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POETRY ANALYSIS
Have you ever lost a loved one? Have you ever lost a friend? Do you ever imagine that person is still in your life? Name one movie you know in which a ghost of a loved one returns to visit the living.
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Essential Question: What figurative language is primarily evident in the poem “The Wind tapped . . . “ by Emily Dickinson?
Text marking code: M = metaphor S=simile P=personification W=words I don’t know
Name poetry device / Example/quote from poem / Tie to tone and/or theme?Write at least two questions about the poem such as a vocabulary question or a meaning question.
Sample question for this poem: Why is line 9 confusing to understand?
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In what way does the figurative language in this poem create the idea of the spiritual? ______
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After reviewing the grading scale at the end of this handout, use a loose-leaf page with your name and period at top to write a paragraph answering the prompt: In a well-organized paragraph, analyze the author’s diction, figurative language, and/or imagery and explain how they contribute to the meaning of the poem.
What role does music play in your life? What impact does it have on you?
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Essential Question: What sound devices are primarily evident in the poem “Jazz Fantasia” by Carl Sandburg?
Text marking code: O = onomatopoeia A=alliteration W=words I don’t know
Name sound device / Example/quote from poem / Tie to tone and/or theme?Write at least two questions about the poem such as a vocabulary question or a meaning question.
Sample question for this poem: What does jazz music have to do with the fight at the end of stanza three?
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In what way are the sound devices in this poem and the emotional impact of music connected to the meaning of the poem? ______
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After reviewing the grading scale at the end of this handout, use a loose-leaf page with your name and period at top to write a paragraph answering the prompt: In a well-organized paragraph, analyze how the sound devices contribute to the meaning of the poem.
Who is your advisor? Whose advice do you trust? What type of credibility must someone have for you to trust his or her advice? ______
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Essential Question: What kind of sentences and what pronouns are primarily evident in the poem “Old Song” by anonymous?
Text marking code: V = verbs P=pronouns W=words I don’t know
Describe speaker’s point of view / Support from text / How does it tie to tone & theme?Write at least two questions about the poem such as a vocabulary question or a meaning question.
Sample question for this poem: Why do lines seven and eight start with the same word, and why are the sentence types different from the previous five?
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Who is the speaker of the poem, and what is his/her situation? Is his/her advice worth heeding? ______
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After reviewing the grading scale at the end of this handout, use a loose-leaf page with your name and period at top to write a paragraph answering the prompt: In a well-organized paragraph, analyze the speaker’s voice and its connection to the meaning of the poem.
Paragraph Grading Scale
4 / 3 / 2 / 1Has a topic sentence directly answering the question, apt textual evidence supporting answer, and evidence is clearly explained tying the examples to the topic sentence. No grammatical errors. / Has a weakness in the topic sentence, evidence, or the explanation. Has a couple grammatical errors. / Has weaknesses in two of the three categories: topic sentence, evidence, or explanation. Has some grammatical errors. / Has weaknesses in all categories and serious multiple grammatical errors.
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