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How to Live Poetry Review

How to Live Poetry Review

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Presentation

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English

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10th Grade

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Practice Problem

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CCSS
RL.9-10.9, RL.8.4, RL.9-10.10

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Pamela Clark

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10 Slides • 10 Questions

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"How to Live" Poetry Review

Comprehension and Structure

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Multiple Choice

How many lines is the poem "How to Live"?

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5

2

10

3

20

4

40

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The poem is written by Charles Harper Webb.

  • He was a rock guitarist for 15 years.

  • He is a licensed psychotherapist.

  • He is a professor at California State University.

  • He uses 3 names because there are so many Charles Webbs in the world.

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Multiple Select

In the Poem "How to Live" Webb suggests that we "Play guitar in a country music band."

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TRUE

2

FALSE

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Imagery is when a writer uses descriptive details to put a picture in our mind.

  • "Watch spinner dolphins earn their name as their panga slam-/bams over glittering seas" (13-14)

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Multiple Select

Choose the line that creates the MOST imagery:

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"There's nothing noble about pain" (29)

2

"Dive the Great Barrier Reef. Don't touch the coral. Watch for sea snakes" (38 -39)

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Alliteration is the repetition of beginning consonant sounds.

"Eat lots of Steak and Salmon" (1)

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Multiple Select

Which line has alliteration in it?

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"Love freely"

2

"Try not to lie"

3

"Stay strong and lean"

4

"Enjoy Success"

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Contrast in Poetry

"If you lose a game or prize you've earned, remember the winners..."

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Multiple Select

Which line from "How to Live" is an example of Contrast in Poetry?

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"Kick box three days a week"

2

"Listen to Elvis and Bach. Unless you are tone deaf..."

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Accurate Poetry Citation:

  • Put quotation marks around the words taken from the text

  • In parentheses put the number(s) of the lines you are quoting

  • Place the period at the end of the closed parentheses

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Multiple Choice

Which line is quoted accurately?

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"Don't be too sane. Work hard. Loaf easily." (36)

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"Don't be too sane. Work hard. Loaf easily" (36).

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Mood

  • How a writer makes us feel emotionally

  • The writer uses imagery and the 5 senses to create the mood.

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Multiple Choice

What is the MOOD of "How to Live"?

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Upbeat and motivational

2

Cautious and concerned

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Multiple Choice

What genre of poetry is "How to Live"?

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haiku

2

sonnet

3

limerick

4

list poem

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There are 4 Types of Sentences:

  • Declarative.

  • Interrogative?

  • Imperative.

  • exclamative!

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Multiple Choice

Which type of sentence does Webb use to write the poem "How to Live"?

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Declarative.

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Interrogative?

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Imperative.

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Exclamatory!

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"...fresh strawberries with vanilla ice cream" (3)

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Multiple Choice

The line "...fresh strawberries with vanilla ice cream..." is an example of which poetic device?

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Alliteration

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Imagery

3

Contrast

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Good Work Grade 10!

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Comprehension and Structure

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