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Unit 4 Review Sheet: Poetry and Symbolism

It is absolutely essential that all of you do well on Thursday’s exam. Not only is this a chance for you to show us how well you understand the material that you will need to know for the CAHSEE, but it will directly affect your grade in the class. While some questions will be about new material, most of the questions are about things we have gone over in the last three weeks, so if you prepare properly, there is no reason you cannot earn a passing score on this test! In order to help you review, you will need to complete this study guide according to the directions and turn it in with your Unit 4 homework packet on Thursday.

Literary Terms

Directions: Match the following literary terms with their definitions. You need to be able to define and identify examples of each of these literary terms on tomorrow’s test.

  1. _____ allegory
  2. _____ alliteration
  3. _____ figurative language
  4. _____ hyperbole
  5. _____ idiom
  6. _____ image
  7. _____ imagery
  8. _____ metaphor
  9. _____ onomatopoeia
  10. ____ personification
  11. _____ rhyme
  12. _____ simile
  13. _____ symbol
  1. a story in which characters and settings stand as symbols representing truths about human life
  2. figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using a connecting word such as like, than, as, or resembles
  3. repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem
  4. person, place, thing, or event that stands both for itself and something beyond itself
  5. use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning
  6. repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together, especially at the beginnings of words
  7. a phrase or expression that means something different from what the words actually say (e.g., “It’s raining cats and dogs.”)
  8. the use of words and phrases that appeal to the five senses
  9. figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things using a connecting word such as like, than, as, or resembles
  10. figure of speech in which a nonhuman thing is talked about as if it were human
  11. figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion or create a comic effect
  12. repetition of similar vowel sounds in words that are close together
  13. language based on some sort of comparison that is not literally true
  14. representation of anything we can see, hear, taste, touch, or smell

Literary Response and Analysis: Poems

Directions: Answer the following questions about each of the poems we read in this unit in complete sentences (you will want to review your homework responses for these poems as well):

“Same Song”

  1. What do the son and daughter in the poem have in common?
  2. List five images that the speaker uses to help you “see” what the son and daughter are going through.

“Eating Together”

  1. List three images that the speaker uses to help you “see,” “smell,” and “taste” the family’s meal?
  2. What does the poet mean when he says that his father “lay down to sleep like a snow-covered road winding through pines older than him”? What literary device is the poet using? How did you know?

“Grape Sherbet”

  1. List three examples of imagery that the poet uses to help you picture the scene.
  2. When the speaker compares the grandmother to “a torch of pure refusal,” what literary device is he using? What is she refusing? Why?
  3. How does the speaker in “Grape Sherbet” change from the beginning to the end of the poem? In other words, what does the speaker understand at the end of the poem that she didn’t understand at the beginning?

“Shall I compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?”

  1. What reasons does the poet give to explain why his love is better than a summer’s day?
  2. What is the “eye of heaven”? What literary device is this an example of?
  3. How does the poet plan to keep his love’s beauty alive forever?

“The Legend”

  1. What tragic event happens in this poem? Why is the speaker in the poem “ashamed”?
  2. How is the second half of the poem different from the first half of the poem?
  3. Give three examples of imagery from this poem.

“Ode to my Socks”

  1. What is an ode? Why is a pair of socks an unusual choice for the subject of an ode?
  2. Give three examples of similes from this poem.
  3. Give three examples of metaphors from this poem.
  4. How does the speaker feel about his socks in this poem?
  5. What lesson does the speaker want us to learn about treasured gifts? In other words, what does the speaker think we should do with treasured gifts?

Literary Response and Analysis: Short Story

Directions: Answer the following questions about “The Ones who Walk Away from Omelas”in complete sentences (you will want to review your homework responses for this story as well):

  1. What makes the people of Omelas unique? What emotion characterizes them?
  2. What details about the setting reflect the happiness of the citizens of Omelas?
  3. How do the people of Omelas treat the child in the cellar? Be specific.
  4. Why do the people of Omelas treat the child this way? What would happen if they took it out of the cellar and treated it kindly?
  5. What could light be a symbol of in this story? What could darkness be a symbol of?
  6. Why do some people walk away from Omelas?

Grammar

Capitalization

You must capitalize the ______word in a sentence; the ______“I”; ______nouns (names of people, geographical names, organizations, teams, businesses, buildings and other structures, holidays, months, days of the week, nationalities, religions, heavenly bodies, and vehicles); ______adjectives (French, American, German); and the ______and ______words and all other important words in titles and subtitles.

Practice! Fix the errors in capitalization in the following sentences:

  • many people can find a reason to celebrate in december and january. there are many holidays, such as hanukkah (a jewish holiday) and christmas (a christian holiday).
  • christmas is coming and i am hoping that santaclaus will bring me airplane tickets for a trip to paris, france.

Punctuation: End Marks and Commas

  • At the end of a statement, request, mild command, or abbreviation, you need to use a period / question mark / exclamation point (circle one).
  • At the end of an exclamation, a strong interjection (Yikes), or a strong command, you need to use a period / question mark / exclamation point (circle one).
  • At the end of a question, you need to use a period / question mark / exclamation point(circle one).

Commas are used to separate items in a ______; to separate ______or more adjectives before a noun; before a ______(for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) when it joins two independent clauses; to set off subordinate ______and nonessential participial ______; after ______elements; to set off an expression that ______a sentence; and to separate items in ______and addresses.

Practice! Add commas, periods, question marks, and exclamation points where they are needed in the following sentences.

  1. Smiling and bowing the dancer took another curtain call
  2. Didn’t you answer the telephone Tiffany
  3. We moved to Colorado on September 30 1999
  4. Last summer I did nothing for two months but swim sail and fish
  5. My how cold it is
  6. Katrina don’t sneak up on me like that
  7. Before the game was over most of the players were covered with mud
  8. My sister was born in January and I was born in May
  9. We must be late for the lights in the theater are dim
  10. Are you sure that the store is located on Tetra Avenue

Punctuation: Semicolons and Colons

List the two main reasons for using semicolons:

  • ______
  • ______

Colons are used when the first part of the sentence creates a sense of ______about what follows in the second; to introduce a ______; to introduce an ______of what was just said; to introduce the formal expression of a ______or ______; between the ______and ______(when telling time); between a ______and ______; and after the ______of a business letter.

Practice! Correct the punctuation in the following sentences by placing semicolons and colons where they are needed.

  1. My father drinks black coffee, my mother prefers tea.
  2. We should take Jerry out for lunch, he really came through for us on that project.
  3. Here are my New Year’s resolutions to read more, to exercise more, and to eat fewer snacks.
  4. I am an excellent swimmer, my brother, on the other hand, prefers skating.
  5. Three students received A’s on the test Johnny B. Baker, Toni Mancuso, and Rory Milano.
  6. Karen has traveled to many places Barcelona, Spain, London, England, and Sydney, Australia.
  7. Felix didn’t get to sleep until 2 30 a.m., he had to finish an important project.
  8. The candidate finished her speech with a final comment “If I am elected, I will do everything in my power to fulfill he promises I have made.”

Using Italics (Underlining) and Quotation Marks

Label those titles that should be underlined or put in italics with a “U”; label those titles that should be put in “quotation marks” with a “Q.”

_____ The name of a magazine or newspaper (Seventeen)

_____ An article in a magazine or newspaper

_____ A book (To Kill a Mockingbird)

_____ A chapter in a book

_____ A play (Romeo and Juliet)

_____ A film (Toy Story 3)

_____ A television show (The Office)

_____ An episode of a television show

_____ Ballets and operas (Swan Lake)

_____ The name of an album (Teenage Dream)

_____ The name of a song on a CD (California Gurls)

_____ Legal cases (Brown v. Board of Education)

_____ Names of ships and aircraft (Titanic)

_____ A short story (Lamb to the Slaughter)

_____ A poem (We Real Cool)

_____ A book-length poem (The Odyssey)

_____ Scientific names (Alcesamericanus)

_____ Foreign words (adios; bonjour)

_____ Lectures

_____ Slang words (chillin’)

***Remember to also use quotation marks for dialogue***

When you use quotation marks, periods and commas always go (inside / outside) the quotation marks. Semicolons and colons always go (inside / outside) the quotation marks. Question marks and exclamation points go (inside / outside) the quotation marks when they are part of the quotation and (inside / outside) the quotation marks when they are part of the main sentence. If you use a quotation within a quotation, you should use (single / double) quotation marks for the innermost quotation.

Good luck on tomorrow’s test. You can (and need) to do well!