Practice Quick Quiz – test your knowledge

Please take out a piece of lined paper and write your name in the

top right-hand corner!

Section 1 – Terms & Concepts

In your own words, give a definition for:

1) Imagery2) Repetition3) Theme4) Symbolism5) Tone

Section 2- Examples & Explanations

1) In your own words, explain how an author might select a word or phrase to repeat? Would it likely be a random decision?

2) Use your powers of descriptive writing to showcase imagery and DESCRIBE the object show here:

3) Think back to our story, “Penny In the Dust.” In your own words, what did the Penny symbolize to

a) The fatherb) The son

And here is a tricky one….

c) What might the dust represent? (think about what It does to the penny)

4) What do the following things commonly symbolize?

a) A heartb) A dovec) The color whited) The color black

5) Create a theme statement for “Penny In The Dust”

6) Explain the difference between a topic and a theme

Hold fast to dreamsFor if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged birdThat cannot fly.Hold fast to dreamsFor when dreams goLife is a barren fieldFrozen with snow.

7) Read over “Dreams” by Langston Hughesa) What is the topic?b) What is the theme?

8) Think back to the examples of spoken word poetry we watched. Give a few words to describe the tone of

a) Taylor Mali in “Its like, you know.”b) Rudy Francisco in “Love Poem”c) Marshall Jones in “TouchScreen”