dickinson day 2 17 april 2013 miss rice. warm-up what is personification? how is death typically...
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Dickinson Day 217 April 2013Miss Rice
Warm-UpWhat is personification?
How is death typically personified in books or movies? Examples?
AgendaVocabulary
“Because I Could Not Stop for Death”
“I Heard a Fly Buzz”
Dickinson Style Writing Assignment
CP Objectives 4/17To review vocabulary words.
To analyze Emily Dickinson’s poetry for style, theme, and literary devices.
To write in the style of Emily Dickinson.
Vocabulary Unit 5HW due tomorrow
Quiz Friday
Vobackulary You can use your lists today
Lit. Terms: End RhymeWords at the ends of lines of poetry that rhyme with each
other
Slant rhyme: Words that almost rhyme with one another
AKA near rhyme or half rhyme
Farm and yard (The stressed syllable have the same sound)
*Sight rhyme: Words that look like they should rhyme
Said and paid
Lit. Terms: RhythmThe flow or feeling in a piece of poetry
The way words come together
The pace of the poem
Cadence
Lit. Terms: Word ChoiceThe types of words authors choose to put in a
piece
Vivid verbs Loaded words
Lit. Terms: StyleThe method which a poet uses to convey
meaning, tone, and emotion in his/her poem Word choice Sentence structure
“Because I Could Not Stop for Death”Review warm-up
Read “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” together
Annotate independently: 1 example of each… Personification Capitalization Content: what is really being talked about here?
First impressions? The look of the poem and how to read it
Literary devices
In groups: What is the poem about? Why? What is the theme One group member presents your response to the class
“CXXVIII” Read as a class
First impressions?
Complete the worksheet with a partner
Class discussion Rhyming Imagery Summary Fly Literary devices
How does this poem compare and contrast with the first one we read? How is death personified in each?
Writing Assignment
Write in the style of Emily Dickinson
Imagine that you are afraid to leave your house Write a poem to describe your feelings Isolated? Content? Afraid? Secure? …
Your poem must include: Numbered title (when in your career did you write this?) 8-12 lines Imagery: simile, metaphor, personification highlighted
and labeled Slant rhyme highlighted and labeled Style Reflection
HomeworkResearch paper due Thurs. or Fri.
“Yes” test Highlighting Bolding, underlining, or highlighting thesis All materials Folder
Vocab. unit 5 HW due tomorrow
Vocab. unit 5 quiz Friday
Whitman/Dickinson test tomorrow (open note)
In class tomorrow we will:review vocab. finish our poems share our poems take the open-note Whitman/Dickinson quiz