Friday, November 25, 2011

Today, I handed out the major assignment for this unit. If you were not here, it is in your portfolio. The due date for this poetry analysis is Thursday, December 8, 2011.
you were then given (if you didn't receive it yesterday) the questions for the poem "Comparing Beginnings." I allowed you to work in pairs to do this activity. If you were not here, I have posted the questions below so you can do them independently at home. They are due for Monday. In addition, you are to fix the comma errors for questions 44 to 54 of your commas exercises so we can mark them on Monday. If you are not here, they are either with you or in your portfolio. Be sure to come in in the morning and get them so you can review your earlier answers (and make changes) before class.

Read and analyze the poem “Comparing Beginnings and then answer the questions that follow FULLY.

1. The first line of the poem implies that the speaker and the speaker’s friend have shared a youthful desire for

A. danger
B. freedom
C. rebellion
D. companionship

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2. The context of lines 2 to 6 suggests that the man’s response was motivated by

A. expectation of reward
B. desire for social change
C. concern for the child’s safety
D. admiration of the child’s courage

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3. The impression created by the old woman wearing a flannel cap in the daytime (line 13) is one of

A. oddity
B. boldness
C. sickliness
D. innocence

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4. The poet’s description of the old neighbor woman’s actions (lines 14 to 16) serves mainly to indicate the woman’s

A. extreme loneliness
B. absurd appearance
C. sincere hospitality
D. musical talent

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5. The mother scolds the child (lines 21 to 26) because the mother’s fear has been increased by her

A. distrust of the old man
B. distrust of her children
C. attitude toward dancing
D. jealousy of her neighbours

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6. The description “dangerous places that looked green and peaceful” (lines 30 t0 31) is an example of

A. irony
B. simile
C. exaggeration
D. personification

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7. The phrase “siren music” (line 32) serves to reinforce that freedom is

A. enjoyable and childish
B. chaotic and frightening
C. tempting but hazardous
D. desirable but impossible

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8. The phrase “siren music” (line 32) is also known as

A. a metaphor
B. repetition
C. an allusion
D. an onomatopoeia

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