Tomato Capsule

K - number of items p - proportion of the examinees who got the item right q - proportion of the examinees who got the item wrong σ 2 X -  variance or the square of the standard deviation

WHERE: K - number of items p - proportion of the examinees who got the item right q - proportion of the examinees who got the item wrong σ 2 X - variance or the square of the standard deviation

WHERE: X - scores in a test Y - scores in a retest N - number of examinees

                              

The night was dark, for the moon was young And the stars were asleep and rare; The clouds were thick, yet Youth went out To see his Maiden fair. "Dear One,"  he pleaded as he knelt Before her feet, in tears, "My love is true; why have you kept Me waiting all these years?" The maiden looked at him unmoved, It seemed, and whispered low: "Persistent Youth, you have to prove  By deeds your love is true." "There's not a thing I would not do For you, Beloved,"  said he. "Then go,"  said she,  "to your mother dear  And bring her heart to me." Without another word, Youth left and went to his mother dear. And opened her breast and took her heart. He did not shed a tear! Then back to his Maiden fair he ran, Unmindful of the rain; But his feet slipped and he fell down And loud he groaned with pain! Still in his hand he held the prize That would win his Maiden's hand; And he thought of his mother dear So kind, so swe...

Why does the sea laugh, Mother, As it glints beneath the sun? It is thinking of the joys, my child, That it wishes every one. Why does the sea sob so, Mother, As it breaks on the rocky shore? It recalls the sorrows of the world. And weeps forevermore. Why is the sea so peaceful, Mother, As if it were fast asleep? It would give our tired hearts, dearest child, The comfort of the deep.

VOICE is a word people use to talk about the way poems "talk" to the reader. •       Some other types of voice are  mask, apostrophe, and conversation. •       Mask   puts on the identity of someone or something else, and speaks for it . •       Apostrophe  talks to something that can't answer (a bee, the moon, a tree) and is good for wondering, asking, or offering advice. •       Conversation  is a dialogue between two voices and often asks us to guess who the voices are.       IMAGERY •       Representation of the FIVE senses like sight, taste, touch, sound, smell. •       Creates mental image about a poem’s subject. •   The formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such        images...