Study Guide English 2
Understanding PoetryRead the following lines carefully, and then answer the questions that
follow. Mark your answer on the scantron.
Should you, my lord, while you peruse my song,
Wonder from whence my love of Freedom sprung,
Whence flow these wishes for the common good,
By feeling hearts alone best understood,
I, young in life, by seeming cruel fate
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Was snatch'd from Afric's fancy'd happy seat:
What pangs excruciating must molest,
What sorrows labour in my parent's breast?
Steel'd was that soul and by no misery mov'd
That from a father seiz'd his babe belov'd:
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Such, such my case. And can I then but pray
Others may never feel tyrannic sway?
By PhillisWheatly( from “To the Right Honorable William Earl of Dartmouth”)
The poet apparently wants to
Lines 7-10 emphasizes the
The poet’s love of freedom springs from
The poet mainly defines freedom as
Literary Terms
rhetorical question
approximate rhyme
inversion
personification
style
Allusion
Simile
Metaphor
personification
Logical appeal
Emotional appeal
Repetition
Call on an authority
Patrick Henry’s speech is an example of this type of writing.
The main purpose of Henry’s speech is
Vocabulary: Definition and sentence
avarice
malcontent
tyranny
prudence
crisis
etymology
Grammar:
An adjective clause describes
adverb clause describes a
Write an example of an adjective clause
Write an example of an adverb clause
A compound sentence contains two independent clause joined by
Write an example of a compound sentence.
Write an example of a complex sentence.
Give an example of each of the following.
Concrete noun
Abstract noun
Collective noun
Compound noun
Differences: Word Usage
effect/affect
allusion/illusion
cite/site
capitol/capital
beside/besides
Writing Responses:
Prompt ONE: Write a summary of the events of Franklin’s life for someone who has not read the
selections in our text.
Prompt TWO: According to Frederick Douglas in My Bondage and my Freedom forgiving Mrs. Auld
was important for Douglas because it helped him to appreciate his freedom as an American. Do you agree
or disagree? Support you opinion with: logic, emotion, concrete examples and fact. This is scholarly
writing therefore no “I”.