Read "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost.
Remember: read at least three times.
1-page essay (front side only, skip lines).
What do you think this poem is saying or means?
7 Questions When Analyzing Poetry
Always notice the title and the punctuation first. Be able to group the ideas.
1. Who's the speaker?
persona - the person telling the story
2. To whom is the speaker speaking?
3. What is the poet's tone?
tone - poet's attitude towards his/her subject
4. What is the mood or atmosphere of the poem?
mood - the way the poem makes the reader feel
5. What is the theme of the poem?
theme - the poet's main idea or message he/she is trying to convey to the readers
Sometimes there will be a key line or two that contains the theme.
6. Does the poem have a pattern?
7. What is style?
a. diction - word choice
b. figurative language / figures of speech
1. simile
2. metaphor
3. personification
4. apostrophe - directly addressing someone absent or dead
5. hyperbole - gross exaggeration
c. Concrete imagery - using words that appeal to one or more of the five senses
d. allusions - a reference
4 most common types of allusions-
1. Biblical - reference to a person, place, thing, or event in the Bible
2. literary - reference to a person, place, thing, or event in literature
3. historical - reference to a person, place, thing, or event in history
4. classical - reference to person, place, thing, or even in ancient Greek or Roman mythology
Remember: read at least three times.
1-page essay (front side only, skip lines).
What do you think this poem is saying or means?
7 Questions When Analyzing Poetry
Always notice the title and the punctuation first. Be able to group the ideas.
1. Who's the speaker?
persona - the person telling the story
2. To whom is the speaker speaking?
3. What is the poet's tone?
tone - poet's attitude towards his/her subject
4. What is the mood or atmosphere of the poem?
mood - the way the poem makes the reader feel
5. What is the theme of the poem?
theme - the poet's main idea or message he/she is trying to convey to the readers
Sometimes there will be a key line or two that contains the theme.
6. Does the poem have a pattern?
7. What is style?
a. diction - word choice
b. figurative language / figures of speech
1. simile
2. metaphor
3. personification
4. apostrophe - directly addressing someone absent or dead
5. hyperbole - gross exaggeration
c. Concrete imagery - using words that appeal to one or more of the five senses
d. allusions - a reference
4 most common types of allusions-
1. Biblical - reference to a person, place, thing, or event in the Bible
2. literary - reference to a person, place, thing, or event in literature
3. historical - reference to a person, place, thing, or event in history
4. classical - reference to person, place, thing, or even in ancient Greek or Roman mythology
- Turn in root work
- Take root quiz
- Finish reading from yesterday. If you get to the stopping place and still have class time left, keep going.
- Take root quiz
- Finish reading from yesterday. If you get to the stopping place and still have class time left, keep going.
For class today:
- Begin reading the chapter Drawing Straws. Stop when you see Day of Reckoning. You do not have to finish this for homework. You will have time to read in class tomorrow as well.
- Finish roots.
- Begin reading the chapter Drawing Straws. Stop when you see Day of Reckoning. You do not have to finish this for homework. You will have time to read in class tomorrow as well.
- Finish roots.
Root words - the link below this one; you do not have to define unknown words this week
Reading - Under the Stars - stop @ No-Man's-Land (for Thursday)
Reading - Under the Stars - stop @ No-Man's-Land (for Thursday)
Chapter 4 - unkempt (Read the entire chapter for definition)
Chapter 11 - cagey
"But he was swift and cagey from the start. He discovered all the underwater caves, he found the darkest shadows for hiding from the sharp beaks of the large birds, the herons and cranes.
Chapter 15 - sustenance
"Fish are his primary sustenance, the fist-size perch and bottom dwelling catfish, but he prefers the creatures of the land. They're not quite so salty."
Chapter 11 - cagey
"But he was swift and cagey from the start. He discovered all the underwater caves, he found the darkest shadows for hiding from the sharp beaks of the large birds, the herons and cranes.
Chapter 15 - sustenance
"Fish are his primary sustenance, the fist-size perch and bottom dwelling catfish, but he prefers the creatures of the land. They're not quite so salty."
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