Mood is the overall feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader. Robert Frost uses a variety of devises to set the mood:
• imagery-descriptive phrases that appeal to the senses
• rhythm-the pattern or flow of words and lines in the poem
• repetition-the repeated use of a word or phrase for emphasis
Read Acquainted with the Night p.1001
Describe the mood and find examples of devises to set the mood. Write a paragraph.
Personification-Sylvia Plath personifies a mirror. The author is telling about her own troubled life.
Read the Mirror p. 1058 and pick out details that describe the speaker. What does Plath achieve by personifying a mirror. Write a paragraph.
Revolutionary Dreams p. 1145
What do you feel the theme of this poem is and what is the author aspiring? This poem reads like a personal reflection. What is the author's tone? Write a paragraph.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Assignment 11-Poetry
Write four poems. One acrostic (using your name), and three from the following list.
Alliteration-Alliteration repeats a beginning, usually consonant, sound over and over.
For example:
Will you wait. . .
While wild waters
Wipe whole worlds
away?
And a hundred white winters
Have withered gray?
Onomatopoeia: An onomatopoeia word is a word that sounds exactly like the sound it's describing.
Oh Poor me!
I feel on the ground
Ker-plunk!
And landed in a garbage
dump
Pee-ew!
So I dusted myself off
Swat! Swat!
Tanka: Tanka is a form of Japanese poetry that depends on the number of lines and syllables instead of rhyme. This is the pattern:
Line 1=5 syllables
Line 2=7 syllables
Line 3=5 syllables
Line 4=7 syllables
Line 5=7 syllables
For example:
Hot cheesy pizza
Sausage and pepperoni
Round, warm, and spicy
Inviting me to sample
A slice that's most delicious
Haiku- Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry that depends on the number of lines and syllables instead of rhyme. This is the pattern:
Line 1=5 syllables
Line 2= 7 syllables
Line 3=5 syllables
Example:
Apples round and red
Hanging from full, green branches
Waiting to be picked.
Write a Haiku poem using the pattern.
Acrostic: An acrostic poem is one in which the name of a person, place, or thing is written in a vertical line. The poem is dev eloped from the beginning letter on each line>
Example:
Won't attack a human.
One wolf can't take down an animal.
Lives in packs.
Food is small birds or mice.
Concrete- Concrete poetry is written in the shape of the topic of the poem.
Example:
Alliteration-Alliteration repeats a beginning, usually consonant, sound over and over.
For example:
Will you wait. . .
While wild waters
Wipe whole worlds
away?
And a hundred white winters
Have withered gray?
Onomatopoeia: An onomatopoeia word is a word that sounds exactly like the sound it's describing.
Oh Poor me!
I feel on the ground
Ker-plunk!
And landed in a garbage
dump
Pee-ew!
So I dusted myself off
Swat! Swat!
Tanka: Tanka is a form of Japanese poetry that depends on the number of lines and syllables instead of rhyme. This is the pattern:
Line 1=5 syllables
Line 2=7 syllables
Line 3=5 syllables
Line 4=7 syllables
Line 5=7 syllables
For example:
Hot cheesy pizza
Sausage and pepperoni
Round, warm, and spicy
Inviting me to sample
A slice that's most delicious
Haiku- Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry that depends on the number of lines and syllables instead of rhyme. This is the pattern:
Line 1=5 syllables
Line 2= 7 syllables
Line 3=5 syllables
Example:
Apples round and red
Hanging from full, green branches
Waiting to be picked.
Write a Haiku poem using the pattern.
Acrostic: An acrostic poem is one in which the name of a person, place, or thing is written in a vertical line. The poem is dev eloped from the beginning letter on each line>
Example:
Won't attack a human.
One wolf can't take down an animal.
Lives in packs.
Food is small birds or mice.
Concrete- Concrete poetry is written in the shape of the topic of the poem.
Example:
I
am
a very
special
shape I have
three points and
three lines straight.
Look through my words
and you will see, the shape
that I am meant to be. I'm just
not words caught in a tangle. Look
close to see a small triangle. My angles
add to one hundred and eighty degrees, you
learn this at school with your abc's. Practice your
math and you will see, some other fine examples of me.
am
a very
special
shape I have
three points and
three lines straight.
Look through my words
and you will see, the shape
that I am meant to be. I'm just
not words caught in a tangle. Look
close to see a small triangle. My angles
add to one hundred and eighty degrees, you
learn this at school with your abc's. Practice your
math and you will see, some other fine examples of me.
Assignment-10-Dr. Heidegger's Experiment
p. 500
Allegory is a work of literature in which people, objects, and events stand for abstract qualities, such as evil, compassion, or greed. For example, the four guests in this story are not realistic, fully developed characters. Instead, they seem more like representations of ideas. Allegories are written not only to entertain but also to teach lessons or moral principals.
1. Foreshadowing is a technique with which the writer hints at events that will occur later in the story. Make a list of foreshadowing in the story.
2. What does the rose represent?
3. Find a simile on page 508.
4. What allegoric qualities do each character represent?
5. Did you like this story? Why/Why not?
Allegory is a work of literature in which people, objects, and events stand for abstract qualities, such as evil, compassion, or greed. For example, the four guests in this story are not realistic, fully developed characters. Instead, they seem more like representations of ideas. Allegories are written not only to entertain but also to teach lessons or moral principals.
1. Foreshadowing is a technique with which the writer hints at events that will occur later in the story. Make a list of foreshadowing in the story.
2. What does the rose represent?
3. Find a simile on page 508.
4. What allegoric qualities do each character represent?
5. Did you like this story? Why/Why not?
Assignment 9-Mark Twain
p.679 Mark Twain uses irony in his stories. This is the contrast between appearance and actuality.
The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County is a tall tale. Twain uses local color in writing about a specific area and uses the local dialects of the people (country people). Remember there will be lots of exaggeration used in this story.
1. List examples of exaggeration.
2. What happened to Jim Smiley's frog while he is out looking for a frog for the stranger?
3. Twain believed that good humor writing depended more on how a story was told than on the subject matter of the story. Do you agree-- support you answer with examples from the story.
The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County is a tall tale. Twain uses local color in writing about a specific area and uses the local dialects of the people (country people). Remember there will be lots of exaggeration used in this story.
1. List examples of exaggeration.
2. What happened to Jim Smiley's frog while he is out looking for a frog for the stranger?
3. Twain believed that good humor writing depended more on how a story was told than on the subject matter of the story. Do you agree-- support you answer with examples from the story.
Assignment 8-The Devil and Tom Walker
p. 349 This was written by the author of The Headless Horsemen or the Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Washington Irving. The author uses imagery. Try to visualize the characters appearance.
1. Have you ever felt hopelessly trapped in a deal that you shouldn't have made or a situation that you didn't like? What did you do? What happened?
2. The author uses sensory images. What words were used to describe the swamp?
3. Where does Tom stop to rest?
4. How has he come to be there?
5. What does the cloven skull suggest about this place?
6.P.354- What does Tom's refusal to agree to the devil's bargain at this point of the story say about his character?
7. Last paragraph, first column, page 355. What does Tom's choice say about his relationship to his wife?
8. Page 357 second column, last two paragraphs. The author tone is humor in these paragraphs. He is using humor to teach readers what is morally right by mocking Tom. What do the paragraphs say?
9. What happens to Tom's wife and what happens to Tom?
10. In your opinion, could Tom have escaped the consequences of his bargain with Old Scratch? Explain.
1. Have you ever felt hopelessly trapped in a deal that you shouldn't have made or a situation that you didn't like? What did you do? What happened?
2. The author uses sensory images. What words were used to describe the swamp?
3. Where does Tom stop to rest?
4. How has he come to be there?
5. What does the cloven skull suggest about this place?
6.P.354- What does Tom's refusal to agree to the devil's bargain at this point of the story say about his character?
7. Last paragraph, first column, page 355. What does Tom's choice say about his relationship to his wife?
8. Page 357 second column, last two paragraphs. The author tone is humor in these paragraphs. He is using humor to teach readers what is morally right by mocking Tom. What do the paragraphs say?
9. What happens to Tom's wife and what happens to Tom?
10. In your opinion, could Tom have escaped the consequences of his bargain with Old Scratch? Explain.
Assignment 7-Declaration of Independence
P.271
This document is divided into four main parts:
• a preamble, or forward, that announces the reason for the document
• a declaration of people's natural rights and the relationship to government
• a long list of complaints against George III, the British king
• a conclusion that formally states America's independence
The preamble is on page 271.
People's right is on page 272 to line 35.
Complaints against King George lines 36-135.
Conclusion p.276 Starts with " W, Therefore, the Representatives
1. To whom is the Declaration of Independence addressed?
2. Why was the Declaration of Independence written?
3. What are the most important points made in the Declaration of Independence?
4. Give examples of parallelism used in this work. Why do you think it was used?
5. Give examples of repetition. Why do you think it was used?
6. Read lines 126-138. Analyze the events that led to the colonists' separation from the British people.
7. Explain how the Declaration of Independence reflected the political principles of poplar sovereignty, social contract, natural rights, and individual rights. ( Civics SS.9112,C.1.2) This is the Civic requirement for Grade 11. ( one paragraph)
The Gettysburg Address p. 605
1. What was the battle over?
2. How does Lincoln begin his speech?
3. What did Lincoln say the living must do?
4. In your own words, explain what this speech means.
This document is divided into four main parts:
• a preamble, or forward, that announces the reason for the document
• a declaration of people's natural rights and the relationship to government
• a long list of complaints against George III, the British king
• a conclusion that formally states America's independence
The preamble is on page 271.
People's right is on page 272 to line 35.
Complaints against King George lines 36-135.
Conclusion p.276 Starts with " W, Therefore, the Representatives
1. To whom is the Declaration of Independence addressed?
2. Why was the Declaration of Independence written?
3. What are the most important points made in the Declaration of Independence?
4. Give examples of parallelism used in this work. Why do you think it was used?
5. Give examples of repetition. Why do you think it was used?
6. Read lines 126-138. Analyze the events that led to the colonists' separation from the British people.
7. Explain how the Declaration of Independence reflected the political principles of poplar sovereignty, social contract, natural rights, and individual rights. ( Civics SS.9112,C.1.2) This is the Civic requirement for Grade 11. ( one paragraph)
The Gettysburg Address p. 605
1. What was the battle over?
2. How does Lincoln begin his speech?
3. What did Lincoln say the living must do?
4. In your own words, explain what this speech means.
Assignment 6-from Sinners in the Hands of an
p. 153- This is a sermon given by Jonathan Edwards in Connecticut n 1741. In it, he warns his congregation that being church members would not automatically save them from hell. Remember that Puritans beliefs of sinful nature and personal salvation would make this sermon powerful.
This is an example of persuasive writing.
1. What does Edwards want his audience to do and why does he want them to do it?
2. Make a list and cite examples of images that Edwards uses to achieve the greatest emotions.
3.What frightening powers does Edwards attribute to God?
4. Describe the most vivid image in the sermon and how it made you feel.
This is an example of persuasive writing.
1. What does Edwards want his audience to do and why does he want them to do it?
2. Make a list and cite examples of images that Edwards uses to achieve the greatest emotions.
3.What frightening powers does Edwards attribute to God?
4. Describe the most vivid image in the sermon and how it made you feel.
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