Wednesday, January 24 ~ What to do with those pesky poetic devices!

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SAT Vocab Word of the Day #4

DOGMATIC - (adj) - tending to force one's own opinions on other people

GRAMMAR - Review

Pronoun Antecedent Practice

FYI: QUIZ on Block

POETRY - Poetic Devices - (Journal 4) Write in your journals what you discover (poetic devices, meaning, tone, etc.) after reading each poem. 1 paragraph for each selection.

Caged Bird by Maya Angelou 
This poem by Maya Angelou is rich in metaphor. Write your thoughts on what the metaphor might be.Explain.

 


She Sweeps with Many Different Colored Brooms by Emily Dickinson
How does Dickinson use personification in this selection?

 

The Love Song of Alfred J. Prufrock

Find the allusions used by Eliot. What other poetic devices did he use?




Exploring Limericks
What is a limerick? How many lines? Rhyme scheme? Uncover the essentials to writing a limerick. Read through some of Edward Lear's silly examples. Now you write one and be ready to present it to the class. 


 


HOMEWORK
Study for Pronoun Antecedent QUIZ