Exit Slip:1-17-2013 If you were in a pensive mood, how might a friend describe you? a. foolish b. practical thoughtful 2. If Elaine deferred her trip to India, what did she do? a. She planned her trip carefully. b. She paid for her trip in installments. c. 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). Defer (v): put off until a future time. Pensive (adj): deeply or seriously thoughtful Discerning (adj): having good judgment or understanding Preliminaries (n): steps or events before a main event

Poetry Selection #1 Langston Hughes: “Dream Deferred” & “Dreams” William Wordsworth: “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” Gabriela Mistral: “Meciendo/Rocking” 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!). 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.