Mini-Lecture Week Three Quiz

A  your name, the instructor’s name, the class name, and the due date of the paper

B  your last name and page number in the top right hand corner

C  the correct format for the due date

D  a Works Cited page

A  providing ample evidence in the form of direct quotations to support your ideas and to illustrate them, words that increase the readers understanding of a poem = stronger analytical writing, rational presentation of your thinking in a coherent, thoughtful sequence of sentences that guide the reader to follow your thoughts, careful and sustained examination of the effect created by the poet’s language and use of tropes and devices

B  words that increase the readers understanding of a poem = stronger analytical writing

C  providing ample evidence in the form of direct quotations to support your ideas and to illustrate them, rational presentation of your thinking in a coherent, thoughtful sequence of sentences that guide the reader to follow your thoughts, careful and sustained examination of the effect created by the poet’s language and use of tropes and devices

D  rational presentation of your thinking in a coherent, thoughtful sequence of sentences that guide the reader to follow your thoughts, careful and sustained examination of the effect created by the poet’s language and use of tropes and devices

A  a treat you deserve once you’ve submitted your essay

B  a kind of sound-proofing that she recommends to help you concentrate as you write

C  a woven texture that makes cotton trousers very comfortable in the hot hot summers of LA

D  verbiage used to make it to the word count but containing little meaning

A  14 lines at least

B  four stanzas

C  three quatrains

D  at least ten lines

A  1200 words

B  1000 words

C  800 words

D  1500 words

A  A “caesura” is a poetic device and “erasure” is a concept

B  A “caesura” is named after a Roman Emperor and “erasure” is named after a felt-device

C  A “caesura” is used in Mediterranean poetry such as a Petrarchan sonnet, and “erasure” is used in American poetry written in the late 20th century

D  A “caesura” marks the start of a new line in poetry and “erasure” marks the conclusion of a poem

A  synecdoche

B  volta

C  alliteration

D  anaphora