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Test Review Things you will need to know.
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All Poetry Terms Any poetry terms on your handout can, and most likely will, appear on your assessment. For this assessment, you will need to be able to identify their definition, as well as recognize them within a poem
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Difficult Concepts Needing Review Syllable - Poetic feet - Meter
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Syllables English words have clear syllables. We can usually divide words into syllables easily. We can also determine which syllables to emphasize, or “stress” in each word. For example: Angel = AN-gel (not an-GEL) Complete = com-PLETE (not COM-plete)
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More Syllables poem = poetry = relief = recommend = discomfort = entertainment = PO-em……... (1 stressed + 1 unstressed) PO-e-try……. (1 stressed + 2 unstressed) re-LIEF……. (1 unstressed + 1 stressed) re-com-MEND……. (2 unstressed + 1 stressed) dis-COM-fort… (1 unstressed + 1 stressed + 1 unstressed) en-ter-TAIN-ment (2 unstressed + 1 stressed + 1 unstressed)
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Scansion (1) the act of scanning, or analyzing poetry in terms of its rhythmic components (2) the graphic representation, indicated by marked accents, feet, etc., of the rhythm of a line or lines of verse –You may have seen scansion marks like the following: The curved lines are “unstressed” syllables The straight slashes are “stressed” syllables The parallel lines are caesuras or pauses
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Poetic Meter Meters are the rhythms within poems. stressed Meters are the arrangement of stressed/ unstressed syllables to occur at apparently equal intervals. Metered verse has prescribed rules as to the number and placement of syllables used per line.
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Poetic Foot A poetic foot A poetic foot is a repeated sequence of rhythm comprised of two or more stressed and/or unstressed syllables. Poetic meterpoetic feetPoetic meter is comprised of poetic feet
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Five main patterns to poetic feet: 1. Iambic 2. Trochaic 3. Anapestic 4. Dactylic 5. Spondaic
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Iambic pattern 1 unstressed syllable followed by 1 stressed syllable EXAMPLES:EXAMPLES: POSE –repose (re-POSE) LIEF –belief (be-LIEF) PLETE –complete (com-PLETE)
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Trochaic Pattern 1 stressed syllable 1 stressed syllable followed by 1 unstressed syllable EXAMPLES:EXAMPLES: –garland (GAR-land) –speaking (SPEAK-ing) –value (VAL-ue)
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Anapestic pattern 2 unstressed syllables followed by 1 stressed syllable EXAMPLES:EXAMPLES: road – on the road RUPT –interrupt (in-ter-RUPT) bridgeddicteer radelee –unabridged, contradict, engineer, masquerade, Galilee
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Dactylic pattern 1 stressed syllable 1 stressed syllable followed by 2 unstressed syllables EXAMPLE:EXAMPLE: –happiness (HAP-pi-ness) –galloping (GAL-lop-ing) –forSatdafmur rhap –fortunate, Saturday, daffodil, murmuring, rhapsody
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Spondaic Pattern All syllables have equal stress EXAMPLE:EXAMPLE: –Heartbreak –“Out, out…” –"pen-knife," "ad hoc," "heartburn"
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The I ambic foot most commonThe iamb = ( 1 unstressed syllable + 1 stressed syllable ) is the most common poetic foot in English verse. iambic foot examples:iambic foot examples: –behold –destroy –the sun (articles such as “the” would be considered unstressed syllables) –and watch (conjunctions such as and would be considered unstressed syllables)
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iambic feet Lines containing iambic feet Behold / and watch / the sun / destroy / and grow (5 iambs) When I / do COUNT / the CLOCK / that TELLS / the TIME [Shakespeare’s Sonnet 12] (5 iambs) Shall I / compare /thee to / a sum / mer's day? [Shakespeare’s Sonnet 12] (5 iambs) Come live/ with me/ and be/ my love (4 iambs) (poem by Christopher Marlowe)
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Trochaic poem: Trochaic poem: a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's “The Song of Hiawatha” By the / shores of / Gitche / Gumee, By the / shining / Big-Sea /-Water, Stood the / wigwam / of No / komis, Daughter / of the / Moon, No / komis. Dark behind it rose the forest, Rose the black and gloomy pine-trees, Rose the firs with cones upon them; Bright before' it beat the water, Beat the clear and sunny water, Beat the shining Big-Sea-Water.
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Anapestic poetry : 2 unstressed syllables + 1 stressed one Limericks contain anapestic meter (in blue) A Limerick by Edward Lear: There was / an Old Man / with a beard, Who said, "It is just / as I feared! Two Owls / and a Hen, Four Larks / and a Wren, Have all / built their nests / in my beard!"
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Dactylic poem: 1 stressed + 2 unstressed Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Half a league, / half a league, Half a league / onward, All in the / valley of / Death Rode the / six hundred. "Forward, the / Light Brigade! Charge for the / guns!" he said: Into the / valley of / Death Rode the / six hundred.
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Spondaic Spondaic Poem : 2 equal syllables a serious poem cannot be solely spondaicBecause of this nature of the spondee, a serious poem cannot be solely spondaic. entirely of stressed syllablesIt would be almost impossible to construct a poem entirely of stressed syllables. usually occurs within a poem Therefore, the spondee usually occurs within a poem having another dominant rhythm scheme.
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Combinations of Poetic Feet One monometerOne foot per line: monometer Two dimeterTwo feet per line : dimeter Three trimeterThree feet per line : trimeter Four tetrameterFour feet per line : tetrameter Five pentameterFive feet per line : pentameter Six hexameterSix feet per line : hexameter
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Type + Number = Meter Types of Poetic Feet I ambic (1 unstressed + 1 stressed) Trochaic (1 stressed + 1 unstressed) Anapestic (2 unstressed + 1 stressed) Dactylic (1 stressed + 2 unstressed) Spondaic (all syllables equal) Number of feet per line Monometer Dimeter Trimeter Tetrameter Pentameter Hexameter
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Poems Covered Poems covered in class –Sonnet 18, 29,130
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Comparison Brought to Light Sonnet 130 Shakespearean Sonnet 14 Lines 4,4,4,2 3 Quatrains, 1 Couplet Ababcdcdefefgg Present idea (Q), Affirm idea (C) Present idea (Q), Reject idea (C) Petrarchan Sonnet 14 Lines 8,6 1 Octave & 1 sestet abbaabba & –Cdecde, cdcdcd, or cdccdc Presents situation, attitude, or problem (O) Comments/Resolves situation, attitude of problem (S)
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Poems Covered Poems used within group discussions –“l(a” -- E.E. Cummings –"When I heard a Learned Astronomer”– Walt Whitman –"My Papa's Waltz” --Theodore Roethke –“Red Wheel Barrow”--William Carlos Williams –“Do not go gentle”-- Dylan Thomas
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Taming of the Shrew Review the Study Guide Questions from the play provided on the website –These will help you establish main concepts and reasoning behind certain scenes. Close Read Analysis –Given Text Selection –Accompanied by AP Style Questions
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Writing Portion You will have a cold read on a poem, in which you will be required to analyze the poem as we discussed in class so you might compose a well developed paragraph regarding the inherent meaning of the piece.
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Addressing a Poem Look at Form (Does it look like a sonnet, villanelle, etc?) Look at Punctuation (Remember punctuation indicates ideas.) Look for Enjambments Conduct Scansion –Determine Meter & Rhyme Scheme Review Diction –Look for Repeated Words –Look for Themes (usually brought to light through repetitions) –Look for Poetic Devices and how they support meaning Look for Comparisons/Antithesis Look for Shifts (Especially pay attention)
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Time Management This test is all about time management. Suggestions: –60 questions = 60 minutes for Objective portion Allowing almost a minute per question –1 Essay = 30 Minutes for Performance portion 2 Minutes for Initial Read 8 Minutes for Analysis 20 Minutes for Writing –This might also be broken up for planning
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