What is a poem?, A long story written in chapters, A piece of writing that expresses feelings, ideas, experiences, or imagination, A factual report about someone's life, A conversation bertween two people, What is the difference between "poem' and "poetry"?, Poem is genre while poetry is one specific work, Poem is always longer than poetry, poem refers to specific work, while poetry refers to the art or genre in general, They have exactly the same meaning and usage, What is the main purpose of figurative language?, To make every sentence literal, To create deeper meaning, imagery, or emotion, To make poems longer, To avoid expressing emotions, Which sentence contains imagery?, The cold rain touched my face, I have told you a million times, The wind is a dancer, Life is a journey, What is the main difference between metaphor and imagery?, They are exactly the same, Metaphor always uses "like", while imagery uses "as", Metaphor expresses sadness, while imagery expresses happiness, Metaphor compares things, while imagery creates sensory experiences, What does "theme" mean in poetry?, The rhyme at the end of each line, The person reading the poem, The voice or persona speaking in the room, The main idea or subject explored in a poem, Who wrote "O Captain! My Captain!"?, William Shakespeare, Walt Whitman, Robert Frost, Walt Disney, "The classroom was a prison, and the walls seemed to close around me" What is the most appropriate interpretation?, The classroom is literally a prison, The speaker is comparing the classroom to a prison to express a feeling of confinement, The walls are literally moving toward the speaker, The speaker is describing the physical structure of the classroom., Which sentence most clearly combines metaphor and imagery?, Life is a journey, The rain fell heavily all night, My heart is a dark room filled with cold siilence, She runs as fast as a deer, Based on a poem entitled "O Captain! My Captain!". If a student says, "the poem is about a dead captain." why is this analysis incomplete?, Because the student identifies an event but has not yet explored its theme, emotions, figurative meaning, or lesson., Because a poem should never be interpreted literally, Because the poem does not contain a captain, Because the poem is actually about nature

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