LUOA english 11: mod 5 week 2

The choice of the word "glazed" to describe the wheelbarrow after the rain really helps to further the image for the reader. The word "glazed" suggests what? Select all that apply.

-The wheelbarrow now appears shiny -It suggests a sense of newness -It suggests a sense of freshness

As an Imagist, Williams was able to do what within his poetry? Select all that apply.

-capture the essence of an image or item -create clear descriptions -use an image to create meaning

Academic writing requires a _____________ style of word choice. Select all that apply.

-clear -mature -formal

The introductory paragraph should accomplish what purposes? Select all that apply.

-get the reader's attention -provide background information on the topic -provide a clear thesis statement

When writing an academic paper, identify some of the writing practices that should be followed. Select all that apply.

-using proper word choice -using a variety of sentence types -using proper spelling -properly documenting all quotes, research, and literature -avoiding "announcing" -taking time to proofread and edit

What words describe the overall tone of "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost? Select all that apply.

-wistful -thoughtful -contemplative

Look closely at the poem. Although it is divided and broken up into four stanzas, this entire poem is how many complete sentences?

1

The poem by Frost "The Road Not Taken" consists of ____ stanzas.

4

In "The Road Not Taken," Robert Frost follows a traditional rhyme scheme. Each line includes end rhyme, which helps to develop the overall pattern. Look at the lines below and determine the rhyme scheme: Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth;

A B A A B

imagist

a poet during the Modern Era who described and used images with great detail and clarity but with minimal language and as few words as possible. Imagists were considered to be those poets who could use the image itself to create meaning within the poem.

Match the primary characteristic to each period.

age of faith: right living Age of reason: justice and knowledge Romantic Period: Personal Experience Realist Period: daily life circumstances modern period: self expression

Look at the following lines from "The Road Not Taken." Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Which literary element is present in these two lines?

alliteration

In Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken," the roads metaphorically represent and symbolize what?

choices one must make in life

Based on the imagery in the first stanza of the "yellow wood," we can can infer that it is what time of year when the speaker reaches the two paths?

fall

The poem "The Red Wheelbarrow" is written in what form?

free verse

Look at the following lines: Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back The speaker is saying that he would save the other path-the one he didn't choose-for another day. But then he realizes what?

he doubts he will ever make it back to the other path

Look over the following lines: And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood What do these indicate about the speaker?

he was truly struggling with his decision

The poet offers great descriptions of nature that help the reader to fully grasp the picturesque scene created in the poem. This is powerful use of ___.

imagery

Choose the word to best complete the statement below. As seen in "The Red Wheelbarrow," Williams's poems reflect the idea that even ordinary things can be ________________.

important

In the following lines, one of the paths is described as "grassy and wanted wear." This means that this particular path had not been used by many and almost seemed to be asking the speaker to be used. This is a clear example of

personification

As a modern poet, William Carlos Williams used ____________ language within his poetry.

simple

There are several times in the "The Road Not Taken" in which the speaker seems to contradict himself. First he indicates one road was less used than the other. Then later he says the two paths are "really about the same." Later still, he indicates, "And both that morning equally lay, In leaves no step had trodden black." Yet ULTIMATELY, at the end of the poem, he finally determines that one of the roads was indeed the road less traveled. This type of confusion and ambiguity was very prevalent in the Modern era during which this poem was written, but what is the BEST explanation for this apparent initial confusion in the speaker?

the reader is retelling this many years later

Williams wrote with a sense of ambiguity within his poetry to serve what purpose?

to force the reader to find meaning

In "The Red Wheelbarrow," the key challenge to the reader is obviously what?

understanding the deeper meaning

Williams uses colors to create stronger contrasting images and views. The two colors he sets against each other for the greatest impact are red and ___________.

white