- Analyze the use of figurative and literal language in poetry
- Identify and define figures of comparison, including simile, metaphor, personification, and apostrophe, and figures of congruence, including synecdoche and metonymy
- Analyze ways in which writers use figurative language to evoke emotion and create meaning
Tuesday:
- Read the chapter introduction for Chapter Five, Figurative Language I: Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Apostrophe, Metonnymy.
- Recite your poem for Poetry Out Loud.
Thursday:
- Read and discuss "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins on page 745.
- Read and discuss "I taste a liquor never brewed" by Emily Dickinson on page 737.
- Write a TEAR paragraph for one of these two poems, focusing on how the poet uses figurative language to construct meaning.
Friday:
- Read and discuss "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" by John Donne on page 742.
- Read and discuss "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell on page 744.
- Write a TEAR paragraph for one of these two poems, focusing on how the poet uses figurative language to construct meaning.