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Emily Dickinson 16 April 2013 Miss Rice
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Emily Dickinson. 16 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. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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)
