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Innovative Jazz Fantasia: Literary Delights in Glencoe Textbook

Jazz Fantasia by Lucas Altenberger and Christina Bowman, originally published in 1920 in Smoke and Steel, is a captivating poem filled with literary devices like onomatopoeia and similes. Retaining it in the 2012 edition of the Glencoe language textbook is essential to showcase its motif, rhythm, rhyme, and various literary elements. The poem embraces free verse, vivid imagery, alliteration, consonance, and personification to create a unique and engaging reading experience for students.

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Innovative Jazz Fantasia: Literary Delights in Glencoe Textbook

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  1. Jazz Fantasia By: Lucas Altenberger and Christina Bowman Originally published in 1920 in Smoke and Steel.

  2. Jazz Fantasia should be retained in the 2012 edition of the Glencoe language textbook because it expresses many literary devices such as onomatopoeia, similes, and more.

  3. Motif • Repeating Jazzmen • Stanza 1: Go to it, O jazzmen. • Stanza 2: you jazzmen, bang altogether drums, traps, banjoes, horns, tin cans – make two people fight on top of a stairway…etc. • Stanza 3: …go to it, O jazzmen. • .

  4. Rhythm and Rhyme Sling your knuckles on the bottoms of the happy tin pans, let your trombones ooze, and go husha-husha-hush with the slippery sand-paper. • Free Verse A B C

  5. Onomatopoeia • showing onomatopoeia when saying these phrases • And go husha-husha-hush • the sound of trombones • From a motorcycle cop, bang-bang! • the sound of a race car slipping away • River with a hoo-hoo-hoo-oo • the sound of the steam boat

  6. Simile • Comparing these similar sounds • Moan like an autumn wind • moan refers to the sound of instruments • Cry like a race car slipping away • cry refers to sound of instruments

  7. Imagery • Descriptive phrases show imagery • Green lanterns calling to the high soft stars • touch and vision • Red moon rides on the humps of the low river hills • vision

  8. Alliteration • showing alliteration when repeating • Drum on your drums, batter on your banjoes. • husha-husha-hush with the slippery sand-paper

  9. Consonance • Repeating these consonants shows consonance • Moan like an autumn wind high in the lonesome treetops • Scratch each other’s eyes in a clinch

  10. Personification • showing personification through descriptive words • In the lonesome treetops • describing how the treetop feels • Happy tin pans • describing the mood of the tin pans

  11. As you can see, the poem jazz fantasia by Carl Sandburg should be included in the 2012 edition. It includes: • Motif • Rhythm and Rhyme • Onomatopoeia • Similes • Imagery • Alliteration • Consonance • Personification

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