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Review questions for English 1 Assessment on poetry

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February 16, 2011:

February 16, 2011 Common Assessment: Review

Agenda:

Agenda Starter Review for Common Assessment #4

Starter:

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Instructions:

Instructions Number off by two. All 1s form one group, and all 2s form another goup. Form two lines, facing towards the white-board The people in the front are posed a question. Each contestant has the chance to answer the question. If both get it right, both teams earn the points. If none gets it right, nobody gets a point When your turn is over, you go to the end of the line. Teammates can help---quietly!!!! Each team will get the number of points they earn as extra credit.

Rules:

Rules Everyone participates The people in the front are posed a question. Each contestant has the chance to answer the question. If both get it right, both teams earn the points. If none gets it right, nobody gets a point When your turn is over, you go to the end of the line. Teammates can help---quietly!!!!

Questions:

Questions What is figurative language? What are 3 types of figurative language we talked about? What is a simile? What is a metaphor? What is personification? “Love is a bullet to the heart” is an example of what? “It cuts like a knife”- is an example of what?

Questions:

Questions 8. My love is deeper than the deepest ocean---is what type of figurative language? 9. What does it mean to paraphrase? 10. Sum up/paraphrase the essence of Langston Hughes’ poem “Dreams” 12. Why is the last line in “Dreams Deferred is in italics? 13. What is denotation? Give an example. 14. What is connotation? Give an example 15. What is the connotation of the words”festering sore” in “Dreams Deferred”?

Questions:

Questions 16. When you defer payments, what do you do? 17. Which one of the following could be described as barren ? Rainforest b) desert c) San Bernardino Mtns 18. Name three things that could be described by the word “azure” 19. Describe a person with a sore expression on his face. 20. Which of the following words has the most negative connotation? a) Uneducated b) ignorant c) stupid