英语泛读Unit18FallClassNotes.ppt

Today’s Schedule Unit 18: Poetry - Introduction, Poetry Reading Tips for explaining poetry Poetry explanation practice Project Part 1 Tips for writing poetry Poetry writing practice Instructions for Project Part 2 “Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.” ~Robert Frost Introduction to Poetry Poetry Vocabulary: - verse (269): a single line of poetry - rhythm (269): the measured flow of words and phrases determined by the syllables - rhyme (271): similarity of sound between words - stanza (272): a group of more than 2 rhyming lines - figurative language (274): language that goes beyond the literal meaning of words Finding RhymesWhich word does not rhyme with the rest?  - bead, deed, head, feed (Answer: head) - weather, gather, feather, leather (Answer: gather) loose, choose, clues, booze (Answer: loose) loud, cloud, bowed, crowed (Answer: crowed) Poetry Reading “The Rose Family” (p. 277) - Practice reading the poem out loud, paying attention to the rhythm. “Sonnet 29” (p. 280) - Practice reading the poem out loud, paying attention to which lines rhyme. “Sonnet 29” (p. 280) Answers: A A B C B Tips for Explaining Poetry Good questions to ask about poems: 1) Who is the speaker? - The speaker is the one telling the poem 2) What is the occasion? - Why is the speaker telling this story? 3) What is the central idea? 4) What is the mood or tone of the poem? - How does the speaker feel? How does it make you feel as the reader? 5) What figurative language is used? Kinds of Figurative Language simile: a comparison using “like” or “as” (My love is like a red, red rose.) metaphor: a comparison not using “like” or “as” (My boss is a tiger when I come to work late.) personification: giving a human characteristic to something nonhuman (The trees of the field will clap their hands.) Poetry Explanation Practice “Sonnet 29” - Who is the speaker? (a man) - What is the occasion?