unit 2 lesson 19 test- poetry › ...1 it shall flash through coming ages, 2 it shall light the...

Unit 2 Lesson 19 Test- Poetry• Before you take the test:

• 1.) Complete the Unit 2 Review and take notes while you complete it!

• 2.) Study notes with a family member or friend. I am giving you permission to use your notes on the closed book portion and the open book portion.

• 3.) Go back and re-learn, take notes, and study anything in previous lessons you are confused on from the unit review.

• 4). Use your book, notes, the attachments, and any other resources to help you answer the test questions.

Unit 2 Lesson 19 Test: Poetry• Closed Book

• You can use your personal notes and the textbook

• Please take your time and read each question carefully before answering

• Each short answer question is worth 4 points, which means you need to write a paragraph of at least 3-4 sentences to get full points

• Remember to use the RACE method when answering short answer, include a direct quote from the text

• Open Book

• There is 1 essay question and 2 short answer questions

• For each essay, write 3 paragraphs: Introduction, Body, Conclusion. You need 5 sentences or more in each paragraph.

• There will be a question about your Independent Reading Selection. If you don’t have one yet, use a story or poem from the textbook so you can get points for your answer.

Unit 2 poetry test- Abraham Lincoln poem• "President Lincoln’s Declaration of

Emancipation, January 1, 1863"by Frances E. W. Harper

1 It shall flash through coming ages,2 It shall light the distant years;3 And eyes now dim with sorrow4 Shall be brighter through their tears.

5 It shall flush the mountain ranges,6 And the valleys shall grow bright;7 It shall bathe the hills in radiance,8 And crown their brows with light.

9 It shall flood with golden splendor10 All the huts of Caroline;11 And the sun-kissed brow of labor12 With lustre new shall shine.

• 13 It shall gild the gloomy prison,14 Darkened by the nation's crime,15 Where the dumb and patient millions16 Wait the better-coming time.

17 By the light that gilds their prison18 They shall see its mouldering key;19 And the bolts and bars shall vibrate20 With the triumphs of the free.

21 Though the morning seemed to linger22 O'er the hill-tops far away,23 Now the shadows bear the promise24 Of the quickly coming day.

25 Soon the mists and murky shadows26 Shall be fringed with crimson light,27 And the glorious dawn of freedom28 Break refulgent on the sight.

In the first stanza, which lines rhyme?A. Lines 1 and 3B. Lines 2 and 4C. Lines 3 and 4D. Lines 6 and 8

In the second stanza, which lines rhyme?A. Lines 1 and 3B. Lines 2 and 4C. Lines 3 and 4D. Lines 6 and 8

Unit 2 poetry test- Abraham Lincoln poem• "President Lincoln’s Declaration of

Emancipation, January 1, 1863"by Frances E. W. Harper








An example of literal description in the poem is…A. The sun brightening valleysB. An audience being moved by a speechC. The words of the president being relevant at the timeD. Shadows falling over the land

Unit 2 poetry test- Abraham Lincoln poem

• "President Lincoln’s Declaration of Emancipation, January 1, 1863"by Frances E. W. Harper








How is the poem an analogy?A. I shows how the Emancipation Proclamation improved lives the same way the sun brightens the dark EarthB. It shows how learning something makes it clear the way the sun makes things clearC. It depicts the way the President admired the landscape of AmericaD. It is about the way the Emancipation Proclamation made people feel stuck










What is the best paraphrase of the second stanza?A. It will make mountains and valleys bright. B. The mountain ranges will have water flushed down them.C. The mountain ranges and valleys will grow throughout time.D. The mountains, valleys, and hills are beautiful.










What is the best paraphrase of the fifth stanza?A. The prison will be covered in gold.B. The light that brightens the prison will reveal the decaying key.C. They key will be too decayed to work.D. The prison is too dark for

anyone to find the key.

Short answer: "President Lincoln’s Declaration of Emancipation, January 1,

1863“4 Points

Poets use imagery and words with different connotations and denotations. In a paragraph, define and provide an example of imagery, connotation, and denotation. Then, explain how poets use these elements to contribute to tone in a poem. Support your answer with evidence from “President Lincoln’s Declaration of Emancipation, January 1, 1863.”

"President Lincoln’s Declaration of Emancipation, January 1, 1863"

• Denotation- the dictionary definition of a word, independent of other associations a word may have

light

sorrow

radiance

huts

prison

triumphs

shadows

freedom


• Conotation- the set of ideas associated with a word in addition to its explicit meaning

• light

• sorrow

• radiance

• huts

• prison

• triumphs

• shadows

• freedom


• Imagery- vivid language that appeals to the five senses

“It shall flush the mountain ranges,And the valleys shall grow bright;It shall bathe the hills in radiance,And crown their brows with light.”-Describes the image (sight) of the sun shining on the mountains and valleys

“And the bolts and bars shall vibrateWith the triumphs of the free.-Describes the sound (hearing) of the bars on the prison cells shaking and vibrating

Poetry vocabulary

• Imagery- vivid language that appeals to the five senses

• Metaphor- a figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else

• Simile- a figure of speech that uses “like” or “as” to make a direct comparison between two unlike ideas

• Speaker- the imaginary voice a poet uses when writing a poem

Poetry Vocabulary Review

• Analogy- a comparison between two or more things that are similar in some ways but otherwise not

• Conotation- the set of ideas associated with a word in addition to its explicit meaning

• Denotation- the dictionary definition of a word, independent of other associations a word may have

• Figurative Language- writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally

Open Book TestQuestion #1 (4 Points)

• The following question asks about one or more selections from your textbook Literature. You may use your textbook to answer this question.

Both “The Road Not Taken” and “O Captain! My Captain!” are analogies. Write a paragraph comparing the authors’ use of analogy. What is analogy? How does Frost use analogy in his poem? How does Whitman use analogy in his poem? Why has each of these analogy poems become so famous?

Open book test: Short Answer Question #1- 4 points

• The following question asks about one or more selections from your textbook Literature. You may use your textbook to answer this question:

• Both “The Road Not Taken” and “O Captain! My Captain!” are analogies. Write a paragraph comparing the authors’ use of analogy. What is analogy? How does Frost use analogy in his poem? How does Whitman use analogy in his poem? Why has each of these analogy poems become so famous?

• Write at least 4-5 sentences for this question

Poetry discussion

• “The Road not Taken”

• Author: Robert Frost

• Robert frost often used the landscape of new England for

many of his greatest poems

• He often uses images from new England life and from the

outdoors, such as the forked road in “The Road not taken” as

metaphors for more universal ideas or experiences

• On a deeper level, this poem is about the process of making

decisions and deciding which path to follow

Open Book Test Short Answer Question #1Notes

• Analogy is the comparison of two unlike objects. Analogy is a type of figurative description that compares two or more things that are similar in some ways but otherwise unalike.

• In "The Road Not Taken" Robert Frost is comparing life choices to a fork in the road. Frost uses a road to compare the decisions he had made.

• -Frost describes the fork in the road as a choice between two paths. He is comparing the decisions he has made.

• -Frost remembers making a difficult decision. He realizes that it could have gone either way, but he was better off taking the road less traveled by.

• -Frost wonders what the other paths would have been. He wonders what would happened if he had chosen the other choice.

• -In “The Road Not Taken,” Frost creates an analogy between choosing between two roads in a wood and making important decisions in the course of one's life.

• -The traveler is a person with a decision to make, the roads are the choices, and the less traveled path is the less conventional path that the speaker chose.

Poetry discussion• “Oh Captain, My Captain”

• Author: Walt Whitman

• Walt Whitman is considered one of America’s greatest

poets, and he lived during the civil war

• He greatly admired and respected Abraham Lincoln,

who was president at that time

• When Lincoln was assassinated near the end of the

war, Whitman wrote this poem as a eulogy in honor of

his life

Open Book Test Short Answer Question #1Notes• -In "Oh Captain, My Captain," Walt Whitman compares President Lincoln to a ship's captain.

• -He is sad that the president died but happy that the war is over.

• -He compared Lincoln's presidency to the difficult passage that a ship has in the ocean

• -Whitman honors' Lincoln's death and victory.

• - It's talking about after the North won the Civil war. The joys that they felt were deflated upon Lincolns assasination.

• -It talks about Lincoln's assassination.

• -In “O Captain! My Captain!” Whitman uses analogy to mourn the death of President Lincoln. Lincoln is the captain of a ship, theship is America, the voyage is the Civil War, and the port is the peace that comes after war.

• -These poems are famous because both authors create believable literal pictures that successfully lead to the deeper meanings found in each poem.

• -They both share strong feelings toward a certain topic using elements of different figures to express their emotions/choices.

Open Book TestQuestion #2 (16 points):

Option 1:

Write a short essay in which you examine the figurative language in “Concrete Mixers.” Explain what the concrete mixers are compared to, what the parts of the mixers are compared to, and what the drivers of the mixers are compared to. Then, show how the comparisons are related. Use details from the poem in your response. Use the reading selection to help you answer the question.

Option 2:

Write a brief essay discussing the use of imagery in both “Grandma Ling” and “your little voice.” Examine the ways in which each poem uses images to convey the emotions or attitudes of its speaker. Use the reading selection to help you answer the question.

Imagery in Grandma Ling Notes• In Grandma Ling, the poet uses images of love and communication to describe the communication between the girl and

her grandmother. Use specific details to describe the pictures that the poet uses to describe the meeting of the girl and her grandmother.

• - Tatami floor

• -Aqua paper-covered door

• "She spoke a tongue I knew no word of"

• -"My image stood before me"

• - Grandma LIng is a poem about a girl who moves from china to the US when she is very young. She hears about China all her life, and is finally able to go when she is an adult.

• -After she arrives she goes to see her grandmother, whom she hasn't seen in many years. Because she moved when she was so young she does not know the language that her grandmother is speaking.

• - Yet through the small gester of a hug she is able to express everything she wants to without using any words.

• -This shows that actions speak louder than words.

Figurative language in “Your little voice” Notes

• In Your Little Voice, the poet describes his communication with someone he loves. He describes their voice using specific imagery.

• -"the jostling and shouting of merry flowers"• -"skipping and high heeled flames"• -"impertinently exquisite faces"• - the speaker describes the feeling of the little voice that he yearns for• -it was like he was describing a painting or something like that • -The emotions and attitudes in this poem describe love, loss, the beauty

of someone that you love, and the excitement you feel when you hear their voice.

• -It felt like floating hands and delicious dancing when he hears her voice

Open book test reminders:

Short Answer Questions (worth 4 points)Did you restate the question and provide an answers?

Did you use a quote from the text, with quotation marks, to support your answer?

Did you write at least 4 sentences?

Open book test reminders:

Essay Questions (worth 16 points)Did you restate the question and provide an answers?

Did you use a quote from the text, with quotation marks, to support your answer?

Did you write at least 3 paragraphs?

Subject complements

Predicate Noun Predicate Pronoun Predicate Adjective

Ronnie will be the captain of the team.

The winners are they. The flight to Houston was swift.

Captain renames the subject, Ronnie. They identifies the subject, winners. Swift describes the subject, flight.

Pronoun case

Case/Pronouns Role in Sentence Examples

Nominative Case:I, we, you, he, she, it, they

subject of a verb predicate pronoun (after a linking verb)

We walked to school. The winners were Jan and I.

Objective Case:me, us, you, him, her, it, them

direct object of a verb indirect object of a verb object of a preposition

The teacher helped us. Get him a book. Give that book to them.

Possessive Case:my, mine; our, ours; your, yours; his; her, hers; its; their, theirs

to show ownership Jo is at her locker. The cat had its claws clipped. The new car is yours.

Vocabulary Question

• Which word has both of the following meanings?

the condition of being with another person

a business that makes, buys, or sells goods or provides services in exchange for money

• A. Office

• B. Company

• C. Quiet

• D. Organization

Grammar- Predicate Adjective

• Which of the following sentences uses a predicate adjective?

• A. The rain looked shiny under the streetlight.

• B. Rachel will be our instructor this year.

• C. The snow looked like glitter on the ground.

• D. The year, our instructor will be she.

Grammar- Predicate Noun

• Which of the following sentences uses a predicate noun?

• A. When you leave, I will feel sad.

• B. My sister is their most valuable player.

• C. Their most valuable player is she.

• D. I will be saddened when you leave.

Grammar- Pronoun Case

• Which of the following sentences contains a pronoun in the nominative case?

• A. His car is packed full.

• B. Our bags are decorated with beach balls.

• C. We packed our bags for a trip to the beach.

• D. Hand him the bags and Mark will load the car.

Grammar- Pronoun Case

• Which of the following sentences contains a pronoun in the possessive case?

• A. My sister Sarah loves to cook.

• B. When Sarah offered us seconds, I was too full.

• C. She made dinner for the family last night.

• D. Mom and Dad make me do the dishes when Sarah cooks.

Grammar- Subject/Verb agreement

• Which sentence has proper subject-verb agreement?

• A. Tom and Jody throws a great party.

• B. Tom and Jody throw a great party

• C. Tom and Jody gives a great party.

• D. Tom and Jody giving a great party.

Grammar- Subject/Verb agreement

•Which sentence has proper subject-verb agreement?

•A. Even my cousin Steve feel sad today.

•B. Even my cousin Steve look sad today.

•C. Even my cousin Steve feels sad today.

•D. Even my cousin Steve looking sad today.

• Choose an independent reading novel – there is a test question about it this semester! These are EASY points, if you have a novel, book, story, or poetry collection you are reading!!• If you need help choosing an independent reading novel, check out this link

from Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/genres/8th-grade-reading• If you don’t have one yet, use a story or poem from the textbook so you can

get points for your answer.

• Short answers on quizzes need to be at least 4-5 sentences long

• Use the RACE method (Restate the question, Answer the question, Cite evidence from the text, Explain your answer) to answer short answer questions.

• Plagiarism will result in a zero along with a webmail and/or phone call with me and your learning coach. DO NOT USE GOOGLE DURING A QUIZ OR TEST!!!

• Good luck, and do your best!!!

Reminders

https://www.goodreads.com/genres/8th-grade-reading

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