//www.laquintahs.org/apps/classes/512476/assignments/ Class Name: English 3P Per. 5 Instructor(s): Amanda LaPera en-us SchoolSitePro //www.laquintahs.org/homeworkItem2943681 //www.laquintahs.org/apps/classes/512476/assignments/ ]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:21:40 PST //www.laquintahs.org/homeworkItem2943415 //www.laquintahs.org/apps/classes/512476/assignments/ 2. Answer study guide questions (this is for your benefit, not for points)
3. Continue working on Dialectical Journals for Huck Finn

IMPORTANT REMINDER:
On Monday, I will be collecting your journals (you can go to the English 3P Homework page for a list of the journals) and checking your stamped assignments.

Have a good weekend!
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Chapter 3 Test Study Guide: Whitman & Dickinson
Format: 50 multiple choice questions, All poems will be provided to you for use during the test.

Compare/ contrast authors’ personalities, lifestyle, values, beliefs, purpose of poetry, feeling about their own poetry, different styles of each of their poetry, influence of their poetry

Whitman’s “A Sight in the Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim:
Imagery, Main Idea, Symbolism of the Christlike soldier’s death & daybreak

“I Hear America Singing”:
Main ideas
Author’s purpose
Literary Devices used
Author’s attitude toward work
Symbolism
Tone
Catalog

Dickinson’s “Because I Could Not Stop for Death”:
Importance of the stops along the journey
Significance of pausing at the House
Irony

“Much Madness is Divinest Sense”:
How it’s related to Emerson
Symbolism of Madness
Main Message
Figurative Language

“I Heard a Flu buzz-when I died”:
How the speaker prepares for death
Feelings about death

“Tell the truth, but tell it slant”:
How to tell the truth
Slant truth


“Success is counted sweetest”:
Who values success?
Nectar symbolism
Theme
Irony
Tone

“Apparently with no surprise”:
Frost’s purpose
End rhyme

“The Soul selects her own society”:
How Soul’s relates to Chariots
What soul does
Inference

“If you were coming in the fall”:
Intended Audience
Tone
Theme
Figures of Speech
Simile

Overall:
Slant Rhyme
Figurative Language
]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:28:44 PST //www.laquintahs.org/homeworkItem2919247 //www.laquintahs.org/apps/classes/512476/assignments/ Emily Dickinson: Group Poetry Analysis

I modeled the assignment using “If you were coming in the Fall” on p339. Simile in first stanza, as well as ABCB exact end rhyme with “by” and “fly.” A slant rhyme falls in the last stanza with “between” and “sting.” Main message: It is harder to deal with prolonged uncertainty than definite bad news.

You are in a group of 4-5. Each group was given a poem to analyze.

Poems:

Group 1: “The Souls selects her own Society” p337
Summary:
The soul is personified as a remote qqueen or goddess who refuses to admit most of the people who approach the gates of her residence. From the many who present themselves, she sometimes chooses to admit only one and then shuts out all the others.

Group 2: “Tell the truth, but tell it Slant” p342
Summary:
The poet compares truth to a blinding light and suggests that truth can be fully comprehended only if it is revealed obliquely.

Group 3: “Apparently with no surprise” p344
Summary:
At the height of its beauty, a flower is indifferently killed by the frost. Nevertheless, God approves, as the sun rises and sets, following the beautiful yet merciless progress of the seasons.

Group 4: “Success is counted Sweetest” p345
Summary:
The speaker states that success is most valued by those who fail, just as victory in battle seems most precious to a soldier who is defeated and dying.

Group 5: “Stop for Death” p347
Summary:
Death is personified as a carriage drive who politely stops to collect the speaker. On their drive, they pass a schoolyard and fields of grain and experience a sunset. The passenger grows cold. The carriage pauses at her graveside. The speaker realizes that she has been on a long ride “to Eternity.”

Group 6: “Fly Buzz” p349
Summary:
The speaker describes her own death as others wait for death to come to her. She is giving away her last possessions. A buzzing fly positions itself between the speaker and the light as death overtakes her.

Group 7: “Much Madness is Divinist Sense” p350
Summary:
This poem asserts that those judged mad are often the sane ones and those deemed sensible are truly mad. The poem warns that those who do not conform to society’s expectations will be labeled mad and punished.

Directions:
Groups need to:
a. Read the poem.
b. Read it again.
c. Read the information in the book before the poem & the questions after (look for the words that are in bold to find the literary devices present in your poem).
d. Answer the questions at the end of your poem AND my questions below.
e. Tomorrow, you will meet with your group, discuss your answers and prepare a poster with answers & an appropriate visual.
f. Tomorrow, you will present. You will also take notes on every poem (Tree Map).

My Questions for Emily Dickinson poetry analysis (what you will put on your poster and present to the class):
1. What can we assume about the speaker in this poem? (Don’t say we can assume that the speaker is Emily Dickinson)
2. Who is the intended audience of this poem?
3. What is the subject of the poem?
4. Summarize the poem (I have done this for you already).
5. Find two literary devices. Write a quote from the poem and identify the type of literary device. Is there a paradox or oxymoron in the poem? If so, identify it as one of your literary devices. If not, find other devices used (i.e. simile, metaphor, imagery, personification, irony, etc.).
6. Give an example of exact rhyme and an example of slant rhyme. Is there a set rhyme scheme? If so, what is it (look at pattern of end rhymes)?
7. Choose two words that are NEW to you and define the words.
8. What is the overall message (THEME) of the poem? Essentially, what is the speaker trying to convey to the audience.


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