Poetry EOG Review 4th

1. To make the poem sound nice

1. To make sure everything rhymes

To call your attention to important words in the poem.

1. To make sure you are familiar with the words

main character.

message about life that the author expresses.

sequence of events.

short summary of what the story is about.

Fear is more dangerous than any beast.

A brave young girl pretends to be a man and takes her father's place in the army.

a fear of heights

"I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too."

The speaker feels like the Rocky Mountains, standing tall and proud on the shoulders of his/her parents.

The speaker feels full of joy in Florida because he/she is being joined to parents.

The speaker feels like the Great Plains, stretching out toward the horizon and filling a window.

The speaker feels like Florida, like he/she is being torn away from parents.

The speaker feels like the Rocky Mountains, standing tall and proud on the shoulders of his/her parents.

The speaker feels full of joy in Florida because he/she is being joined to parents.

The speaker feels like the Great Plains, stretching out toward the horizon and filling a window.

The speaker feels like Florida, like he/she is being torn away from parents.

It is much longer than the description of the best day.

It is much shorter than the description of the best day.

It is the same length as the description of the best day.

the first-person pronoun I

the word

the image of an island

Florida

The poem is about the speaker's upbringing and imagining him/herself as a mountain.

The poem is about the speaker's parents and how they didn't prepare the speaker for life.

The poem is about how much the speaker enjoys the landscape and landforms of our nation.

This poem is about how mountains can be a positive or negative influence.

The mountain seems to shrink, just as the speaker seems to be less confident.

The mountain seems to grow taller and wider, just as the speaker grows in wisdom and strength.

The speaker is being compared to a mountain not an island.

The mountain seems to crumble, just as the speaker feels as if he or she is drifting away.

A lot of who you are as a person comes from the way you are raised.

A lot of who you are as a person has nothing to do with your parents.

A lot of who you are as a person comes from how you imagine yourself to be.

A lot of who you are as a person comes from where you live in the world.

"I rise into the air, my hair a / mist against the blue of sky."

"I am the Rocky Mountains.".

"They are my parents' broad shoulders I stand on."

"I am not an island."