GRADED Week 10 Poetry Analysis
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Poetry Analysis + videos for understanding figurative language
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According to the video, what is the definition or function of figurative language?
According to the video, what is the definition or function of figurative language?
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A simile is a non-literal comparison of two things that uses the word "like" or "as." Which of the following are similes? Check ALL that apply.
A simile is a non-literal comparison of two things that uses the word "like" or "as." Which of the following are similes? Check ALL that apply.
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A metaphor is a comparison of two things without "like" or "as".
A metaphor is a comparison of two things without "like" or "as".
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Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?
Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?
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According to the video, what is the definition of personification?
According to the video, what is the definition of personification?
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What makes the following sentence an example of personification?The storm raged through the night, the wind howling through the mountains.
What makes the following sentence an example of personification?
The storm raged through the night, the wind howling through the mountains.
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The poem opens with the following lines: "Nobody knows how those so-called revolutionaries who wanted year zero so bad, turned into mosquitoes." Identify the figurative language in this line (review #2 if you forget the definition of figurative language).
The poem opens with the following lines: "Nobody knows how those so-called revolutionaries who wanted year zero so bad, turned into mosquitoes." Identify the figurative language in this line (review #2 if you forget the definition of figurative language).
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The poem continues with the speaker reminding her listeners, "Just letting you know if you scratch your arms like that a huge welt will appear like a rash, will take months to fade (or forget as it goes), and those mosquitoes will keep coming for you." What does this metaphor of a mosquito bite most likely represent?
The poem continues with the speaker reminding her listeners, "Just letting you know if you scratch your arms like that a huge welt will appear like a rash, will take months to fade (or forget as it goes), and those mosquitoes will keep coming for you." What does this metaphor of a mosquito bite most likely represent?
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The poem explains that "You have to protect yourself because this kind" of past trauma "keeps going like that mosquito’s straw on your calf keeps sucking". What kind of poetic device is this?
The poem explains that "You have to protect yourself because this kind" of past trauma "keeps going like that mosquito’s straw on your calf keeps sucking". What kind of poetic device is this?
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The poem ends with the line "This is when I tell you: Don’t move. Slap." If the mosquitos are metaphor for the Khmer Rouge soldiers that murdered the Cambodian people in the 1970's, what does the speaker want to do their memory?
The poem ends with the line "This is when I tell you: Don’t move. Slap." If the mosquitos are metaphor for the Khmer Rouge soldiers that murdered the Cambodian people in the 1970's, what does the speaker want to do their memory?
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Find and explain two pieces of evidence to support the following claim about the poem.
Claim: In the poem "Ask the Locals", Monica Sok uses similes and figurative language to compare the Khmer Rouge revolutionaries to convey that the Cambodian genocide is still a harmful memory for its people.
1) Cite one quote that is an example of a simile (see #10 for help)2) Explain what the quote means and how it supports the poem's message that the Cambodian genocide is still a harmful memory for its people. 3) Cite one quote that is an example of figurative language (non-literal meaning)4) Explain what the quote means and how it supports the poem's message that the Cambodian genocide is still a harmful memory for its people.
Find and explain two pieces of evidence to support the following claim about the poem.
Claim: In the poem "Ask the Locals", Monica Sok uses similes and figurative language to compare the Khmer Rouge revolutionaries to convey that the Cambodian genocide is still a harmful memory for its people.
1) Cite one quote that is an example of a simile (see #10 for help)
2) Explain what the quote means and how it supports the poem's message that the Cambodian genocide is still a harmful memory for its people.
3) Cite one quote that is an example of figurative language (non-literal meaning)
4) Explain what the quote means and how it supports the poem's message that the Cambodian genocide is still a harmful memory for its people.