Techniques
Definition of hyperbole
What is an extreme exaggeration?
The author's attitude toward the subject, conveyed through their diction, or word choice.
What is tone?
T.A.R. stands for
What is Text Analysis Response?
The name of this poet
Who is Maya Angelou?
Definition of simile
What is a comparison of two things using the words " like" or "as"
This is an example of what technique?
War and peace; the free bird and the cage bird; the best of times and the worst of times
What is juxtaposition?
What do you annotate for on the left side of a poem?
What is literal meaning ?
If your claim is that a poet uses repetition to develop a theme about rising from adversity, your evidence must be examples of what?
What is repetition?
The poet of "I, Too," Mother to a Son, " and "Let America be America Again"
Who is Langston Hughes?
The minimum Y1 grade you need to qualify for summer school
60%
This is an example of what technique?
Wake up, Sleeping Beauty-- it's time to go !
What is an allusion?
What are the 4 T's ?
What are...
Topic
Tone
Technique
Theme?
The number of techniques you can write about in a T.A.R. response
What is ONE ?
Poet of " We Wear the Mask"
Paul Lawrence Dunbar
This is an example of what technique?
Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.
It’s had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor—
Bare.
What is an extended metaphor?
What do you annotate for on the right side of a poem?
What is figurative language or techniques?
The purpose of the T.A.R./ what it asks you to do
What is explain how an author uses a technique/ writing strategy to develop a theme?
The name of this poet
Who is Walt Whitman?
This is an example of what technique?
“Hope” is the thing with feathers -
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all -
What is an extended metaphor?
A valid theme for the poem "Mother to a Son."
Life can be tough, but you need to face it head-on and persevere.
The claim in a T.A.R. must contain what what four elements
-Title of text
-Name of author
-Technique/ literary device
-Theme/ central idea
The poet of "Hope is a Thing with Feathers"
Who is Emily Dickinson?