English II

1. English II January 10, 2018 Get out the “Identifying Subjects, Verbs, and Prepositional Phrases” worksheet that you did for homework last night. We will go over this and grade it as class begins. ***Don’t forget to put your phones away and your bags against the wall.*** Be sure that you have your literature book.

2. Poetry: Analyzing Poetic Language What is poetic language? Poetic language, refers to a more artistic form of ordinary language. While the goal of using ordinary language is simply to communicate a message, the goal of using poetic language is to convey a deeper meaning, feeling or image to one's audience. It purposefully includes imagery and figurative language to create this effect. What are some examples of poetic language? Simile, metaphor, allusion, symbolism, imagery, personification, onomatopoeia, alliteration, etc.

3. Poetry: Analyzing Poetic Language Some of the easiest poems to begin analyzing are Narrative Poems. A narrative poem is a poem which tells a story. Like a short story, it contains characters, settings, and a plot driven by conflict. However, the narrative (story) in a poem is much more condensed. The speaker begins to relate events immediately, without introducing him or herself as a short story’s narrator might. The story is developed through compact images instead of lengthy description or passages of dialog. Time may shift abruptly, without clear transitions. As you read “Exile” and “Crossing the Border,” prepare to summarize the stories told in the poems. As these questions as you read: • Who are the characters? • What are the settings? • What conflicts do the characters face? • How are the conflicts resolved?

4. Poetry: Analyzing Poetic Language Strategies for Reading Poetry The following strategies can help you unlock the meaning of the two poems in this lesson, as well as other poetry you will read: • Read slowly, line by line. Notice how the poem is structured. Lines are grouped in stanzas (like paragraphs in prose writing). Visualize the images in each stanza. • Interpret figurative (poetic) languagein poetry. Often, words in poems communicate ideas beyond their literal meaning. For example, the speaker in “Exile” refers to herself as swimming, but is not physically doing so. The key to understanding the poem is seeing what she compares to swimming. • Identify the speaker of the poem. You will often have to do this without many clues. Make inferences about gender, age, ethnicity, and attitudes. Reading the poem aloud may help you hear the speaker’s voice. Using a graphic organizer like a cluster diagram (in your book on pg. 141) may help as well.

5. Poetry: Analyzing Poetic Language Once you have read “Exile,” consider your thoughts about the following questions: Analyzing Visuals How do you interpret the surrealistic painting on pg. 143, titled Utopia? What connection can you make between it and “Exile?” Narrative Poetry Notice the place and time of events. Who are the people mentioned and what conflict do they face? What new conflict does the speaker recognize? Notice that the setting has changed near the end of the poem. What new conflict does it present? Reading Poetry The speaker is not literally floating in water. What is she actually doing? In what sense have the speaker and her father been “set adrift?” What ideas in the last stanza does the comparison to swimming bring to mind?

6. Homework Read “Crossing the Border” on pp. 145-146. Answer questions 1-9 on pg. 147. This will be for a grade and it is due tomorrow.

7. Tomorrow we will… Continue our working analyzing poetic language by identifying it in poetry and determining its function, meaning, and impact on the poem.