EXPLAINING THE HOW!
"The tear is famous, briefly, to the cheek."
Nye's syntactical choice of placing the adverb "briefly" as a nonessential element causes the reader to pause temoporarily after the reference to the key thematic idea of fame. This causes the reader to ruminate on the notion of fame. To illustrate: the stress of the first syllable of "fa" is followed by the unstressed syllable of "mous" in the word famous. This syllabic form of the word causes the sound of the concluding of the line, which highlights the commonly-accepted concept of fame as a destination or state-of-being. However, by following the subject complement in the sentence with the adverb "briefly," the reader is reminded of the temporality of fame by the placement of the adverb as a nonessential element in this line of verse. After pausing briefly, the reader moves beyond the nonessential element in this line, just as the tear dissipates from the cheek, which made it famous.
- Identified author choice.
- Explained the effect it has on the poem. (This is usually where we stop.. and kinda with a 'ta da')
- Explained specifically HOW that device has created that effect. Magnifying glass.
1. Studying examples of literary/poetry analysis:
- What is the essay's claim?
- How is a connection made between the claim and the literary/poetic device(s)
- How does the essay introduce or reference author choices?
- How does the essay introduce textual support from the poem? Content and technically?
- How does the author technically write out examples of poetic verse? What do you notice?
- What directly follows line references/evidence? Summary? Dissection?
- HOW does the author discuss his/her evidence?
- How does the author address the effect of poetic choices?
"Cooking up stories of loss"- Nye Article
Pages to evaluate: (Read the *)
* Last paragraph of 44-45.
2. Select ONE line from each of the last 4 Nye poems. In a section in your notes, go through the following bullet points:
- List the first poetic line.
- Write the following sentence: Nye's use of (insert device) results in (name effect).
- Write the following sentence: When Nye states, (provide a specific word/phrase from line), her use of (insert device again) demonstrates (_what specifically____).
- Now explain the direct connection demonstrating HOW this word reuslts in this specific effect.
- (Repeat with next line)
1. 4 sentence stems (see above). Put in notes.
2. "Kindness quiz"
3. Review the following PowerPoint- Doing a Close Reading of Poetry- OWL
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