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Presentation 1 Text Analysis

Presentation 1 Text Analysis. Analysis of the Poem ‘Monsoon History’ by Shirley Geok-lin Lim.

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Presentation 1 Text Analysis

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  1. Presentation 1Text Analysis

  2. Analysis of the Poem • ‘Monsoon History’ • by Shirley Geok-lin Lim

  3. The air is wet, soaksInto mattresses, and curlsIn apparitions of smokeLike fat white slugs furledAmong the timberOr silver fish tunnellingThe damp linen coverOf school books, or walkingQuietly, like centipedes,The air walking everywhereOn its hundred feetIs filled with the glareOf tropical waterAgain we are taken overBy clouds and rolling darknessSmall snails appearClashing their timid hornsAmong the morning gloryVines Drinking Milo, Nyonya and Baba sit at home. This was forty years ago. Sarong-wrapped they counted Silver paper for the dead. Portraits of grandfathers Hung always in the parlour.Reading Tennyson, at sixp.m. in pyjamasListening to down-pouring Rain: the air ticks With gnats, black spiders fly, Moths sweep out of our rooms Where termites built Their hills of eggs and queens zoom In heat. We wash our feet For bed, watch mother uncoilHer snake hair, unbuckleThe silver mesh around her waist, Waiting for father pacing The sand as fishers pull From the Straits after monsoon.The air is still, silentLike sleepers rocked in the pantun,Sheltered by Malacca.This was forty years ago,When nyonya married baba.

  4. Mechanics • Capitals • In this poem, the poet uses capitals in every line because he followed the mechanics of writing a poem which is the first letter of every line is usually capitalized. • For example The air is wet, soaks Into mattresses, and curls In apparitions of smoke Like fat white slugs furled Among the timber Or silver fish…

  5. Abbreviations • In this poem, the poem uses abbreviation of ‘p.m.’ in stanza four. Reading Tennyson, at six p.m. in pajamas,… • Numbers • The use of numbers in this poem, are not written in numerals because the number do not requires two or more than two words. • Stanza 1 line 11 On its hundred feet… • Stanza 3 line 3 This was forty years ago. • Stanza 4 line 1 Reading Tennyson at six...

  6. Spelling • Compounds Words • Stanza 4 line 3 and 4 Listening to down-pouring rain… [Hyphenated before a noun] [Compound words are made up of two or more words that serve as a single unit as in this poem ‘down-pouring’ (adjective) modifies the ‘rain’ (noun).]

  7. Other Spelling rules • A final consonant is doubled when a suffix beginning with a vowel is added if the following conditions are involved: the consonant ends a stressed syllable or a word of one syllable, and the consonant or proceeded by single vowel. • Stanza 1 line 6 …tunneling… [The word ‘tunnel’ meets these conditions. When the suffix -ing is added, the consonant n is doubled and we get ‘tunneling’.]

  8. Punctuation • Colon • Stanza 4 line 4 … rain: the air ticks … • Comma • Stanza 1 lina 1 and 2 The air is wet, soaks Into mattresses, and curls…

  9. Full-stop • Stanza 3 … Nyonya and baba sit at home. This was forty years ago. Sarong-wrapped they counted Silver paper for the dead. Portraits of grandfathers Hung always in the parlour.

  10. Dictation • Connotation • Stanza 4 line 11 Her snake hair, unbuckle • Stanza 1 line 10 The air walking everywhere • Passive • Stanza 2 line 1 and 2 Again we are taken over By clouds and rolling darkness.

  11. Analysis of the Short Story • ‘The Drover’s Wife’ • by Henry Lawson

  12. Grammar • Sentence Fragment • In this short story, the writer sometimes uses sentence fragment to emphasis something. • Sentence fragment is an incomplete sentence. • Page 40 line 34 Near midnight. The children are all asleep…

  13. Coordination • From this short story, the writer joined two or more words, phrases, or clauses that lend equal weight to each elements. • Page 40 line 5 and 6 Alligator takes more notice of this and proceeds to undermine the building; but he is… • Page 43 line 11 and 12 He misses this time, for his nose…

  14. Subordination • The writer adds on extra information that is not important in this story to make it interesting. • Page 41 line 26 and 27 He is not a very beautiful dog to look at and the light shows numerous old wounds where the hair will not grow. • Modifiers • Sometimes, the writer uses modifiers to describe certain criteria in the story. • Page 42 line 1 Suddenly, he becomes greatly interested…

  15. Agreement • A singular subject takes a singular verb. • Page 39 line 25 The youngster comes reluctantly… [The verb ‘comes’ agree with the singular subject ‘youngster’.] • Tense • The usage of tenses in writing indicates the timeline. • Page 41 line 24 The fire is burning low. (Present tense) She has brought the day…(Present perfect)

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