8The following text is from Canadian poet Thomas Frederick Young’s poem “A Snow Storm.” The contraction “e’en” is short for “even.”     I hear the wintry wind again,     I see the blinding snow,    Pil'd high, by eddying winds, in heaps,     No matter where I go.    The storm is raging hard, without;     But let us not complain,    For fiercely tho' it rages now,     A calm will come again.    And, though the wildly raging storm     Makes all things bleak and bare,    Beside the fire we brave it well,     And closer draw our chair.    In social fellowship, our hearts     With kindly thoughts grow warm;    Then is there not a pleasant side,     E'en to a raging storm?8 Mark For Review8Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?A) The speaker describes a situation and then shows how the situation could be worse than it appears.B) The speaker describes what is seen and heard and then shows how these things are actually irrelevant to how one feels.C) A personal account of an event is contrasted with a similar event that is interpreted differently.D) A potentially unpleasant scene is described that the speaker then states can be viewed from a positive perspective.

7The following text is from Thomas Hardy’s 1917 poem “A Backward Spring.” He describes a scene taking place as winter approaches.The trees are afraid to put forth buds,    And there is timidity in the grass;    The plots lie gray where gouged by spuds,  And whether next week will pass    Free of sly sour winds is the fret of each bush  Of barberry waiting to bloom.     Yet the snowdrop's face betrays no gloom,    And the primrose pants in its heedless push,    Though the myrtle asks if it's worth the fight  This year with frost and rime  To venture one more time    On delicate leaves and buttons of white    From the selfsame bough as at last year's prime,    And never to ruminate on or remember    What happened to it in mid-December.7 Mark For Review7Which choice best describes the function of the underlined portion in the text as a whole?A) It introduces a theme that explains the meaning of the opening lines of the poem.B) It presents an idea that subtly contrasts the imagery given in the opening lines of the poem.C) It continues the idea expressed in the opening lines of the poem.D) It functions as a transition to the second stanza.

The following text is from Robert Burns’ 1781 poem, “Winter: A Dirge.”The sweeping blast, the sky o'ercast,The joyless winter dayLet others fear, to me more dearThan all the pride of May:The tempest's howl, it soothes my soul,My griefs it seems to join;The leafless trees my fancy please,Their fate resembles mine!6Mark for ReviewCross out answer choices you think are wrong.ABCWhich choice best states the main purpose of the text?ATo express the speaker's preference for winter over spring and stormsBTo describe the soothing effect of the tempest's howl on the speaker's soulCTo draw a parallel between the leafless trees and the speaker's own state of beingDTo convey the speaker's sense of joy and connection with nature during winter

What does the wind likely symbolize in the text?

What is the theme of this poem by Langston Hughes?              Still HereI have been scared and batteredMy hopes the wind done scattered   Snow has friz’ me,   Sun has baked me,Looks like between ‘em they doneTried to make me   Stop laughin,   Stop lovin’,   Stop livin’ –But I don’t care!I’m still here!sufferingdeathstaminadefiance

What is the theme of this poem by Langston Hughes?              Still HereI have been scared and batteredMy hopes the wind done scattered   Snow has friz’ me,   Sun has baked me,Looks like between ‘em they doneTried to make me   Stop laughin,   Stop lovin’,   Stop livin’ –But I don’t care!I’m still here!defiancedeathsufferingstamina