Literature 122 123 Literary Analysis and Composition 20142015 Literature 122 What are our lesson objectives What will I be able to do by the end of this lesson I will be able to ID: 240977
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Friday, April 3Literature 12.2, 12.3
Literary Analysis and Composition 2014-2015Slide2
Literature 12.2What are our lesson objectives?What will I be able to do by the end of this lesson?I will be able to:
Demonstrate knowledge of authors, characters, and events in works of literature.
Identify and interpret the use of imagery.
Identify and interpret allusion.
Identify meter and describe its effect on poetry.
Recognize author's purpose and devices used to accomplish it, including author's language, organization, and structure.Slide3
Identify characteristics of free verse poetry.Identify theme.Recognize use of language to convey mood.Identify and interpret symbolism.Identify point of view.Identify and interpret the use of figurative language.Recognize effect point of view has on literature.Describe characters through speech, actions, or interactions with others.Slide4
Keywords and Pronunciationalliteration : the use of words with the same or similar beginning soundsallusion : a reference to a familiar literary or historical person or event, used to make an idea more easily understoodimagery : language that creates a mental picture by appealing to the senses, that makes readers see, hear, smell, taste, or feel things in their imagination; for example, "the coal-black night," "the stinging cold," "the rapping
and tapping
of rain on the
roof“
metaphor : a figure of speech that suggests or states a comparison between two unlike things, without using
such words
as like or as; for example, "The cat´s eyes were emeralds shining in the night."
meter : the arrangement of words in poetry based on rhythm, accents, and the number of syllables in a line
point of view : the perspective from which a story is toldSlide5
Keywords and Pronunciationrhyme : words with similar ending sounds such as hit/bit, yellow/fellow, bark/park, and so on; when words at the end of a line of poetry or verse sound the same, the lines are said to rhymerhyme scheme : the pattern of rhymes made by the final words or sounds in the lines of a poem, typically designated by a different letter of the alphabet to represent each rhymerhythm : a regular pattern of sound and beats within a poem
setting : where and when a literary work takes place
symbol : something that stands for something else in literature; for example, a dove may be a symbol for peace
voice : the way a piece of writing soundsSlide6
We Real Cool (1960)Gwendolyn BrooksTHE POOL PLAYERS. SEVEN AT THE GOLDEN SHOVEL.We real cool. WeLeft school. We
Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We
Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We
Jazz June. We
Die soon.Slide7
The Negro Speaks of Rivers (1921)Langston HughesI’ve known rivers:I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins.My soul has grown deep like the rivers.Slide8
I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young.I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep.I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it.I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln went down to New Orleans, and I’ve seen its muddy bosom turn all golden in the sunset.I’ve known rivers:Ancient, dusky rivers.
My soul has grown deep like the rivers.Slide9
Thinking QuestionsAs you listen to the following two poems, think about how the rhythm and rhyme of the poems are similar to the rhythm of the jazz you just listened to. Can you hear any similarities?Slide10
Literature 12.3What are our lesson objectives?What will I be able to do by the end of this lesson?I will be able to:Identify and interpret the use of imagery.Recognize author's purpose and devices used to accomplish it, including author's language, organization, and structure.Demonstrate knowledge of authors, characters, and events in works of literature
.Slide11
Identify theme.Identify point of view.Identify and interpret symbolism.Identify and interpret the use of figurative language.Describe characters through speech, actions, or interactions with others.Recognize the effect point of view has on literature.Slide12
Keywords and Pronunciationdialogue : a conversation between charactersfree verse : poetry that does not use rhyme or meterimagery : language that creates a mental picture by appealing to the senses, that makes readers see, hear, smell, taste, or feel things in their imagination; for example, "the coal-black night," "the stinging cold," "the rapping and tapping of rain on the roof"
metaphor : a figure of speech that suggests or states a comparison between two unlike things, without using
such words
as like or as; for example, "The cat´s eyes were emeralds shining in the night."
meter : the arrangement of words in poetry based on rhythm, accents, and the number of syllables in a line
point of view : the perspective from which a story is told
rhythm : a regular pattern of sound and beats within a poemSlide13
Quick Write/Discussion QuestionsThe speaker says that before he built a wall, he'd like to know what he was "walling in or walling out, /And to whom I was like to give offense." What is the difference between "walling in" and "walling out"?Why might it give offense?What are ways we build walls between one another (literally and figuratively) and why do we do this?