Warm-up

Define connotation and denotation. Provide an example.

List and define the different points of view.

POETRY

Figurative Language

Descriptive writing using various literary devices.

Metaphor: comparison not using like or as Life IS a box of chocolates. Extended metaphor: continues throughout

story/poem.

Simile: comparison using like or as. Life is LIKE a box of chocolates.

Extended Metaphor: “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes 

Well, son, I'll tell you: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.

But all the time I'se been a-climbin' on,And reachin' landin's,And turnin' corners,And sometimes goin' in the darkWhere there ain't been no light.

So, boy, don't you turn back.Don't you set down on the steps.'Cause you finds it's kinder hard.Don't you fall now—For I'se still goin', honey,I'se still climbin',And life for me ain't been no crystal stair.

Figurative Language (cont.)

Personification: giving human-like qualities to inhuman things Ex: The mean chair threw me out of it.

Onomatopoeia: words that represent actual sounds. Ex: Snap! Bang! Pow!

Hyperbole: exaggeration to make a point. Ex: I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.

Sensory Language: writing that uses the five senses in order to write descriptively. Ex: My mouth salivated at the scent of melting

chocolate wafting from the kitchen.

Rhyme Scheme

Pattern of rhyme in lines of a poem.

In Praise of Feeling Bad About YourselfBy: Wislawa Szymborska

The buzzard never says it is to blame.The panther wouldn't know what scruples mean.When the piranha strikes, it feels no shame.If snakes had hands, they'd claim their hands were clean.

A jackal doesn't understand remorse.Lions and lice don't waver in their course.Why should they, when they know they're right?

Though hearts of killer whales may weigh a ton,in every other way they're light.

On this third planet of the sunamong the signs of bestialitya clear conscience is Number One

Explain how the theme is developed throughout the poem. Use details to support your answer.

The author’s theme that the greatest distinction between animals and humans should be remorse over bloodshed is revealed through comparing humans and creatures. For example, the author states: “When the piranha strikes, it feels no shame.” In this instance, the piranha fails to experience guilt over killing which implies that doing so is a natural part of his existence and a part of his created instincts. At the end of the poem, the author remarks that “among the signs of bestiality/ a clear conscience is Number One.” Since the author implies that it is natural for animals not to feel guilty over bloodshed, he implicitly suggests that it is unnatural for humans to feel likewise. Through the comparison, the author argues that the distinction between humans and animals regarding violence needs to be maintained.

EOC Poem Practice

Read the practice EOC poem. Mark the rhyme scheme. Write the theme of the poem. Complete the mock EOC multiple choice. Answer the short answer beneath the

sample paragraph we just completed together.

#11: Explain how the theme is developed throughout the poem. Use details from the text to support your answer.