Thurs. May 11, 2017: Test Prep

Today, I went over what will be on tomorrow's poetry test. I am pasting this information below. If you miss the exam, there is an alternative exam you can write, but you won't get additional prepping for it.

Poetry Test: Test Prep Sheet (ELA B30)

In order to do well on the upcoming exam, you will need to study and apply the steps to reading poetry. On an exam, I will NOT mark you on questions, summary, purpose or topic so you will NOT need to demonstrate these. I WILL mark you on title analysis, rhyme scheme, stanzas, lines, punctuation highlight, layout anomaly identification, highlighting unknown words (though you will not be able to look them up; it still helps with identification), and highlighting and defining literary devices.

You will also need to know the following literary devices from your literary devices sheet:

Irony                                                   Paradox                                   Simile

Alliteration                                          Metaphor                                 Parallelism

Allusion                                               Metonymy                               Personification

Prolepsis                                              Onomatopoeia             Satire

Hyperbole                                           Oxymoron                               Pun

In addition, some of the following words may be unfamiliar to you (if they are, look them up and study them within the context of sentences):

Reinforce

Emphasize

Convey

Parallelism (parallel)

Contrast

Implication (implied, implies)

Paradox (paradoxical)

Pathos

Perception

Exhibitionist

Marvel

Metaphorically

illustrate

chaos

customariness

ineptitude

attainable

narrative

reflective