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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Words are categorized using what base?

2. What are the two types of endings?

3. What requires explanation and exploration?

4. What are homonyms?

5. What are the two different kinds of truths?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the exercise on sonnets create a friendly forum and technique for students?

2. What is a nesting rhyme? How does it compare to a diminishing rhyme? Explain the technique.

3. Why does the author choose to use "A Lewis Carroll Carol" as a learning tool?

4. What is the purpose of "Block, Pillar, Slab, and Beam?"

5. Explain the tool used in "In a Dark Room: Photography and Revision" and how they can help students in their work.

6. What should students use as a basis for writing a poem in the section titled "Lyric Poetry"?

7. The author claims that certain types of metaphors will come into being. Explain the metaphors and give examples.

8. Explain the instructions for "Smash Palace" and its purpose.

9. What is Free Verse Lineation? What is the purpose of using it in an exercise?

10. What is the purpose of the exercises in "Cut and Shuffle?" What technique is used?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In one of the daily lessons, students were asked to keep both a dream journal and an every day journal. Explain in detail the type of entries kept in both journals and how the information in each may be used to create an effective and vivid poem. Include examples.

Essay Topic 2

In "Estrangement and Reconciliation: The Self has it Out with the Self" Leslie Ullman requires the poet to have a poetic argument with oneself. What is the purpose of the exercise? Choose one of the following:

1. Write a series of poems featuring the two sides of self involved in an ethical dilemma. Be sure to represent each side equally.

2. Write a series of poems from the perspective of a person with a personality disorder, such as multiple personalities.

Essay Topic 3

"The Short Narrative Poem" instructs a student about the art of writing a sonnet with some of the restrictions removed. Explain the procedure. Also make a list of each of the formal formats throughout the book and give an example of each.

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