Literary Techniques: Alliteration, assonance, caesura, enjambement, hyperbole, sibilance,
symbol, simile, metaphor, stanza, allusion, rhyme, rhythm, meter, personification, irony, satire
Formula Words: portrays, suggests, emphasises, represents, reflects, illustrates, highlights
LQ:Miss
Can
I analyse the structure of a poem and compare it to another?
L. Hamilton
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Year 12: AS Level English
‘Struggle for Identity in
Modern Literature’
Lesson Seven
Literary Techniques: Alliteration, assonance, caesura, enjambement, hyperbole, sibilance,
symbol, simile, metaphor, stanza, allusion, rhyme, rhythm, meter, personification, irony, satire
Formula Words: portrays, suggests, emphasises, represents, reflects, illustrates, highlights
Miss L. Hamilton
Homework extends learning
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Homework
Essay Due – ‘How does Duffy use form,
structure and language to present her
ideas of the stereotypical portrayal of
women in two poems of your choice.’
Set – Create a revision table of the
poems we have studied so far which
covers all the aspects within the AOs
Literary Techniques: Alliteration, assonance, caesura, enjambement, hyperbole, sibilance,
symbol, simile, metaphor, stanza, allusion, rhyme, rhythm, meter, personification, irony, satire
Formula Words: portrays, suggests, emphasises, represents, reflects, illustrates, highlights
Form
Structure
Language
Links
Diet
The Cord
Sub
The Woman
Who
Shopped
Virgin’s
Memo
Miss L. Hamilton
Homework extends learning
Social
Context
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Poems
Literary Techniques: Alliteration, assonance, caesura, enjambement, hyperbole, sibilance,
symbol, simile, metaphor, stanza, allusion, rhyme, rhythm, meter, personification, irony, satire
Formula Words: portrays, suggests, emphasises, represents, reflects, illustrates, highlights
How much progress will you make today?
Outstanding progress: Sophisticated analysis and
confident comparison using a mature and well
developed essay style
Excellent progress: Interesting interpretation and
analysis of the poem showing an understanding of the
effect of structure
Good Progress: Confident analysis of form and
structure with a suitable comparative
Extend your Thinking @ Bishop Justus 6th Form
LQ: Can I analyse the structure of a poem and
compare it to another?
Literary Techniques: Alliteration, assonance, caesura, enjambement, hyperbole, sibilance,
symbol, simile, metaphor, stanza, allusion, rhyme, rhythm, meter, personification, irony, satire
Formula Words: portrays, suggests, emphasises, represents, reflects, illustrates, highlights
Write down everything you need to do today
LQ:Miss
Can
I analyse the structure of a poem and compare it to another?
L. Hamilton
Extend your Thinking @ Bishop Justus 6th Form
Starter: Individual Activity
Literary Techniques: Alliteration, assonance, caesura, enjambement, hyperbole, sibilance,
symbol, simile, metaphor, stanza, allusion, rhyme, rhythm, meter, personification, irony, satire
Formula Words: portrays, suggests, emphasises, represents, reflects, illustrates, highlights
Write down everything you need to do today
Swap with your
partner and
see how they
have presented
their work
LQ:Miss
Can
I analyse the structure of a poem and compare it to another?
L. Hamilton
Extend your Thinking @ Bishop Justus 6th Form
Starter: Individual Activity
Literary Techniques: Alliteration, assonance, caesura, enjambement, hyperbole, sibilance,
symbol, simile, metaphor, stanza, allusion, rhyme, rhythm, meter, personification, irony, satire
Formula Words: portrays, suggests, emphasises, represents, reflects, illustrates, highlights
What effect can listing information have?
Find examples of listing in the poems we have studied
so far and discuss the effect of this type of structure
LQ:Miss
Can
I analyse the structure of a poem and compare it to another?
L. Hamilton
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Introduction: Group Discussions
Literary Techniques: Alliteration, assonance, caesura, enjambement, hyperbole, sibilance,
symbol, simile, metaphor, stanza, allusion, rhyme, rhythm, meter, personification, irony, satire
Formula Words: portrays, suggests, emphasises, represents, reflects, illustrates, highlights
Read the poem ‘The Virgin’s Memo’
Discuss and summarise the message in 3 words, share
these with the rest of the class.
Come up with one word to describe each aspect:
Tone
Pace
Aural Choices
Ending
LQ:Miss
Can
I analyse the structure of a poem and compare it to another?
L. Hamilton
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Task 1: Paired Discussions
Literary Techniques: Alliteration, assonance, caesura, enjambement, hyperbole, sibilance,
symbol, simile, metaphor, stanza, allusion, rhyme, rhythm, meter, personification, irony, satire
Formula Words: portrays, suggests, emphasises, represents, reflects, illustrates, highlights
How does Duffy use form and structure to convey her
message in the poem ‘The Virgin’s Memo’. Compare to
another poem of your choice.
Outstanding Progress:
Sophisticated communication of a unique
point using extended vocabulary and
literary terminology and comparing to
another suitable poem
Excellent Progress:
Interesting and unique interpretations and
analysis
Good Progress:
Confident and thorough analysis using the
formula and a second embedded quote
LQ:Miss
Can
I analyse the structure of a poem and compare it to another?
L. Hamilton
Extend your Thinking @ Bishop Justus 6th Form
Main Task: Paired Analysis Task
Literary Techniques: Alliteration, assonance, caesura, enjambement, hyperbole, sibilance,
symbol, simile, metaphor, stanza, allusion, rhyme, rhythm, meter, personification, irony, satire
Formula Words: portrays, suggests, emphasises, represents, reflects, illustrates, highlights
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Modelled Paragraph:
Duffy uses a listing structure in the poem ‘The Virgin’s
Memo’ to convey a woman’s representation of creation and
their value in society. “Maybe not rats son” The uncertainty
in the language shows a hesitancy suggesting the lack of
power held by women, not only in potentially the modern
day, but throughout history. It also presents a stereotype as
the Virgin Mary’s requests items such as rats, snakes and
spiders to be eliminated from the world and creatures such
as the unicorn to remain. The fact that this isn’t the case
portrays the idea that woman are not valued or listened to.
The long list and use of the phrase “son” gives the
impression that the list is continuous and boring and seems
like a list of chores set by a mother. The reader is
overwhelmed by the negativity and ugly nature of the
language and ideas used and leads them to link this to
society
itself in the way that women are treated.
Miss L. Hamilton
Literary Techniques: Alliteration, assonance, caesura, enjambement, hyperbole, sibilance,
symbol, simile, metaphor, stanza, allusion, rhyme, rhythm, meter, personification, irony, satire
Formula Words: portrays, suggests, emphasises, represents, reflects, illustrates, highlights
Convert your to do list from the starter into a poem
using form and structure to convey your mood towards
the tasks that lay ahead of you
LQ:Miss
Can
I analyse the structure of a poem and compare it to another?
L. Hamilton
Extend your Thinking @ Bishop Justus 6th Form
Plenary: Individual Creative Task
Literary Techniques: Alliteration, assonance, caesura, enjambement, hyperbole, sibilance,
symbol, simile, metaphor, stanza, allusion, rhyme, rhythm, meter, personification, irony, satire
Formula Words: portrays, suggests, emphasises, represents, reflects, illustrates, highlights
How much progress will you make today?
Outstanding progress: Sophisticated analysis and
confident comparison using a mature and well
developed essay style
Excellent progress: Interesting interpretation and
analysis of the poem showing an understanding of the
effect of structure
Good Progress: Confident analysis of form and
structure with a suitable comparative
Extend your Thinking @ Bishop Justus 6th Form
LQ: Can I analyse the structure of a poem and
compare it to another?