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All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue. Plato. Oedipus QUIZ. Which character do you have the most sympathy for? Why? Who is MOST to blame for Oedipus’s misfortune? . Free-Write.

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All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue

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  1. All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue Plato

  2. Oedipus QUIZ • Which character do you have the most sympathy for? Why? • Who is MOST to blame for Oedipus’s misfortune?

  3. Free-Write • If an oracle could tell you, would you want to know when and how you will die? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSfSR4Pj1EE

  4. This WeeK • Poetry Workshop • Next week: A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

  5. Basic Terminology • We need to start using it! • Poetry = verse • Not poetry = prose

  6. Nerd Humor!

  7. Verse • Poets spend a lot of time considering the way the words SOUND when read aloud. • Strategies used to create meaningful SOUNDS: • Alliteration • Onomatopoeia • Rhyme • Assonance • Consonance • Measure • Internal Rhyme

  8. Assonance • Identity or similarity in sound between internal  vowels in neighboring words. • Do you like blue?

  9. Examples • "Old age should burn and rave at close of day;Rage, rage, against the dying of the light.”-Dylan Thomas

  10. examples • "Flash with a rashgimme my cashflickin' my ashRunnin with my money, son, go out with a blast.”Busta Rhymes

  11. example • "The spider skins lie on their sides, translucent and ragged, their legs drying in knots.”Annie Dillard

  12. Examples • "The spider skins lie on their sides, translucent and ragged, their legs drying in knots.”Annie Dillard

  13. Consonance • Repetition of internal consonant sounds (like alliteration inside a word) • All mammals named Sam are clammy.

  14. Practice • Locate as many “sound” strategies as you can in the text. • Work together. • Write on the paper.

  15. WHY??? • SO, what impact do these strategies have when used together?

  16. Practice

  17. Read Aloud

  18. Homework • Assonance Handout • Get copy of Owen Meany

  19. MOVIE DAY • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Olo6I0tFQG4&feature=related • This Friday, I will be screening my first extra credit film! • The movie will start at 1:30pm in here. • You will get extra credit (5-10) depending on attendance and attention

  20. This week’s movie

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