Here are the things I look for when I'm annotating: a. Literary devices-similes, metaphors, personification, foreshadowing, symbols, hyperbole. Note the device and-- most important--the effect the device has. Connotations-The ideas that words or phrases create in your mind, beyond their dictionary definition. Details-What impression do they make on you?
The essay identifies the name of the poem and the author at the beginning. The essay presents a thesis in the introductory paragraph and ends with a concluding paragraph that restates the thesis of the essay. The body of the essay contains paragraphs that support the essay's thesis. The essay usually follows one or an appropriate combination of the four major organizational plans (chronological order, spatial order, logical order, order of importance), but there may be a few details or ideas that are out of place. Transitions are generally used effectively.
Be sure to explain the literary elements and apply them to the work. Why are these elements engaging to the reader? Choose a work from the week’s reading. How do the literary elements affect the reader’s reaction to the poem? Remember to use specific examples from the text to support your points.
Through any and every writing, an author has a point hidden within literary elements. With literary elements authors develop a style to their writing to prove the point they intended from the beginning. There are many various literary elements to make up a rhetorical situation, to develop a side of ideas, some very commonly used in especially rhetorical situations. Like allusion, hyperbole, rhetorical questions, hypophora, and commonly simile. Mohandas K. Gandhi and Henry David Thoreau speak of and develop similar government opinions and points, through their interpretations of Civil Disobedience through literary elements; they prove similar points of civil disobedience but with their own style of writing and use of rhetorical devices.
I am going to write about Alfred Tennyson, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and Small Island written by Andrea Levy. Descriptive language is words used to describe elements of literature, and is a an important aspect of each of the texts I studied. It is used to shape meaning, create interpretations and to build up a vivid imagery in the readers head. To begin, Alfred Tennyson uses descriptive archaic language throughout majority of his poems. Specifically the "The Lotus-eaters and Choric song" utilises descriptive language to it's full potential to help reveal location and consequently reflect character.
NAME: DATE: CLASS: DBQ FOCUS: Islamic Contributions to Culture Document-Based Question Format Directions: The following question is based on the accompanying Documents (The documents have been edited for the purpose of this exercise.) This question is designed to test your ability to work with and understand historical documents. Write a response that: Has a relevant thesis and supports that thesis with evidence from the documents. Cites evidence from included source perspectives. Analyzes the documents by grouping them in as many appropriate ways as possible.
(Thesis)- Main idea of the whole essay. (Introduction) leads in Aspect (A, B, C) For body paragraphs Note: in the test you need to start the essay by referring to the title of the story, the author and the key words Homecoming by Bruce Dawe Essay-Introduction Writing the illustration- 1) Make a Point 2) Back up with evidence e.g. Quote 3) comment on the effect it has on the readers (Aspect A)- first body paragraph Transition- first sentence Topic sentence-also the first sentence Illustration- examples quotes etc opinion Poetry has endeavoured to communicate human emotion and ideas over the centuries. Bruce Dawe’s poem homecoming conveys the trauma war-stricken situations and the loss involved. The poem is based around the returning
Fantasy Literature and Fantastic Language ENG 290 Fantasy Literature and Fantastic Language This paper will make an inspection of cultural literature, specifically a piece from the fantasy and poetry genres. The chosen piece of poetry is The Arrow and the Song by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The chosen piece of literature is Floating on Mama’s Song by Laura Lacamara and Yuyi Morales. Upon inspection of these literary pieces there will be an evaluation of elements and structural devices; a description of diverse culture and possible stereotyping; a comparison of how each culture uses the elements or poetic techniques; an explanation on how diverse culture affects familial and cultural values; how a deviation from the norm that is found in fantasy and poetry affects the message; how a poem and fantasy affect the message. The message of a poem can be given in many ways and the poet must consider all elements and focus on their chosen technique to convey it.
- Draw a correlation between the institution and the literary movement. - Provide a secondary citation to support your argument. - Justify use of citation 5. Correlated Literary Works (create an outline for each work applied): - Describe the particular work applied - Address style, content, and author’s purpose - Explain the influence upon/by the institution - Correlate the two through comparison, contrast, or any appropriate connection as you perceive it. - Provide a primary citation from the work to support your argument - Justify use of citation 6.
The poems in this section have to do with “Ars Poetica.” This means The Art of Poetry in Latin. The poets of this collection of poems are actually using poetry to answer the questions of what poetry is, how it should be written, and how it should be read. There is one poem specifically that I felt agreed with my views of poetry and that is Billy Collins’ “Introduction of Poetry.” In this poem, I feel like he is trying to say that people try too hard and over-analyze poems. They sometimes try to force a meaning into a poem because they think that there has to be a reason that poem was written and it has to have some kind of deeper meaning of an issue going on in the world. I think that the end of the poem really points this out with the words “torture of confession out of it” and “they begin beating it with a hose to find out what it really means.” I think that Collins is trying to tell people that they should just read poetry and enjoy it.