Emily Dickinson16 April 2013

Miss Rice

Warm-Up Do you know anyone who never leaves his or her

house? Why do they never leave? What would make someone not want to ever leave his

or her house?

Agenda Peer editing Emily Dickinson bio. Dickinson literary terms

CP Objectives 4/16 To make personal connections to words in order to

understand new vocabulary. To constructively peer edit a partner’s paper for both

format and content. To apply peer comments on the research paper write

draft in order to edit and revise writing. To understand Emily Dickinson’s biographical

information and how it explains her work. To understand the typical literary terms apparent in

Emily Dickinson’s poetry and how they affect her style and meaning.

Vocabulary HW due Thursday Quiz Friday Vobackulary

Peer Editing Your papers are due either THIS Thursday or Friday You must have the section headings modeled after the

sample Your Works Cited is your final page of the paper with

the RH heading

1. Check for format 2. Read the paper, comment along the way, and check content3. Write constructive comments4. Conference with your partner

Closure What is the biggest suggestion you have for you

partner? How could you use this suggestion to improve your

own paper?

*Editing between now and Thursday

*“Yes” test

Emily Dickinson: Childhood Massachusetts Wealthy Amherst Lawyer Brilliant and Determined Belle 17th

Admirers Women’s Lectures, parties Philadelphia and Washington, DC

Emily Dickinson: Adulthood Recluse Home 30 44 Room Notes

Poems White Rev. Charles

Wadsworth Sister-in-law Depression Live alone

Emily Dickinson: Her Writing Poetry Doubts her Ability 56 1,775 7 Anonymously Rejection notices

Emily Dickinson: Why the Trouble Getting Published?

Match Look Rhyme Figures of Speech Radical Death 33 Died

Emily Dickinson: Her Writing Style

Style Time Capitalization and

punctuation Brevity Quatrains 4 2nd and 4th

Slant or partial

Similar Iambic rhythm 2nd

Figurative language Literally Titles and numbers Death, life, solitude,

madness, society, unhappiness

Emily Dickinson: The End of Her Life

Health Doctor Distance Dies Sister Destroy Published 20th century 1955

Emily Dickinson: Side note Title First lines Numbers

Emily Dickinson Compare Dickinson to someone in

our world today. Discuss with a partner and then share

with the class

Lit. Terms: Metaphor Comparison between two unlike objects using “is” or “are”

Saying one think is something else, even though it is not literally (it is a figurative comparison)

Imagery

“My Life had stood – a Loaded Gun – In corners – till a Day The Owner passed – identified –And carried me away”

Lit. Terms: Simile Comparison between unlike things using “like” or

“as” Figurative Imagery

“There is no frigate like a book"

Lit. Terms: Paradox a statement that seems to contradict itself or to be

absurd, but really contains a possible truth. “Cowards die many times before their deaths.”Act II, scene ii : line 32

Oxymoron: the combination of words of opposed and contradictory meanings a kind of verbal paradox“jumbo shrimp”

Lit. Terms: Personification

Giving human-like qualities to inanimate objects

Imagery

“The book spoke words of wisdom to me ”

Lit. Terms: Onomatopoeia

Words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to

BuzzMurmurPlod

Lit. Terms: Free Verse Poetry without a consistent meter

Whitman

Lit. Terms: End Rhyme Words at the ends of lines of poetry that rhyme with each

other

Slant rhyme: Words that almost rhyme with one anotherAKA near rhyme or half rhymeFarm and yard (The stressed syllable have the same sound)

*Sight rhyme: Words that look like they should rhymeSaid and paid

Lit. Terms: Rhythm The flow or feeling in a piece of poetry The way words come together The pace of the poem

Cadence

Lit. Terms: Word Choice The types of words authors choose to put in a piece

Vivid verbs Loaded words

Lit. Terms: Style The method which a poet uses to convey meaning,

tone, and emotion in his/her poem Word choice Sentence structure

Emily Dickinson Compare Dickinson to someone in

our world today. Discuss with a partner and then share

with the class

Homework Research paper due Thurs. or Fri.

“Yes” test Highlighting Bolding, underlining, or highlighting thesis All materials Folder

Vocab. unit 5 HW due Thurs. Vocab. unit 5 quiz Friday Whitman/Dickinson test Thursday (open note)