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Figurative Language Poem 7

A Lady
By Amy Lowell

You are beautiful and faded

Like an old opera tune
Played upon a harpsichord;
Or like the sun-flooded silks
Of an eighteenth-century boudoir1.
In your eyes
Smoulder the fallen roses of outlived minutes,
And the perfume of your soul
Is vague and suffusing2,
With the pungence of sealed spice-jars.
Your half-tones delight me,
And I grow mad with gazing
At your blent colors.

My vigor3 is a new-minted penny,

Which I cast at your feet.
1. A woman's bedroom or private room
Gather it up from the dust, 2. Gradually spread through or over
That its sparkle may amuse you. 3. Physical strength and good health.

Review Questions
Directions: Respond to these questions to the best of your ability. Answer the questions completely. If
you need more space, use the back or a separate sheet.

1. Identify two examples of simile: explain which two things are being compared in each simile.
2. Identify two examples of metaphor: explain which two things are being compared in each metaphor.
3. Identify one example of personification: explain what is being personified and how.
4. Identify one example of hyperbole: explain what is being exaggerated.
5. What is the subject of this poem? What is this poem about? Explain your response.
6. What is the tone of this poem? How does the speaker treat the subject of the poem? Refer to text.
7. What is the mood of this poem? How does this poem make you feel? Refer to text in your response.

Figurative Language Poem 2

The Black Land
By Joseph Warren Beach

I will plough the land,

Turning up the black soil.
I will ride upon this heaving surface
As a boat rides upon the water.
Even as a boat
Cleaving the water with an eager keel,
I have run a furrow1
Straight across the ridges.

I will sow down this field,

Scattering gems.
With both hands will I scatter
Quivering emeralds out of a bottomless pouch. I sing as I go
Scattering emeralds.
As I tread the loam2 The wind sings upon my lips,
My feet sink deep. And pearls stream off my neck and forehead.
The black earth embraces my ankles I am bathed in a sweat of pearls.
And clings to my bent knees.
Eyes straight forward
Rest on a brightening ultimate slope.

Review Questions
1. A long narrow trench made in the ground by a plow,
2. Soil with equal amounts of sand, silt, and clay.

Directions: Respond to these questions to the best of your ability. Answer the questions completely. If
you need more space, use the back or a separate sheet.

1. Identify one example of simile: explain which two things are being compared.
2. Identify two examples of metaphor: explain which two things are being compared in each metaphor.
3. Identify two examples of personification: explain what is being personified and how.
4. Identify one example of hyperbole: explain what is being exaggerated.
5. What is the subject of this poem? What is this poem about? Explain your response.
6. What is the tone of this poem? How does the speaker treat the subject of the poem? Refer to text.
7. What is the mood of this poem? How does this poem make you feel? Refer to text in your response.

Reality Television
Reality television is a genre of television programming which, it is claimed, presents unscripted
dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and features ordinary people rather than
professional actors. It could be described as a form of artificial or "heightened" documentary. Although
the genre has existed in some form or another since the early years of television, the current explosion of
popularity dates from around 2000.
Reality television covers a wide range of television programming formats, from game or quiz
shows which resemble the frantic, often demeaning programmes produced in Japan in the 1980s and
1990s (a modern example is Gaki no tsukai), to surveillance- or voyeurism- focused productions such as
Big Brother.
Critics say that the term "reality television" is somewhat of a misnomer and that such shows
frequently portray a modified and highly influenced form of reality, with participants put in exotic
locations or abnormal situations, sometimes coached to act in certain ways by off-screen handlers, and
with events on screen manipulated through editing and other post-production techniques.
Part of reality television's appeal is due to its ability to place ordinary people in extraordinary
situations. For example, on the ABC show, The Bachelor, an eligible male dates a dozen women
simultaneously, travelling on extraordinary dates to scenic locales. Reality television also has the
potential to turn its participants into national celebrities, outwardly in talent and performance programs
such as Pop Idol, though frequently Survivor and Big Brother participants also reach some degree of
celebrity.
Some commentators have said that the name "reality television" is an inaccurate description for
several styles of program included in the genre. In competition-based programs such as Big Brother and
Survivor, and other special-living-environment shows like The Real World, the producers design the
format of the show and control the day-to-day activities and the environment, creating a completely
fabricated world in which the competition plays out. Producers specifically select the participants, and
use carefully designed scenarios, challenges, events, and settings to encourage particular behaviours and
conflicts. Mark Burnett, creator of Survivor and other reality shows, has agreed with this assessment,
and avoids the word "reality" to describe his shows; he has said, "I tell good stories. It really is not
reality TV. It really is unscripted drama."

1. In the first line, the writer says 'it is claimed' because…

a. they agree with the statement.
b. everyone agrees with the statement.
c. no one agrees with the statement.
d. they want to distance themselves from the statement

2. Reality television has..

a. always been this popular.
b. has been popular since well before 2000.
c. has only been popular since 2000.
d. has been popular since approximately 2000.

3. Based on the text, Japan..

a. is the only place to produce demeaning TV shows.
b. has produced demeaning TV shows copied elsewhere.
c. produced Big Brother.
d. invented surveillance focused productions.
4. People have criticized reality television because..
a. it is demeaning.
b. it uses exotic locations.
c. the name is inaccurate.
d. it shows reality.

5. Reality TV appeals to some people because..

a. it shows eligible males dating women.
b. it uses exotic locations.
c. it shows average people in exceptional circumstances.
d. it can turn ordinary people into celebrities.

6. Based on the text, Pop Idol..

a. turns all its participants into celebrities
b. is more likely to turn its particiapants into celebrities than Big Brother
c. is less likely to turn its particiapants into celebrities than Big Brother.
d. is a dating show.

7. The term 'reality television' is inaccurate for..

a. all programs.
b. just Big Brother and Survivor.
c. talent and performance programs.
d. special-living-environment programs.

8. Producers choose the participants

a. on the ground of talent.
b. only for special-living-environment shows.
c. to create conflict among other things.
 d. to make a fabricated world.

9. Who is Paul Burnett? He..

a. was a participant on Survivor.
b. is a critic of reality TV.
c. thinks the term 'reality television' is inaccurate.
d. writes the script for Survivor

10. what is Survivor like?

a. are definitely reality TV.
b. are scripted.
c. have good narratives.
d. are theatre.

Star Wars

The plain, brown cloak that Sir Alec Guinness 1) __________ when he played the character Obi-Wan
Kenobi 2) __________ the Star Wars films is part 3) __________ a collection of film and television
costumes that will be sold. Alec Guiness died 4) __________ 2000.

5) __________ cloak disappeared thirty years ago and was then used in 6) __________ films. It was
even used by people going 7) __________ fancy dress parties. Experts think it will 8) __________ for
£40,000.

Comprehension Questions! 5. A/The/Those

1. Wear/wore/wearing 6. Other/others/other’s

2. In/on/at 7. To/at/from

3. Off/for/of 8. Sell/sold/sale

4. On/in/for

Rewrite the following sentences!

1. The injured were taken to the hospital by the
firemen.
2. The town was destroyed by an earthquake.
3. The teacher was pleased with the boy’s work.
4. The building was damaged by the fire.
5. Who taught you French?
6. The manager will give you a ticket.
7. Spectators thronged the streets.
8. Everyone will blame us.
9. He had been informed by them.
10. The boy had been punished by the teacher.
11. The poor boy had been spanked by the
master.
12. I had learnt an important lesson.
13. Amar had made a big mistake.
14. Pooja had won a big prize.
15. Why was she beating the child?
16. He was giving a lecture
17. Dinner was not being prepared by her.
18. She was writing a novel.
19. Which book were you reading?
20. They were saying their prayers.