Point of View/Perspective
What are the different types of Point of View?
1st Person, 2nd Person, 3rd Person Limited, 3rd Person Ominiscient
What are three examples of sound in a poem?
end rhyme, rhyme scheme, internal rhyme, assonance, consonance, alliteration, onomatopoeia, repetition
How does the use of alliteration in line 9 contribute to the meaning of the poem?
A. "Past the pits" sounds harsh, hissing, and unfriendly.
B. "[A]sphalt flowers" bring to mind a harsh and industrial place.
C ."Past the pits" sounds bouncy and playful.
D. "[A]sphalt flowers" would never grow in pits.
A
Name five types of figurative language.
Metaphor, simile, symbolism, hyperbole, personification, onomatopoeia, alliteration, allusion, repetition
Secret Vocab Question...
Define integrity
the quality of being honest, professional, and having strong moral principles; sticking to your morals and principles no matter what.
What are the ways that an author can develop perspectives differently?
-Actions/Reactions
-Dialogue(words)
-Feelings
-Experiences
-Thoughts
What are 2 examples of structure in a poem?
Rhyme scheme, indentation, enjambment, white space, line break
Which statement best describes the meaning of the phrase "peppermint wind," as it is used in line 6?
A. The wind smells like sweet candy.
B. The wind is energizing and refreshing.
C. The wind is blue-green in color.
D. The wind is red-and-white in color.
B
I sit at my desk,
and breathing gets heavy.
The bubble sheet before me
turns my insides to spaghetti.
I reviewed no notes or study guides;
No Quizziz or Blookets alike.
It is time I pay the pied piper
as my grades go take a hike.
What type of figurative language does the bolded line use? How does it contribute to the meaning of the poem?
Hyperbole
It shows how nervous and stressed they are.
List at least 3 factors that setting can have on plot.
Weather, Historical Context, Social Experience, Location, Time of Day.
"The student asked, 'What do I do again?' The teacher fell to their knees and began to cry."
How does the author develop the perspective of the student?
The student used dialogue to show their perspective that they were not listening.
The sky turned black
as thunder crackedㅤ trees
writhed and heaved
a breath ㅤ the wind ㅤpossessed with howling
ghosts ㅤ
their moans ㅤ
foretelling
death.
How does the white space in this poem contribute to the overall meaning?
The white space draws focus to natural elements like "trees" and "wind" to show their importance. It also helps create pause in the sound.
According to the narrator's descriptions, how do the settings of "a place where the sidewalk ends" and "this place" differ?
D
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
How does the repetition of "rage, rage against the dying of the light" contribute to the overall meaning of the poem?
It is evokes that feeling that you should keep fighting until the very end.
Characterization is how the character is ____________. Select two.
A. Individualized
B. Similar
C. Accommodated
D. Developed
E. Acclimated
A. D.
"The student asked, 'What do I do again?' The teacher fell to their knees and began to cry."
How does the teacher's perspective development differ from the student's perspective in the quote above?
The author uses actions to reveal how upset this question makes the teacher, while the student is oblivious.
When I heard the learn’d astronomer,
When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me,
When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them,
When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room,
How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick,
Till rising and gliding out I wander’d off by myself,
In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,
Look’d up in perfect silence at the stars.
Identify an example of internal rhyme and consonance.
Internal rhyme: When I heard the learn’d astronomer,
Consonance: When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide
Select two themes developed in the poem.
A. Love is unpredictable and inconsistent
B. Don't let adulthood extinguish your childlike joy.
C. Escaping from the mundane into a world of imagination can provide comfort.
D. It is dangerous to forget that we will all grow up at some point.
E. Your youth should be a time for planning and structure.
C & B.
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
What is the allusion in this poem? How does it contribute to the overall meaning?
Eden - reference to the Garden of Eden.
Even Eden couldn't stay forever.
Define the five stages of the plot diagram
Exposition: Introduces characters and setting
Rising Action: Conflict is introduced and escalated
Climax: Big turning point of the story where the protagonist goes through a change.
Falling Action: Tying up loose ends in the conflicts.
Resolution: Back to normalcy, but the protagonist is different now.
"I found a diamond ring on the floor and kneeled down to pick it up. It was gorgeous and I wondered who it belonged to. I turned on my knee to show it to my friend Rachel. She had tears in her eyes and said, 'Of course I'll marry you!'
It was then that I realized my mistake."
How does the author develop the perspective of the narrator and Rachel differently?
The narrator is developed with his actions, his thoughts, and his feelings.
Rachel is only developed with her dialogue.
When some people talk about money
They speak as if it were a mysterious lover
Who went out to buy milk and never
Came back, and it makes me nostalgic
For the years I lived on coffee and bread,
Hungry all the time, walking to work on payday
Like a woman journeying for water
From a village without a well, then living
One or two nights like everyone else
On roast chicken and red wine.
Identify two poetic sound devices.
Alliteration: walking to work
Consonance: village without a well, then living
Assonance: One or two nights like everyone else
How does the point of view differ between the speaker and the person he is speaking to?
D
"No man is an island,
Entire of itself,
Every man is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main."
-No Man Is an Island by John Donne
What type of figurative language is the line "No man is an island"? How does it contribute to the overall meaning?
Metaphor. It is saying that no man can be isolated and that companionship is necessary.
"JimJam went down to the store to buy some mashmellow fluff. As he entered the store, he felt a wave of sensory overload. Crowds of people with shopping carts were arguing above 50% off bins. The bins were filled with loose spaghetti. Fists were being thrown, insults were hurled, and in the distance a crying child was heard. JimJam turned around and decided he would buy some fluff another day."
Describe how the setting developed the plot of this small excerpt.
The setting of a store giving out discounts created the scenario of the sensory overload, causing JimJam to not buy fluff.