POETRY

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1. The main objective of teaching poetry in to develop the _____________ of the students.
2. Poetry can be defined as a collection of words that express _____________ and _____________.
3. In poetry, words are chosen for their _____________ and _____________ of meaning.
4. Poetry uses language in an/a _____________ way.
5. Some of the examples of figurative language are:
a. _____________
b. _____________
c. _____________
6. What is alliteration?
7. What is onomatopoeia?
8. Poetry attempts to put words in _____________ and _____________.
9. Which of the following is a type of poetry?
a. Essay
b. Prose
c. Sonnet
d. Drama
10. Match the following
a. Lyrics i. Japanese form of writing poetry
b. Sonnet ii. Lines 1, 2 and 4 rhyme. Lines 3 and 5 rhyme
c. Limerick iii. Stories set to music
d. Haiku iv. 14 lines with strict rhyme scheme
e. Ballads v. Expresses thoughts and feelings of a single speaker
11. The objective of teaching poetry is to train the _____________ of the students.
12. The students would lose interest in the poem if it has _____________ new words.
13. While teaching poetry to non-native speakers, _____________ would count against the poem.
14. If the _____________ of the poem is local or refers to his social background, the reader will be able to
understand it better.
15. The background of the poem must be within the students’ _____________ grasp.
16. The student must be able to see some to _____________ his own situation, so that he gets drawn into the
poem.
17. The subject matter (content) must be appropriate to the _____________ of the students.
18. Alexander Baird points out that selection of poems should be made by taking into consideration that the
poem must be _____________ and easy to follow.
19. It is especially important for a mixed ability group that the poems used are _____________ to the weakest
member of the group.
20. It is also very important that poems used with mixed ability groups have _____________ of meanings and
can thus challenge the brighter members of the group.
21. It is safer to use _____________ poems with a mixed ability class so as to minimize the risk of `losing’
people.
22. The students need to be familiarised with the most important _____________ and _____________ used in
the poem to ensure that the ideas involved are not beyond their reach.
23. The first reading of the poem in class should not be attempted until there is a reasonable certainty that most
of the students will be able to establish in their minds a correct general impression of its _____________ and
_____________.
24. After the poem has been taught, the discussion should be designed to deepen the all-round _____________
of the poem and the ideas it embodies.
Answers:

1. language ability/ imagination

2. emotion, idea
3. sound and layers
4. expressive/ beautiful/ creative
5.
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. personification
6. the use of same beginning consonant sound in a line or verse
7. a sound that imitates the sound it represents
8. inexpressible ideas, emotions
9. c
10.
a. v
b. iv
c. ii
d. i
e. iii
11. emotions
12. too many
13. archaic/ old fashioned style/ a heavy load of local dialect / marked eccentricity
14. background
15. imaginative
16. relevance
17. age
18. straightforward
19. linguistically accessible
20. potential depth
21. short
22. words, expressions
23. significance, scope
24. perception
COMPOSITION

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1. The purpose of teaching the art of writing any literary work is that it enhances _____________ and
_____________.
2. Composition means to put sentences together in a _____________ and _____________ in order to express
our ideas effectively.
3. Narrative writing is always about a real story or event.
a. True
b. False
4. Narrative writing does not have a sequential order.
a. True
b. False
5. Narrative writing has characters and setting.
a. True
b. False
6. _____________ type of composition explains any situation or character with a thorough analysis.
7. In an argumentative essay, the writer supports his opinion with the help of _____________ and
_____________.
8. The _____________ encourages the student's ability to create a written account of a particular experience.
9. Arrange the writing process in correct order.
Drafting Revising Publishing Prewriting Editing
Answers:

1. creativity, thought process

2. coherent and logical manner
3. False
4. False
5. True
6. Exposition
7. Facts and examples
8. descriptive essay
9. Prewriting – Drafting – Revising – Editing – Publishing