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POETRY APPRECIATION. LEARNING OBJECTIVE. Be able to explain the language choices used to present an opinion or perspective. WHAT MIGHT THIS BE A METAPHOR FOR?. LANGUAGE CHOICES. Add to your vocab notebook: Figurative language (metaphor, simile) Connotations (positive or negative) Symbolism
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LEARNING OBJECTIVE • Be able to explain the language choices used to present an opinion or perspective
LANGUAGE CHOICES • Add to your vocab notebook: • Figurative language (metaphor, simile) • Connotations (positive or negative) • Symbolism • Imagery • Adjectives • Other words for ‘show’: • Depict, portray, highlight, proclaim, express
Language choices • Writers choose words to get across their opinion. • You need to be able to explain how the type of words they use shows their opinion. • First, identify the language technique, provide an example (or two) and explain the effect of the language. • Then explain what opinion they poet is trying to get across.
Example • Eg: • In ‘Hurricane’ Bob Dylan uses _____________ such as “sitting like Buddha” to portray Rubin Carter as a peaceful man. • This shows Dylan considers Carter to be incapable of the violence he is accused of.
Quick application #1 • In ‘Short Memory’, Midnight Oil uses __________ such as “conquistador of Mexico” and “____________________” to depict _____________ as ______________ . • This shows they believe Europeans have a long history of mistreating Indigenous people.
Quick application #2 • Midnight Oil also uses the metaphor of “watch dog in a nervous land” to portray American involvement in Afghanistan as well intentioned but potentially dangerous. • This shows they are concerned about _____________
quiz • What is the writer’s perspective linked to? • A) The purpose • B) The message • C) The parts
Burning treeby Samuel mclean • In the words from a white Prime Minister, 'sorry'? • You think that justice has been served? • But where is my family tree the one that I deserved? • I lost mine in one generation, a generation where white man's justice was often curved. • We never asked for a 'sorry' in a politician's words, We asked for respect, a respect which needs to be earned. • But you will never get this off me, you lost it long ago. • The only time I will give you mine • Is when you find my grandma's name, The name the white man burned!
Annotate • Parts • Message • Language choices • Then, in your book, explain the language choices • Symbolism • Connotations • Questions • Rhyming words
summary • Why do poets choose specific words? • Score your understanding