English 10 H Midterm Review

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Two false approaches to poetry

Two false approaches to poetry

• 1. Looking for a lesson or moral instruction. 2) poetry is always beautiful

4 Dimensions of poetry

• 1) Intellectual 2) Senses 3)Emotion 4) Imagination

Examples of figurative language resources in poetry

Connotation, Imagery, Metaphor, Symbol, Paradox, Irony, Allusion, Sound Repetition, Rhythm, Pattern

How to properly read a poem

1: Read it more than once 2: Use a dictionary 3: Hear words in your mind 4: Pay attention to detail/what the poem is saying 5: Practice reading poems aloud with emotion (don’t force it). 6: don’t read in a specific pattern (ta-DUM-ta-DUM)

Denotative

Dictionary meaning of a ward

Connotative

The meaning a word invokes in a reader, not necessarily its literal meaning

4 Questions to ask yourself while reading a poem

1. Who is the speaker? 2. What is the occasion? 3. What is the central purpose of the poem? 4. By what means is that purpose achieved?

An error by readers is to assume

The speaker using first person pronouns is the poet.

Tennis, Poetry Analogy

You must always stay focused on the text just like how you should stay focused on the ball. You should always be mentally alert.

Metaphor

Comparison without using like or as. Often uses “is”

Similie

Comparison with using like or as

Personification

Giving a nonhuman entity human properties

Understatement

“Downplaying” Making something seem less than what it really is

Hyperbole

An exaggeration

Irony

The opposite of what you expect happens

Alliteration

Repetition of words or phrases

Paradox

self-contradictory statement

Imagery

The use of descriptive words to create images in the reader’s mind

Diction

Word choice

What are the main coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS)?

For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

What are the main subordinating conjunctions (AAAWWUBBIS)?

After, although, as, when, while, until, because, before, if, since

What does a simple sentence contain?

One independent clause

What does a complex sentence contain?

One independent and one dependent clause

What does a compound sentence contain?

Two independent clauses

What does a compound-complex sentence contain?

At least two independent clauses and one dependent clause

What are the four ways to connect independent clauses?

Semicolon, semicolon + conjugative adverb, comma + FANBOYS, period + a space.

What are the three uses for language?

Informational, persuasive, to convey an experience