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CHOICES

CHOICES. Another Look at Poetry. Same Song By Pat Mora Page 659. Author’s Background Imagery Find appeals to all 5 senses Allusion To what fairy tale does the poem allude? Explain. Tone Find diction that sets the attitude. The Summer I Was Sixteen By Geraldine Connolly Page 679.

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CHOICES

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  1. CHOICES Another Look at Poetry

  2. Same SongBy Pat MoraPage 659 • Author’s Background • Imagery • Find appeals to all 5 senses • Allusion • To what fairy tale does the poem allude? Explain. • Tone • Find diction that sets the attitude

  3. The Summer I Was SixteenBy Geraldine ConnollyPage 679 • Author’s Background • Imagery • Find appeals to all 5 senses • Allusion • How do the allusions provide context for the poem? • Tone • Find diction that sets the attitude

  4. Obedience, or The Lying TaleBy Jennifer ChangPage 680 • Author’s Background • Imagery • Find appeals to all 5 senses • Allusion • How many allusions can you identify? Explain. • Tone • Find diction that sets the attitude

  5. Ode to My SocksBy Pablo NerudaPage 674 • Author’s Background • Ode • Long lyric • Serious subject • Dignified style • Metaphor/Simile • Find examples from the poem • Sensory Language • Create your own sentence or two describing an item of clothing • Use minimal words • Choose carefully your images

  6. The LegendBy Garrett HongoPage 668 • Author’s Background • Evolution of a poem • Elegy • Poem of mourning • Melancholy in tone • Allusion • The Weaver Maid and the Herd Boy • Structure • Look at how the words are placed on the page • Where are the shifts?

  7. Miss RosieBy Lucille CliftonPage 712 • Author’s Background • Thematic elements • Idiom • An expression not to be taken literally • Figures of Speech • Find as many examples as you can • How do the figures of speech contribute to the meaning of the poem?

  8. Ballad of the LandlordBy Langston HughesPage 724 • Author’s Background • Contemporary Ballad • Tells a story • Current topic • What is the historical context of this poem? • Where does the shift in speaker occur?

  9. The Flying CatBy Naomi Shihab NyePage 730 • Author’s Background • Free Verse • Not without structure: long and short sentences, parallelism, precise syntax • Speaker • Diction • Find the words that evoke emotion

  10. We Real CoolBy Gwendolyn BrooksPage741 • Author’s Background • Historical Context • What words establish the context of the poem? • Sounds • Types of rhyme • Alliteration • Onomatopoeia • Theme

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