Big Idea Issues of Identity How does Frost identify the speaker in "Fire and Ice"? Explain.

Big Idea The Energy of the Everyday Neruda is known for his praise of the ordinary. What examples best illustrate this characteristic in "Ode to My Socks?" Explain.

What does the poem suggest to you about where feelings should rank in your own life? How much importance do you place on your emotions?

Nature is often described as both a powerful and gentle force. What powerful elements do you see in the three haiku? What gentle elements do you see?

In which poem do you think the speaker conveys his sense of loss more effectively? Explain.

Baca has experienced great loss in his life, including the loss of loved ones and his own freedom. How might these losses have inspired "I Am Offering This Poem"?

Big Idea The Energy of the Everyday (a) Roethke seems to be expressing a philosophy of how people should live their lives. What is this philosophy? (b)Would you follow this philosophy? Explain.

What does the speaker come to realize about loves and losses at the end of the poem? How does he or she come to realize this?

When Judy studied Chinese, she struggled with the differences in it ______________ from that of English.

A syntax B parenthesis C fissure D cipher

Which of the following is the best revision for sentence 10 ?

A Whitman shows us through the poem that life is mechanical and orderly just as they are beautiful. B Whitman shows us through the poem that life is mechanical and orderly just as its beautiful. C Whitman shows us, through the poem, that life is mechanical and orderly just as it is beautiful. D Whitman shows us through the poem that life is mechanical and orderly, just as beautiful.

Big Idea Loves and Losses (a) How might you feel if a former boyfriend or girlfriend sent this poem to you? (b)After reading it, would you feel better about how the relationship ended? Explain.

Big Idea Issues of Identity How does Frost identify the speaker in "After Apple-Picking"? Explain.

The ______ on the cave wall was mysterious; its significance could not be determined.

A hones B infirmity C oblivion D glyph

(a) In "To An Aged Bear," the speaker tells the bear, "you are old." What might be another way to interpret this statement? (b)What images reinforce this reading?