AP Literature and Composition

November 21, 2013Mr. Houghteling

“It’s a Tonal Thoughts Thursday!”

AGENDA

• Visual Literacy--Images of Helen of Troy• TP-CASTT returns, hurray!• The Helen poems.

Visual Literacy• As we view the five images of Helen,

take brief notes on each image as you view it.

• Try to note similarities and differences among the different artists’ images.

• Decide which image you think best represents Helen, using your background knowledge as a guide.

Helen of Troy

Dante Rossetti

Helen of Troy

Sir Edward Poynter

1881

Helen of Troy

Evelyn de Morgan

1898

Image taken from a Greek urn.

Diane Kruger as Helen from the

movie Troy.

TP-CASTT

• Title• Paraphrase• Connotation• Attitude• Shift• Title• Theme

SPEAKERDICTION IMAGERY

FORM TONE

Define the above terms as they apply in “To Helen.” Look at each term stanza by stanza.

HOMEWORK

• Complete your note-taking on “To Helen” for a short quiz tomorrow.

The Awakening

• The Awakening is a novel by Kate Chopin. • I have copies for you, if you wish; the cost is

$3.• We will be annotating extensively

throughout the study of this novel so it may behoove you to have your own copy.

• If you do not want to purchase the novel from me, you must acquire a copy of the novel by Friday, November 22, 2013.