Today's Objective: Students will deepen familiarity with key terms and techniques dealing with poetry.
Today's SAT Word: Metaphorical (adj.): A comparison that is not meant to be understood literally.
"Thanks to my metaphorical 'clean slate,' I started the second quarter with a perfect grade in English class."
Today's Soundtrack: "Airplanes" (Part 2) (Radio Edit) by B.o.B. featuring Hayley Williams and Eminem
We have chosen this song today because it is a sequel to an earlier work, and it is filled with figurative language devices and poetic techniques. Today's lesson is a sequel to our last class, and it picks up where our last discussion left off while adding new a number of new features dealing with the structure and language related to poetry.
Today's Warm-Up Question:
1) What is a simile? Give an example.
2) What is a metaphor? Give an example.
3) What is “imagery?” Give an example.
4) What is an “onomatopoeia?” Give an example.
Today's Lesson Notes: Click here.
Tonight's Homework: Essay revisions are due THIS THURSDAY.
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