Poetry Unit Study Guide

Pt. 1 Poetry

Define the following terms:

Alliteration

Assonance

Consonance

End Rhyme

Haiku

Internal Rhyme

Metaphor

Near Rhyme

Personification

Refrain

Rhyme

Simile

Symbolism
List the specific details about the following types of poetry:

Blank Verse

Cinquain

Concrete

Free Verse

Limmerick

Lyric

Narrative

Sonnet

Name the poems we read that the following poets wrote:

Edgar Allan Poe?

Emily Dickenson
Langston Hughes
Lewis Carroll
What type of poetry did Lewis Carroll write?
Maya Angelou
Robert Frost
T.S. Eliot
Walt Whitman
The Odyssey

Who are the following characters in the story?

Odysseus
Penelope
Telemachus
Zeus
Posideon
Hades
Polyphemus
Athena
Tiresias
Helios
Scylla
Calypso

Briefly discuss what happens in the following locations:

Troy

Ismarus

Island of the Lotus Eaters

Island of the Cyclops

Circe’s Island

Land of the Dead

Island of the Sun God

Calypso’s Island

Ithaca

Answer the following questions about the story:

Where is Odysseus from?

Who is the Cyclops’ father?

What name does Odysseus give to the Cyclops?

What advice did Tiresias give to Odysseus?

What does Odysseus find out about his mother in Hades?

What do Odysseus’ men do to make the Sun God mad?

What happens to Odysseus’ men after they leave the Sun God’s island?

How long does Odysseus drift at sea?

What contest is held to win the hand of Penelope?