Journal #15

Abstract Terms

Concrete Terms

Ladder of Abstraction(moves from abstract to very concrete)

1. Sustenance

2. Food

3. Junk Food

4. Ice cream

5. Premium Ice cream

6. Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream

7. Ben and Jerry’s Chunky Monkey Ice Cream

8. A double scoop waffle cone of Ben and Jerry’s Chunky Monkey Ice Cream

Now you try…..

Exit SlipWrite this at the bottom of your journal entry from today.

Read the following poem, Patience by Kay Ryan, and

1.Identify two abstract and two concrete words or phrases.

2.How do the abstract and concrete terms add to the overall meaning of the poem?

Patience is Wider than oneOnce envisioned, With ribbonsOf riversAnd distantRanges and Tasks undertakenAnd finishedWith modestRelish byNatives in theirNative dress.Who would Have guessedIt possibleThat waitingIs sustainable—A place with Its own harvests.

Or that inTime’s fullnessThe diamonds Of patienceCouldn’t beDistinguishedFrom the genuine In brillianceOr hardness.