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with american literature reading poetry? ?

#2. a set group of lines in a poem that forms the basic recurring metrical unit is called a

a. rhyme scheme.
b. rhythm.
c. stanza.
d. meter.
#4. in "the conqueror worm," when poe refers to the mimes as "puppets," what figurative language does he use?

a. metaphor
b. idiom
c. simile
d. hyperbole

#7. what is the best theme for langston hughes' poem, "i, too"?

a. he prefers to eat in the kitchen.
b. white people will be ashamed of how they've treated african americans.
c. langston hughes has faith that dr. martin luther king, jr. will be the answer to his prayers.
d. african americans will form a movement to end their unfair treatment.

#11. whitman's poem, "i sit and look out," is written in what form?

a. rhyming couplets
b. narrative
c. ballad
d. free verse
# 18. what is the best definition for the underlined word based on the following sentence?
"walt whitman portrays the {industrious} nature of the american spirit in his poem, ‘i hear america singing.'"

a. hard-working
b. happy
c. light-hearted
d. lazy

below i present a summary with the most relevant aspects of chapter 2, which were taken from karangan bahasa inggeris (english essays) spm: argumentative essays.

tuna wira

credit to mohana ram murugiah.

i hope to be of

teacher smiles at the students who wait for his signal to sit down. he nods briefly and the students sit down and get ready for the lesson to start. there is an air of quiet expectancy when teacher refers to the unusual things found underneath their houses that morning. whispers of bags of rice ran among the students and a student muttered reluctantly that the rice is rent for the landlord. this starts off the discussion on the issue of paying rent for the use of the landowner’s land. da wan raises the question of why the landlord owns the land rather than the farmer although they have spent a lot of time farming it. the three reasons of labour, need and inheritance are listed as reasons for the landlord’s ownership of the land. they are discussed and dismissed as inadequate reasons. they suggested a system of collective farming to the farmers. the headmaster comes down the corridor to observe the lesson. teacher very quickly changed the lesson to a geography wesson. the students followed his cue and no one gave the slightest notice < of the headmaster ‘s presence. when the headmaster leaves, teacher explains the implications of winning the scholarship. it involves bearing respontsibilities and the scholarship holder should master what is useful and return to the village. he should understand the injustices in the present system and change it to a fairer system. then, he announces the wiimnuir of the scholarship to be dawan.