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Class Work January 25, 2016

First. Second. Class Work January 25, 2016. Go to Cobb Digital Library (icon is on desktop) Username is your student ID # Password: read Click on “databases” on the left hand column, then scroll down to find the “Literary Resource Center” database and click to open.

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Class Work January 25, 2016

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  1. First Second Class Work January 25, 2016 • Go to Cobb Digital Library (icon is on desktop) • Username is your student ID # • Password: read • Click on “databases” on the left hand column, then scroll down to find the “Literary Resource Center” database and click to open. • Use this database to research biographical information on your poet and find an article on your poem (either literary criticism or overview).  • PRINT YOUR 2 ARTICLES!!!! Select an author/poem from ones that we’ve read in class “The Bells” (655) “Analysis of Baseball” (648) “Slam Dunk and Hook” (660) “The Eagle” (647) “The Raven” (710) “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” (627) “Sonnet 30” (754) “I Hear America Singing” (750) “Three Haiku” (751) “The Seven Stage of Man” (735) “Fire and Ice” (736) “Dreams” (621) “Dreams Deferred” (620)

  2. Poetry Search Grade Sheet MLA formatting: ____20 pts Your MLA formatting must be perfect. For each flaw, I will deduct one point. Biographical information: ____10 pts What is the poets name? ____10 pts Where did he/she live/write? ____10 pts When did he/she live/write? ____10 pts Name one very interesting thing about their life. ____10 pts Name one thing a reader can expect from their poetry (style, subject-matter, etc.). Paragraph: Choose 1 poem from the unit and write a literary analysis and include the following: ____10 pts The paragraph must have an introductory sentence that suggests a theme in the poem. ____10 pts The paragraph must use a direct quotation with a lead-in and parenthetical documentation. ____10 pts quotation must have commentary in which the student explains what the quote means in relation to the topic sentence or theme of the poem. ____10 pts

  3. Poetry analysis It’s not as hard as it sounds.

  4. Your prompt… How does the poet’s stylistic choices (rhyme scheme, figurative language, literary devices) contribute the overall structure, meaning, and impact of the poem?

  5. Basic template to help you… (Insert author’s name) uses _______ (insert ONE poetic device) in (insert name of “poem”) to (illustrate, convey, reveal, or another verb) (insert the main idea or purpose of the poem).

  6. Example claim statement… William Cullen Bryant uses personification in “Thanatopsis” to discuss how nature alleviates one’s fears about death.

  7. Structure of body paragraph… • Use a topic sentence to begin your paragraph. • Chose ONE poetic device and discuss TWO examples from the poem. • Explain how the device signifies/expresses meaning.

  8. Body Paragraph • Topic Sentence (claim statement) • First Example • Supporting Quote/evidence • Explanationof how evidence supports claim • SecondExample • Supporting Quote/evidence • Explanation of how evidence supports claim • Concluding sentence (sums up VERY BRIEFLY how your evidence supports your claim in different words– you’re making sure your reader understandsyour argument)

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