Introduction
Hi all!
We are going to start learning a little bit about poetry in the next few weeks. This WebQuest will serve as your introduction. You will have today and tomorrow to work on this assignment. While answering questions, you may either write the answers in one of your notebooks or you may type them and SHARE the document with me before closing it. I am not responsible for your grade if you close out a document and can no longer find it tomorrow.
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Task
TOOLS OF POETRY: Watch the video below and answer the questions immediately after it. IF the video is not working, then use the internet to look up the terms below and to help you answer the questions.
1) Were you able to watch the video above?
- A) Yes
- B) No
2) Imagery is a tool of poetry. Imagery appeals to which senses?
- A) Sight
- B) Sight and hearing
- C) Tactile feeling (like if something is smooth, rough, wet, ect.)
- D) All five senses
3) A simile is a tool of poetry. It compares two unlike items. What are the two key words used typically to compare these items?
4) Write the letter of the answer which has the best example using a simile.
- A) He was as brave as a lion.
- B) She is cold.
- C) The laptop was running too hot.
- D) The car was frozen in the mountain of snow.
5) Write your own example of a simile (if you cannot think of one, compare the darkness of night to the darkness of a villain's mind).
6) Define the word metaphor.
7) What words do metaphors not use?
8) Write the letter of the answer which has the best example of a metaphor.
- A) It is hot as fire!
- B) His heart was as cold as an ice cube.
- C) Laughter is the best medicine.
- D) It was icier.
9) Alliteration is a tool of poetry. Define alliteration.
10) Write the letter of the answer which has the best example that uses alliteration.
- A) Shut the shutters before the shouting makes you shudder.
- B) Be quiet and listen.
- C) The stranger seemed homesick and upset.
- D) The bookshelf stood as dusty as it had ever been.
11) Write your own example using alliteration.
12) Assonance is another tool of poetry. Does assonance use repetition of the sounds of the:
- A) Vowels
- B) Consonants
13) Personification is a tool of poetry. Pick the correct definition:
- A) A tool which gives the characteristics of a human to an animal, object, or idea.
- B) A tool which compares two unlike items often using the words "like" or "as".
- C) The repetition of sound.
- D) A tool which appeals to all of the five senses.
14) Write the letter of the answer which has the best example that uses personification.
- A) The wise old eyes of the owl watched as the kids frolicked in the yard.
- B) The dog barked.
- C) The stranger seemed homesick and upset.
- D) The cellphone kept ringing and ringing and ringing.
15) Write your own example using personification.
16) Onomatopoeia is another tool of poetry. Define it.
17) Write the letter of the answer which has the best example that best exhibits an onomatopoeia.
- A) The fence broke.
- B) The wind howled.
- C) The air was chillier than an ice cube!
- D) Boom! The bomb shook the house as it impacted on the Earth.
18) A hyperbole is an exaggeration used to create a better effect.
- A) True
- B) False
19) Is the following sentence an example of a hyperbole? Jim felt like he really washed the car well.
- A) Yes
- B) No
20) Is the following sentence an example of a hyperbole? Jim felt like he had washed the car four million times.
- A) Yes
- B) No
Once you finish up with these questions, go online and find a song (mostly school appropriate) which you like! Write down the song you picked, who wrote it, and at least three tools of poetry which you see in it.
EXTRA CREDIT: Do this with another song.
If you finish early on Wednesday, go ahead and work on some of the quarterly extra credit which is available to you. These are your options below. Completing all three throughout the quarter has the ability to pick your grade up a whole grade level.
OPTION ONE: Write a short story or poem. In order to get the full points, you must submit this to potentially publish in our school literary magazine.
OPTION TWO: Has anything every really made you stop and think? What was it? Use this time to explore the information around it and share what you find and what you think of it.
OPTION THREE: Begin to fill in the packet of worksheets which the sub will have at the desk. These are mostly word searches and other puzzles.
Can't wait to see you all!