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This unit we are analyzing the _______ of language, which create meaning.
Patterns
In our five step process of analysis, what's the FIRST step we do with a poem?
Paraphrase / Summarize
DOUBLE POINTS: The SPEED of a text is called 1) _____, and the CHANGES of speed across a text is called the 2) _____.
1) Pace
2) Rhythm
What TWO things should use for evidence when describing the Pace of a text?
1) ???
2) ???
1) # of syllables per line
2) Punctuation
Give one example descriptor of the pace in a poem:
Fast, medium, slow
Medium-fast, medium slow
Give me TWO different descriptor words for the rhythm of a poem:
1) ???
2) ???
Constant/steady, accelerating, decelerating, erratic, cyclical
1) # syllables across lines
2) Distribution of punctuation
3) Stanzas
4) ???
4) Rhyme scheme
Within what range of syllables is the rhythm still considered STEADY in a poem?
FOUR
(example: syllables that range from 5-8 is still considered steady)
MORE syllables per line makes the pace _______.
Slower
What range of syllables is considered a MEDIUM pace?
8-12
You are saying that a poem has a FAST pace. What would some evidence look like for this?
Has 7 or less syllables per line
"only 3 pieces punctuation in 12 lines"
What does an em dash do to the pace?
Speeds it up / makes it go faster
Write out an ellipsis.
...
"Rat" and "Cat" are considered WHAT kind of rhyme?
_____ Rhyme
Perfect
If a word inside a line rhymes with another word, that is called ______ Rhyme.
Internal Rhyme
Map out the rhyme scheme:
Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey,
Along came a spider, who sat down beside her,
And frightened Miss Muffet away!
AA
B
CC
AB
IMAGERY is made up of ______ details (nouns & verbs).
Sensory
You can describe the imagery TYPE by:
1) ???
2) ???
1) Sensation
2) Theme/topic
The reason we ANNOTATE a poem is to make the patterns ______.
Visual / Visible
Which of the following is NOT a theme of imagery:
Weather, celestial, depression, mythological, romance
Depression
CANNOT DESCRIBE IMAGERY AS AN EMOTION!!!
What type should you NEVER describe imagery as? (other than emotions)
Visual
Our process for analyzing imagery:
1) Highlight images
2) _______ the images by pattern
3) Describe the patterns by type
Group / sort
How many syllables in this line:
But now it's left abandoned, another nerve I had to sever
16
Correctly cite ONE word from the following poem excerpt:
Pickles get and salad both,
Let them each be fresh and green.
With small beer, good ale and wine,
Oh ye gods! how I shall dine.
"Evidence" (#).
Which specific word(s)/phrase is imagery in this single line:
In the dripping put a toast
dripping
put a toast