"Mid-Term Break" TP-CASTT

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AP Lit Skill Test- Imagery

“Mid-Term Break” by Seamus Heaney Read the poem here and answer the question below and questions on the following slides.

1. Which words contribute to the sensory details in this poem?

AP Lit Skill Test- Imagery

2. How might the following images form a comparison through associations made with the senses?

a. “bells knelling” (2)

b. “The baby cooed and laughed and rocked the pram / when I came in” (7-8)

“ Mid-Term Break” by Seamus Heaney

AP Lit Skill Test- Imagery

3. What does a set of images have in common so that the images work together?

a. “coughed out angry tearless sighs” (13)

b. “Snowdrops / and candles soothed the bedside” (16-17)

“ Mid-Term Break” by Seamus Heaney

AP Lit Skill Test- Imagery

4. What associations do the following images evoke? a. “the corpse, stanched and bandaged by the nurses”

(15)

b. “Paler now, / wearing a poppy bruise on his left temple” (18-19)

“ Mid-Term Break” by Seamus Heaney

AP Lit Skill Test- Imagery

5. How does this poem’s use of imagery emphasize the speaker’s personal experience throughout a text?

“Mid-Term Break” by Seamus Heaney