Grab your TEXTBOOKS Ego Tripping by Nikki Giovanni Activity 49 281282 Purpose To identify and critique the function of hyperbole and allusions in poetry To write an analytical statement ID: 586423
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Have your metaphor poem on your desk
Grab your TEXTBOOKS!!Slide2
“Ego Tripping” by Nikki Giovanni
Activity 4.9 281-282Slide3
Purpose:*To identify and critique the function of hyperbole
and
allusions
in poetry
*To write an
analytical statement
examining figurative language.
*To create an
original poem
emulating the author, Nikki Giovanni’s, writing style.Slide4
Ego Tripping (there may be a reason why)Connotation
- the feeling or emotion associated with a word
Denotation
- the dictionary definition of the word
1. What are the
connotations
associated with the title “Ego Tripping”?
2. What are the denotations of the title?Slide5
Small group workRead the poem silently and use the following metacognitive markers to annotate the poem:
*! To mark a line that is
striking
*?To mark a line that is
puzzling
or
confusing
Listen to Nikki Giovanni recite her poem.In small groups, discuss using the markers and the sentence stem “I am still wondering….”
After your groups discussion, do a
quickwrite
discussing your groups findings.Slide6
Literary devicesHyperbole
An intentional overstatement or exaggeration.
Find
three examples of hyperbole
and underline them.
Allusion
A reference the author thinks the reader should know from literature or history.
Find
three examples of allusions
and circle them. Slide7
Small group workIn your small groups, discuss your examples of hyperbole and allusions.
Are there any allusions that you still do not understand??
Take a guess and discuss the meaning of the allusions still in question.
Next, write an analytical statement (TAG) discussing the use of hyperbole and allusions.
For example: In her poem “Ego Tripping,” Nikki Giovanni uses hyperbole (or allusions or hyperbole and allusions) for the purpose of ______________________________.Slide8
Chunk each stanza using textual evidence to support your findingsSlide9
Chunk OneStanza 1……Each line asserts the speaker’s strength and power, as she imagines herself as a female goddess.
She claims that the sphinx and the pyramids are her creation. She professes to have walked the Fertile Crescent, from ancient Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt.
She incorporates Science and Religion, She refers to supernovas, which only occur every one hundred years.
The connotation of “I am bad” is I am awesome!Slide10
Chunk TwoStanza 2….The narrator is a goddess, the mother of Nefertiti, whose name means beautiful or perfect woman.
The narrator is also equal to Allah, since she sat “on the throne, drinking nectar with Allah.
The narrator says her tears during childbirth created the Nile River, the longest river in the world. The Nile was so important that its flood and drought cycle became the basis for the Egyptian seasons.
She is once again self confident and proud to be a woman. Slide11
Chunk ThreeStanza 3….The narrator’s gaze is so powerful that it burned out the Sahara Desert from a forest.
The desert is 3000 miles wide from east to west, and she claims to have crossed it in two hours, making her superhuman.
The narrator also refers to herself as a gazelle, one of the fastest animals in the world, meaning she is too swift for capture by those who may see her as prey.Slide12
Chunk FourStanza 4……The narrator again claims a child, a son named Hannibal, a great Carthaginian general who despite winning most all of his battles, lost the war in Rome.
Even though he did not win the war, he is well renowned for his strength and his goddess mother’s strength is matchless!Slide13
Chunk FourStanza 4…….Next, the narrator says Noah was her son, responsible for saving all of mankind, allowing the world to be repopulated after a period of sin and destruction.
She also credits her son for rebuilding New/ark the city of Newark was the site of six days of racially based rioting that changed the city. White residents then moved to the suburbs, and for the first time, black residents were given a voice in city politics!Slide14
Chunk FiveStanza 5…….Giovanni gives herself credit for creating precious resources from her body and bodily functions.
She also uses the allusion to Christopher Columbus discovering the world is round.Slide15
Next, write an analytical statement (TAG) discussing the use of hyperbole and allusions.
For example: In her poem “Ego Tripping,” Nikki Giovanni uses hyperbole (or allusions or hyperbole and allusions) for the purpose of ______________________________.Slide16
Analytical Statement with evidence.In her poem “Ego Tripping,” Nikki Giovanni uses hyperbole to illustrate that people have to make outrageous claims to cover their failures.
For example, the line “I am so perfect, so divine so ethereal so surreal” says that the speaker is beyond perfect, leading the reader to wonder about the accuracy of her statement.Slide17
Writing AssignmentWrite a
poem based on hyperboles and allusions
to be shared with the class. You must use
three examples of hyperbole
and
two allusions
in your poem.
The speaker can be:
Yourself** famous actor/actress** athlete** a country** a famous musician ** other?