Todd Alcott Television Look at me Look at me Look at me look at me look at me Look at me No no no dont look over there theres nothing to look at over there look at me look at me look at me ID: 465240
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Slide1
Television
Todd
AlcottSlide2
Television
Look at me. Look at me. Look at me, look at me, look at me. Look at me. No no no, don't look over there, there's nothing to look at over there, look at me, look at me, look at me.
Are you looking at me? Is everybody looking at me? Do I have your attention? Good.
Don't get the wrong idea. I'm not trying to take over your life. You need, what? What do you need? You need to, what? Go to the bathroom? Fine. Get up, go to the bathroom, come back, look at me. You need, what? You need to get something to eat? Fine. Get up, go to the kitchen, get something to eat, come back, look at me. You need to, what, sleep? Fine, get up, go to bed, go to sleep, get up, come back, look at me.
Okay. So we have an agreement. You will do what you
absolutely need to do,
and when you're done, you will come back and look at me.
Don't worry about your schedule. I am here for you. I am here for you. Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, I am here for you.
I am here for you. You need me, I'm here. Fair and foul, thick and thin, I am here for you. I am here for you. People try to tell you I'm bad? You tell them that I am here for you. Twenty-four hours a day, fair and foul, thick and thin, I am here for you. I am here for you. People try to tell you I'm bad, know what it sounds like to me? Sour grapes.
You see what 1- hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, no, don't
look over there, there's nothing going on over
there, look at me, look at me, look at me.
I've got stuff you wouldn't believe. Danger? Sex?
Action? Death? Thrills? Comedy? All here, all
in the next eight minutes.
Can you believe it? You can't. It's unbelievable.
You can't believe it because it's unbelievable!
It's a miracle.
Just keep looking at me. Just keep looking at me.
Just keep looking at me. Look at me, look at me, look at me, look at me, look at me. Slide3
Television
Look for
repeated lines, phrases, and images
.
Who is the
speaker
? Can you describe the speaker?
How does the
performance
of the poem affect your experience and understanding of it?
What is the
situation
in the poem?
What is this poem about? (
subject
)
What
qualities
describe the
tone
of
this poem?Slide4
Qualities
abrasive
abrupt
acid
abstract
accessible
adventurous
agreeable
ambiguous
amusing
angry
awake
aware
bawdy
billowy
bitter
black-and-white
boisterous
boundless
brainy
bright-eyed
busy
careful
cautious
certain
cheerful
childlike
chilling
clean
clear
cluttered
cold
common-
sensical
colorful
combative
cruel
cynical
dark
dead
decisive
defiant
delicate
delightful
deranged
disagreeable
disturbing
dizzying
dramatic
efficient
elastic
electric
encouraging
energetic
enthusiastic
exuberant
false
familiar
fanatical
feminine
fierce
flashy
flowery
frantic
friendly
funny
futuristic
generic
gentle
graceful
grandiose
grieving
gruesome
guarded
happy
hard-hearted
harmonious
heartbreaking
hesitant
hilarious
hushed
hypnotic
inconclusive
innocent
intelligent
joyous
jumbled
juvenile
kindhearted
knowing
languid
limping
literal
lively
longing
lopsided
loud
ludicrous
lyrical
masculine
materialistic
meek
melodic
morbid
motionless
muddled
narrow
natural
nervous
nimble
noiseless
nonstop
nostalgic
old-fashioned
observant
odd
offbeat
open
oppositional
ordinary
outrageous
painstaking
peaceful
physical
political
private
psychedelic
public
quaint
quick
quiet
quirky
ragged
rapid
rebellious
reminiscent
regular
rough
round
scattered
secretive
serious
sharp
short
shut
simple
slow
smooth
soft
solid
stiff
sudden
surprising
sweet
tearful
tender
thick
thin
thundering
tranquil
troubled
truthful
violent
wakeful
wandering
warlike
warm
wde
-eyed
wise
wistful
witty
worried
wrathful
yielding
youthfulSlide5
THESIS STATEMENT
ONE sentence, containing…
The
title
of the poem (in quotation marks)
The
author
The
subject
of the poem
The
qualities/tone
of the poem
Do NOT use the words “title” “author” “subject” or “quality/qualities” in your sentence
Example: “On the Nature of Understanding” by Kay Ryan is a short, narrative poem that surprises us with an explanation of how we learn.Slide6
Impersonation Poem
Choose
something
from the list we generated as a class. Try to write in the voice of this thing. Show its perspective. Show its good sides and bad sides.
What words or phrases might it repeat?
Think about your own opinion of this thing and try to reveal your own opinion of it through the things it says.
Try to imagine
how
your chosen object would talk and how you would like your piece to be read aloud.