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There are four essential poetic devices(terms) for any reader to understand about a poem in order to unlock its basic meaning. Explain in 2-6 sentences, how understanding two of those four can help explain the meaning a poem. Refer to one specific poem you have read. 

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A good definition of imagery is that it “has sensational appeal”?

What is an objective narrator?

What is this sentence from “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe an example of? “He had a weak point — this Fortunato — although in other regards he was a man to be respected and even feared. He prided himself on his connoisseurship [special knowledge] in wine.”

Which of the following sentences indicates that a first-person narrator tells the story?

List and describe some (at least five) of the things that people do that create floods or contribute to making floods worse. Make your descriptions clear.

The core of the Black Hills is made of granite; the flanks are layers of sedimentary rocks. You can find the same patterns in many major mountain ranges. For example, granite and related rocks, crop out in the high regions of the Rocky Mountains and in the high regions of the Appalachian Mountains. Explain why we find granites in those places.

What is directed stress? What are foliations and lineations. Why does directed stress lead to formation of foliations or lineations, but lithostatic stress does not?

The Navajo Sandstone makes major cliffs and other outcrops in Zion National Park and in Canyonlands National Park. It also shows up in Bryce Canyon National Park, although not much of it is seen there. But 100 or so miles south of those three parks, in the Grand Canyon region, the Navajo Sandstone is absent. What is the most significant reason it is not there?