Lesson 19 English 12B

Read the excerpt from "The Darkling Thrush." The tangled bine-stems scored the sky Like strings from broken lyres, And all mankind that haunted nigh Had sought their household fires. Which option accurately uses the word scored as it is used in this sentence?

Cracks scored the concrete sidewalk, forcing the boys to skateboard carefully to school.

Read the excerpt from "The Darkling Thrush," which describes the surroundings. The land's sharp features seemed to be The Century's corpse outleant, His crypt the cloudy canopy, The wind his death-lament. The ancient pulse of germ and birth Was shrunken hard and dry, And every spirit upon earth Seemed fervourless as I. Which option most accurately identifies an example of metaphor in the excerpt?

The Century's corpse

Reread "The Darkling Thrush." Which excerpt most effectively develops the central idea that people must persevere in spite of difficult odds?

The ancient pulse of germ and birth Was shrunken hard and dry, And every spirit upon earth Seemed fervourless as I. The tangled bine-stems scored the sky Like strings from broken lyres, And all mankind that haunted nigh Had sought their household fires. wrong

Read the lines from "How Do I Love Thee?" I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace. Which words in the lines provide the most effective context clues for defining the word breadth? (Select all that apply.)

depth height

Read the lines from the poem "Parting at Morning" by Robert Browning. Round the cape of a sudden came the sea, And the sun looked over the mountain's rim: And straight was a path of gold for him, And the need of a world of men for me. Which option most effectively explains how Browning uses connotation to explain the role of love in a person's life?

The words "straight was a path of gold for him" imply that a person's future seems rewarding and bright as a result of finding true love.

Read the excerpt from "Parting at Morning," in which the speaker describes departing from a lover's house. Round the cape of a sudden came the sea, And the sun looked over the mountain's rim: And straight was a path of gold for him, And the need of a world of men for me. Which option accurately identifies a type of figurative language used in the excerpt?

The words "the sun looked over the mountain's rim" are an example of personification.

Read the lines from "The Best Thing in the World." What's the best thing in the world? Truth, not cruel to a friend; Pleasure, not in haste to end; Beauty, not self-decked and curled Till its pride is over-plain. Which options accurately explain the meaning of the personification in the lines? (Select all that apply.)

The personification of beauty as "not self-decked and curled" reveals that the speaker believes in the virtue of simple, plain beauty. The personification of truth as "not cruel to a friend" reveals that the speaker believes in the virtue of kind honesty.

Read the lines from "How Do I Love Thee?" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints. Which options most accurately explain the purpose of the author's word choice in the lines? (Select all that apply.)

The phrase "a love I seemed to lose with my lost saints" means that the speaker feels her love with the kind of trust and devotion she used to feel toward her heroes. The phrase "the passion put to use in my old griefs" means that the speaker feels her love with the same intensity and power she used to feel toward old wrongs.

Read the excerpt from "The Darkling Thrush." The land's sharp features seemed to be The Century's corpse outleant, His crypt the cloudy canopy, The wind his death-lament. The ancient pulse of germ and birth Was shrunken hard and dry, And every spirit upon earth Seemed fervourless as I. Which options accurately state strategies a student can use to infer the meaning of the word fervourless? (Select all that apply.)

By adding the suffix -less to the root word fervour, which means "great passion and enthusiasm," a student can assume that fervourless likely means "lacking warmth or feeling." By using context clues like "death-lament" and "shrunken hard and dry," a student can assume that fervourless likely means "lacking warmth or feeling."

Reread the poem "In Time of 'The Breaking of Nations.'" Which option most accurately explains how figurative language in this poem reveals the contrast between war and everyday life?

The metaphor in the last stanza suggests that the simple actions of everyday people will outlast records of war.

Read the excerpt from "Meeting at Night," which describes the speaker's journey to his lover. The gray sea and the long black land; And the yellow half-moon large and low; And the startled little waves that leap In fiery ringlets from their sleep, As I gain the cove with pushing prow, And quench its speed i' the slushy sand. Which option most accurately explains how figurative language in the excerpt contributes to the speaker's mood as he approaches his lover's house?

The words "leap" and "fiery" suggest that the waves are excitedly carrying the speaker toward his destination. This contributes to the anticipation that the speaker feels in this moment.

Read the excerpt from "The Darkling Thrush," which describes the surrounding scenery. I leant upon a coppice gate When Frost was spectre-gray, And Winter's dregs made desolate The weakening eye of day. The tangled bine-stems scored the sky Like strings from broken lyres, And all mankind that haunted nigh Had sought their household fires. Which option most accurately explains how the figurative language of the excerpt contributes to the tone?

The personification "The weakening eye of day" suggests that all life must give up at some point, creating a tone of uncertainty. wrong The metaphor "Like strings from broken lyres" highlight the beauty within destruction, creating a tone of hopefulness. wrong

Read the excerpt from "Meeting at Night," which describes what happens when the speaker reaches the farm door. A tap at the pane, the quick sharp scratch And blue spurt of a lighted match, And a voice less loud, through its joys and fears, Than the two hearts beating each to each! Which options most accurately explain the implicit meanings of "a voice less loud, through its joys and fears/ Than the two hearts beating each to each"? (Select all that apply.)

The implicit meaning is that the couple are so emotional and filled with excitement at the sight of each other that nothing else compares. The implicit meaning is that the voice is quieter than the people's hearts.

Read the excerpt from "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, which explains what happens as the British approach the Russians. 'Forward, the Light Brigade!' Was there a man dismay'd? Not tho' the soldier knew Someone had blunder'd. Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die. Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. Which options accurately explain how the author uses connotative meaning to depict a good soldier? (Select all that apply.)

The words "a man dismay'd/ Not tho' the soldier knew" suggest a good soldier is one who does not allow emotions to overtake him. The words "to do and die" depict a good soldier as one who knows that completing his job comes before anything else.

Read the excerpt from "The Charge of the Light Brigade." "Forward, the Light Brigade! Charge for the guns!" he said. Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. Which options most accurately explain the meaning of "the valley of Death" as it is used in the excerpt? (Select all that apply.)

This phrase is a biblical allusion to "the valley of the shadow of death," a place of imminent danger. This phrase depicts the grim situation and frightful possibilities that await the men on the battlefield.