May 17, 2021

Grade 8 Homework and Test Prep

1.  Read "The City is So Big" by Richard Garcia, page 399
Be able to identify the "mood" of the poem, and be able to quote three words the poet uses to express this mood.
Also, identify a literary device in the poem and be prepared to define the device and explain its use and meaning in the poem...
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Written homework:
2.  Read the excerpt from "The People, Yes" by Carl Sandburg, literature text page 343
Write on looseleaf, in cursive, in paragraph form, in complete sentences

• Identify the author and title of the poem (quotation marks around title); 
• Identify the literary device that is prevalent in the poem (hyperbole); 
• Define the literary device;
• Quote three examples of this device in the poem; 
• Explain these three examples of hyperbole in plain language; 
• Explain what is the theme that the poet is trying to express through the use of these hyperbole.

3.  Language Arts Literature Study Guide posted on Google Classroom

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Grade 6 Homework and Test Prep

1.Read the poem "I Am the Creativity", p. 699 in lit text.

In cursive, in paragraph form, in complete sentences 

• Identify the title and poet (Title has quotes around it - is not underlined like a book title)
  
• Tell the literary device that is present
  
• Define the literary device (metaphor)
  
• Tell what are the things that are different that the poet says are same in the poem.
  
• Why does the poet use metaphor to say what she want to say to the the world in this poem?  Why doesn't she just say what she means?  How does the use of metaphor help express her meaning better than if she didn't use it?  What is her meaning?

2.  Language Arts Literature Study Guide and Literature Practice on Google Classroom