Lesson 15

1. Lesson 15

2. Today’s Agenda • Discuss the analytical paragraph • Review for Poetry Exam (Exam Lesson 16) OBJECTIVE: Students will review poetic devices in preparation for Lesson 16’s exam.

3. The Analytical Paragraph - GRADING • 11 points total • 1 POINT FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: • Title correctly punctuated • First and last name of poet • Last name of poet after first mention • Thesis includes WHAT the poet did • Thesis includes HOW the poet did it • Specific quote inserted x 2 • Quote explained in your own words x 2 • Statement showing the relationship between the quote and the thesis x 2

4. Thesis Statements • In “Auto Wreck” by Karl Shapiro, Shapiro • uses different literary devices to describe the horrific aftermath of an auto wreck. • describes how horrific and gruesome a car crash can be by using imagery and hyperbole. • writes about a car crash. • uses diction and tone to show a car crash.

5. Specific Examples • Shapiro describes, “Our throats were tight as tourniquets,” comparing how shocked the witnesses were to see the wreck. • Shapiro describes the throats of the witnesses as “tight as tourniquets,” comparing a tourniquet, which cuts off blood, to the stunned nature of the witnesses. It is as if their oxygen supply had been cut off.

6. Specific Example • He describes the ambulance as “the ambulance at top speed floating down,” it shows the urgency of the ambulance. • He describes the ambulance as “floating down” the road. The idea that the ambulance is “floating” rather than driving as one would explect shows the surrealistic setting of the car crash.