Literary Terms test will be on block day. Linked is a list of words to know. As much as possible I will take definitions from the first sentence of the definition on Literary Devices. I may also apply the words to works we have read, such as asking to explain if a character in The Things They Carried is flat or round, static or dynamic. Or who the foil is in "Stopping By the Woods. " Or to say what a literary device is in a poem. In the last case the example will be clear and I will use the more common words. Here is a link to a test I used in 2013. Below is another version of the test.
For Monday: Have read and be ready to discuss the first story (title story) in The Things They Carried. Additionally, do the following writing assignment the uses the story as a model:
Write a poem /very short story in the style of the listing in “The Things They Carried.” Write about at least one person in a particular situation. List actually physical things the person/s carry. Use parallel structure. Add to the list at least one psychological thing that is carried. Use a metaphor or simile and and a metonym. Try to include a twist, but definitely something not expected. Avoid cliché. (No carrying hopes and dreams). This should be a couple pages. This is a draft. Bring in a PRINTED OUT FINAL EDITION OF YOUR WUTHERING HEIGHTS ESSAY. You will turn the essay in to turnitin Monday night, but I may collect and grade the version you bring to class. No revisions on this essay. For the rest of the week I will update this post with the poems you must read and respond to. First and Second will give tours during class on block day. Sixth period will watch a movie. For a week from Monday (Dec. 11) you take a test on all literary terms from our handout. Don't forget to attend cultural events. Remember, your write up should be thorough. If you would like to try your hand at a different kind of writing for your outside writing requirement, you can write a newspaper OP-ED or profile or team up with a friend to do the writing on a yearbook spread. FOR THURSDAY Write a 45 minute essay on the poetry prompt from 2007, which asks you to compare the poem Barred Owl and History Teacher. For Friday: Read: In your anthology or on line these poems: R. Frost "Stopping By the Woods ..." and "The Road Not Taken" E. Bishop "The Waiting Room" and "The Fish" Write a short impressionistic paragraph on Frost's "Stopping" and "The Road" and on Bishop's "The Waiting Room" available on line. Write in prose a few sentences about a secret of yours. Provide some details. Consider the Five Ws and H. Make this anonymous. Print it out on a white sheet of paper in a plain font without your name. You can alter the secret to disguise your identity. You can if you must invent a secret, but it has to be plausible (none of us were abducted by aliens; many of us have stolen). Write a short poem about the movement of an animal. Include vivid verbs and a metaphor. |
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