1. identify an example of personification: explain what is being personified how.

2. identify an example of hyperbole: explain how it is exaggerated.

3. identify an example of metaphor: explain which two things are being compared

4. find two separate examples of alliteration. list the alliterative words

5. where is repetition used in this poem? what do you think that it is used this way?

6. what action is described in the third stanza of the poem?

7. how is imagery used in this poem? what is described?

8. what is the mood of this poem? how does it make you feel?

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Read the excerpt from “man listening to disc.” to tommy potter for taking the time to join us on this breezy afternoon with his most unwieldy bass and to the esteemed arthur taylor who is somehow managing to navigate this crowd with his cumbersome drums. and i bow deeply to thelonious monk for figuring out a way to motorize—or whatever—his huge piano so he could be with us today. which of the following additional features would best enhance the reader’s understanding of this excerpt? a diagram showing the narrator’s route through the city a visual simulation of the man walking down the street audio samples of music by the specified musicians textbook chapters on the history of jazz musicians

Which words most the reader understand the meaning of usurpers

What evidence from the text supports the conclusion that gilgamesh demonstrates courage and takes risks?