| Instructions: Part I of this unit involves |
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Completion |
Click
here to take the review quiz on meter in poetry.
When you finish, follow the instructions in the box to the
right, then go to the bottom of the page to send your response
to your teacher. |
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Click
here to read the Old English Introduction and take the quiz
as you read.
When you finish, follow the instructions in the box to the
right, then go to the bottom of the page to send your response
to your teacher. |
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Click
here to read George Orwell's Essay on "Politics and Language."
When you finish, follow the instructions in the box to the
right, then go to the bottom of the page to send your response
to your teacher. |
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Click
here to read the discussion on whether Rap is poetry.
When you finish, follow
the instructions in the box to the right, then go to the bottom
of the page to send your response to your teacher. |
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| Find a song lyric
or poem that uses alliteration, internal rhyme, and accentual
meter. Submit a double-spaced copy of the lyric/poem on paper.
Mark and label at least 10 examples of alliteration and/or
internal rhyme. For every line
mark the stressed and unstressed beats.
When you finish, follow the instructions in the box to the
right, then go to the bottom of the page to send your response
to your teacher. |
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Read the article
on Accentual Verse by Dana Gioia and take the online quiz
at this link.
When you finish, follow the instructions in the box to the
right, then go to the bottom of the page to send your response
to your teacher. |
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