Writing a Literary Analysis Essay about Poetry – Flashcards
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Which statement best completes the blank in this graphic organizer?
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NOT: The speaker is unashamedly excited.
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In describing the woman's beauty, Byron writes, "And all that's best of dark and bright / Meet in her aspect and her eyes." At the end of the poem, the woman is described as having "a mind at peace with all below" and "a heart whose love is innocent." Through the use of common words and phrases such as these, Byron succeeds in using everyday language to describe the woman's beauty. Which sentence should be added to the beginning of this paragraph to introduce the writer's point?
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Lord Byron's romantic poem "She walks in beauty" describes in tremendous detail the beauty of a woman the speaker sees while attending a social gathering one night.
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In "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud," the phrase "the waves beside them danced" is an example of
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personification
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Which lines from "Ode to the West Wind" describe the wind in an unusual way? Check all that apply.
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- "O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being" -"Wild Spirit, which art moving everywhere" - "Destroyer and preserver; hear, O hear!"
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Which lines from "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" describe an emotional experience of the speaker?
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And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils.
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Wordsworth believed that poetry should contain______ language.
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common
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https://media.edgenuity.com/evresources/3012/3012-06/3012-06-05/3012-06-05-assessment/3012-06-05-07.png Which statement best completes the blank in this graphic organizer?
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NOT: The speaker is unashamedly excited.
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The P.I.E. strategy for developing a body paragraph of an essay states that one should first make a point, then illustrate the point with examples, and finally include an
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explanation of how the examples connect to the point.
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Which is the most effective thesis statement for an essay about how romantic poems often illustrate Wordsworth's idea that poetry should present the ordinary in unusual ways?
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"Ode to the West Wind," "She walks in beauty," and "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" all present something ordinary in unusual and creative ways.
