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Schedule. Poetry-Timed Essay (45 minutes) Literary Nonsense Background- “The Jumblies ” The elements of nonsense Lewis Carroll “Jabberwocky” Creative Writing Nonsensical story or poem using nonsense Open Mic for nonsense Midterm Study Guide.

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  1. Schedule • Poetry-Timed Essay (45 minutes) • Literary Nonsense • Background- “The Jumblies” • The elements of nonsense • Lewis Carroll “Jabberwocky” • Creative Writing • Nonsensical story or poem using nonsense • Open Mic for nonsense • Midterm Study Guide

  2. Defend the following statement using evidence from at least three Victorian poems in a literary analysis essay. • The Victorian writers sought new ways of understanding love, grief, nature, God, and the human condition. • Until 1:20 pm

  3. Stuff and Nonsense Late Victorian Silliness

  4. LITERARY NONSENSE Literary Nonsense is a style of literature where conventional rules of language and general logic do not apply. The sentences are grammatically correct, it is the words themselves whose meanings in certain combinations become nonsensical. Famous Nonsense Writers: L. Frank Baum (Oz) Roald Dahl Edward Gorey John Lennon Spike Milligan Jack Prelutsky Carl Sandburg Dr. Seuss Shel Silverstein The Talking Heads (Band)

  5. Edward Lear(12 May 1812 – 29 January 1888) • Famous for literary nonsense • The first to popularize this form, publishing his A Book of Nonsense in 1846 (Alice was 1865)

  6. Grammatically Correct Syntactically Nonsense.

  7. Pun of the day

  8. Spoonerism • "It is kisstomary to cuss the bride" (...customary to kiss the bride) • “a well-boiled icicle" (A well-oiled bicycle) • "He was killed by a blushing crow". (He was killed by a crushing blow) • Flutterby • "Come into the arms of the shoving leopard" (Loving shepherd) Your Turn: Try and create a Spoonerism!

  9. Malapropism • He had to use a fire distinguisher. • Dad says the monster is just a pigment of my imagination. • Isn't that an expensive pendulum round that man's neck? • Good punctuation means not to be late. • He's a wolf in cheap clothing. • Michelangelo painted the Sixteenth Chapel. • My sister has extra-century perception. • "Don't" is a contraption. is the use of an incorrect word in place of a word with a similar sound Your Turn: Write a new Malapropisms!

  10. Mixed Metaphors • We could stand here and talk until the cows turn blue. • You could have knocked me over with a fender. • He was watching me like I was a hawk. • I’ll get it by hook or ladder. • He’s a wolf in cheap clothing. • They’re diabolically opposed. • He received a decease and desist order. • I wouldn’t eat that with a ten-foot pole. • Take a flying hike. • I shot the wind out of his saddle.

  11. Metaphors to Mix • Elvis has left the building. • Raining cats and dogs • Beat A Dead Horse: • Beating Around The Bush • Between A Rock And A Hard Place • Crack Someone Up • Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. • Cry over spilt milk. • A bird in one hand is worth two in the bush! Your Turn: Mix a metaphor!

  12. Misplaced Modifier • Create ambiguous sentences that can be read the wrong way… • Who has the hairy, huge body? A tarantula bit one of the dockworkers that had a hairy, huge body.

  13. Identify the wrong Modifiers Mrs. Jones was proud that on her first hunting trip, she was able to shoot several animals as well as her husband. I gave some food to my kitten and chopped it up. Covered with hot melted cheese, we ate the pizza.

  14. Luckily for us, if misplaced modifiers are often funny. Reading a book, my cat crawled into my lap TPS- How should it be written?

  15. The young girl was walking the dog in a short skirt.

  16. We saw several monkeys on vacation in Mexico. Not a monkey!

  17. Portmanteau Lion + Tiger= Liger The combination of two or more words to make another Faux (fake) + mohawk = fauxhawk

  18. Spoon+fork= spork Brad+ Angelina = Brangelina

  19. Neologism a new word that has just been coined but might not have officially entered common usage (dictionary) Usually tied to a specific person, time period, or culture Meme – 1975 Internet -1974 Taser- 1980 Tebowing- 2011

  20. Nonsense words • Have no meaning but sound lovely, look like they might be real (follow language’s lexical rules) • Have been used in tests for brain damage • And in testing students pronunciation Nonsense? Not Nonsense! Snittingghssigs BathtailAaaaagijeohalh Lat Gahawawwwwagx NoolUusssssssss Inteakness GUHG&5w3S OvertoddedIisdogvuaooosoidgfhg Huz Qqqqqq8 Pretentiolarity Wsit3 RebenderablIimsl

  21. Jabberwocky Lewis Carroll (from Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, 1872) Uses: Neologisms Nonsense Words Assonance Onomatopoeia

  22. Your Turn • Write a short Nonsensical story or poem using nonsense • Use malapropism, neologisms, puns, ridiculous situations, portmanteaus, misplaced modifiers, made-up words, onomatopoeia, and made-up characters. • Remember your story/poem should be able to be followed, it is still “nonsense” but as in silly and ridiculous. EX: A story about Jillipy-jallopy the tapdancing unicorn that lives in Wallamaroo.

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