Scavenger+Hunt

Learning to Analyze Poetry

English I

Scavenger Hunt


 * Directions:**

Read each question carefully. Click on the links to access the website that will provide the information needed to answer the question. Answer the questions by selecting the correct choice, filling in the blank, or by providing a written response.

Imagery - Marsha Banks

What is[| Imagery]?___

 * || === Represents what type of imagery === || === Example === ||
 * === Kinesthetic === ||  ||   ||
 * === Olfactory === ||  ||   ||
 * === Gustatory === ||  ||   ||
 * === Tactile === ||  ||   ||
 * === Auditory === ||  ||   ||
 * === Visual === ||  ||   ||

John Bowles - The Speaker

1) The Speaker is always the poet

 * True
 * False

the speaker to?

 * 1) A movie
 * 2) A character
 * 3) An actor
 * 4) A director

the speaker is the poet

 * True
 * False

=== 4) In this poem the speaker is the poet ===
 * True
 * False

=== 5) In this poem the speaker is the poet ===
 * True
 * False

Diction - Dillon Sternkopf

According to this [|site], the literal "dictionary" definition of a word is defined as:

 * 1) Semantic deviation
 * 2) Connotation
 * 3) Denotation
 * 4) Excess of patterning

===Slang would fall under which level of formality according to this [|document]?===
 * 1) Neutral
 * 2) Low
 * 3) High
 * 4) Formal

===The old poetic convention stipulating that the importance of the subject deem the necessary diction is referred to [|here] as?===
 * 1) Decorum
 * 2) Latinate
 * 3) Subject theory
 * 4) Allusion

Rhetorical Devices- Karen Roberts

===1.)A common rhetorical device used in writing poetry is hyperbole. What is a [|hyperbole]? ===


 * 1) an overused expression that has lost its intended force
 * 2) language peculiar to a particular trade
 * 3) an exaggeration in the service of truth - an overstatement
 * 4) harsh sounds introduced for poetic effect

===2.)True or False: [|Connotation] is a rhetorical device used to analyze poetry. ===


 * 1) True
 * 2) False

3.)In poetry, what are[| rhetorical devices] used for?

 * 1) establish the setting
 * 2) identify the speaker
 * 3) manipulate the language to transmit the author’s message
 * 4) foreshadow events that are to come

SYNTAX- April Renton

 * 1.) How is SYNTAX defined?**


 * 2.) Identify one of the syntactical devices in Edgar Alan Poe's "The Raven".**


 * 3.) True or False:**
 * Syntax and diction are interchangeable in poetry.**


 * STRUCTURE - Christina Maza**


 * 1. A [|Run On] is a line that is in the middle of the natural flow of a sentence:**
 * a. True**
 * b. False**


 * 2. A hypothetical [|Metrical Unit] termed a falling rhythm is:**

a. Dactyl b. Trochee c. Pyrrhic <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Tahoma,Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">d. Anapest

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Tahoma,Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">3. In poetry, lines are grouped together in what is called a [|Stanza]?

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Tahoma,Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">A. True <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Tahoma,Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">B. False