Determining the Author's Voice in Poetry through Figurative Language

1. CFU What are we going to do? What does determine mean? determine means __________. Learning Objective: 4L2In the lesson you will determine the author’s voice by looking at words and phrases the poet uses . Vocabulary 1determine means find Figurative language is

2. What are we doing today? Partner share Today we will determine the meaning of _______________ in poetry by ____________figurative language.

3. APK What word would you use to describe the mood of the picture? Why?

4. Concept Development Voice is the author’s tone or attitude toward a subject in a text. By looking at the words an author has chosen and how they describe the setting, characters, or plot, you can identify the voice of the author CFU What a voice? How can you determine voice? _______ Notable Poet Langston Hughes Lived during a time when African Americans were treated unfairly African American Setting, voice, characters, plot Vocabulary

5. Well, son, I'll tell you:Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.It's had tacks in it,And splinters,And boards torn up,And places with no carpet on the floor—Bare.But all the time I'se been a-climbin' on,And reachin' landin's,And turnin' corners,And sometimes goin' in the darkWhere there ain't been no light.So, boy, don't you turn back.Don't you set down on the steps.'Cause you finds it's kinder hard.Don't you fall now—For I'se still goin', honey,I'se still climbin',And life for me ain't been no crystal stair. CFU How did I check for Author’s voice? How did I determine voice? _______ By Langston Hughes

6. Aunt Sue has a head full of stories. Aunt Sue has a whole heart full of stories. Summer nights on the front porch Aunt Sue cuddles a brown-faced child to her bosom And tells him stories. Black slaves Working in the hot sun, And black slaves Walking in the dewy night, And black slaves Singing sorrow songs on the banks of a mighty river Mingle themselves softly In the flow of old Aunt Sue's voice, Mingle themselves softly In the dark shadows that cross and recrossAunt Sue's stories. And the dark-faced child, listening, Knows that Aunt Sue's stories are real stories. He knows that Aunt Sue never got her stories Out of any book at all, But that they came Right out of her own life. The dark-faced child is quiet Of a summer night Listening to Aunt Sue's stories. Aunt Sue’s Stories What words and phrases proves the author’s voice is warm and quietly respectful? Word Bank mingle

7. Harlem By Langston Hughes What happens to a dream deferred?       Does it dry up       like a raisin in the sun?       Or fester like a sore—       And then run?       Does it stink like rotten meat?       Or crust and sugar over—       like a syrupy sweet?       Maybe it just sags       like a heavy load. Or does it explode? Word Bank deferred