POETRY

Bell Question

Monday 2/23

Read the following examples of figurative language. Identify the poetic device being used.

1. Their thoughts were like golden birds.

2. Fear lurks, watching me, waiting for the moment to pounce.

3. The sound of your breath is a music of which I will not soon tire.

4. After she left, the sun never shined again.

5. Their trumpets crying, their white plumes flying, and their sabers flashing in the sun.

POETRY

Bell Question

Tuesday 2/24

“He gives his harness bells a shake

To ask if there is some mistake.

The only other sound’s the sweep

Of easy wind and downy flake.”

1. Copy this excerpt into your journal.

2. Annotate by underlining, circling, highlighting at least 4 pieces of figurative language (use variety)ANDlabeling it with its proper term.

POETRY

Bell Question

Wednesday 2/25

Read the following examples of figurative language. Identify the poetic device being used.

1. All night long with rush and lull / The rain kept drumming on the roof

2.The child with / her infinite energy / would run / her parents to / the ground

3. There’s a patch of old snow in a corner

4. Drip-hiss-drip-hiss- fall the raindrops

5. Falstaff sweats to death, as he walks along; / Were’t not for laughing, I should pity him.

6.Gracefully she sat down sideways, / With a simper smile

POETRY Bell Question

Thursday 2/26

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy EveningBy Robert Frost

Whose woods these are I think I know.

His house is in the village though;

He will not see me stopping here

To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer

To stop without a farmhouse near

Between the woods and frozen lake

The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake

To ask if there is some mistake.

The only other sound’s the sweep

Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,

But I have promises to keep,

And miles to go before I sleep,

And miles to go before I sleep.

Which of the following THEME statements best fits this poem?

a) Appreciate the little things

b) The woods are mysterious and peaceful

c) Take the time to appreciate the beauty of nature

d) Duty and responsibility comes before play

Write a constructed response that supports and explores the theme you feel is best for the poem “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening.” Make sure you use direct evidence from the poem to support your analysis of the theme.

Inferences

Bell Question

Friday 2/27

Read this paragraph from a memoir and then answer the questions that follow.

I quickly packed my suitcase. I tossed in a change of clothes, a toothbrush, and a hairbrush. Glancing at my watch, I zipped the suitcase and walked to the front door. After I shut the window blinds, I pulled a heavy coat from the closet.

  1. Based on information in the passage, what is a reasonable inference to make about the narrator’s plans?
  1. Write down words in the passage that helped you make this inference.
  1. Which inference is supported by specific information in the passage?
  1. The narrator has new luggage.
  2. The narrator is going to take a short trip.
  3. The narrator likes being outdoors in winter.
  4. The narrator is going to the airport.