12/2/2014

• What is the mood in the song below? What literary devices does the author use to create that mood?
And she is yelling at a bridesmaid
Somewhere back inside a room
Wearing a gown shaped like a pastry.
And the organ starts to play
A song that sounds like a death march.
She floats down the aisle
Like a pageant queen.

Agenda
• Do Now
• Literary devices and
Figurative Language
Review
• Figurative Language in songs
• Partner Work
• Exit
Objective
• Students will closely read popular songs in order to assess how the use of literary devices and figurative language (like simile and metaphor) impacts our emotions
(mood!).

• Any method an author uses to convey a message (figurative language, repetition, etc.)
• Different from literary elements like plot, setting, theme and character.

• Repetition of the first consonant sound in a series of words.
• Depending on what your mouth does, it can slow you down (s, m, w, sounds) or hurt your throat (hard k sounds)
“… Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be” ~ The Beatles
“Going cuckoo and cooky as
Kool K eith ~ Eminem “Monster”

• Repetition of the same
WORD or PHRASE at the beginning of a line.
• Provides emphasis and catches your attention.
“It’s a new dawn
It’s a new day
It’s a new life
For me and I’m feeling good”
~ Michael Buble (among others)

Not literal!

Comparison of two things using “ like ” or “ as.
”
Examples
“You make me smile like the sun
Fall out of bed, sing like a bird
Dizzy in my head, spin like a record
Crazy on a Sunday night”
~ Uncle Kracker , “Smile”
"Steady as a preacher
Free as a weed ”
~ Lady Antebellum, “American Honey”

Two things are compared without using “ like ” or “ as .
”
Examples
“That you were Romeo
You were throwing pebbles
And my daddy said
Stay away from Juliet”
~ Taylor Swift, “Love Story”
“You could be a sweet dream
Or a beautiful nightmare ”
~ Beyonce , “Sweet Dream”

Giving human traits to objects or ideas.
Examples
“Our hearts are hungry
For a food that won’t come”
~ Kris Allen, “Live Like We’re Dying”
“I just saw Hailey’s comet
She waved and said,
‘Why are you always running in place?
”
~ Shinedown “Second Chance”

Exaggerating to show strong feeling or effect.
Examples
“You would not believe your eyes
If ten million fireflies
Lit up the world as I fell asleep”
~ Owl City, “Fireflies”
“Cause you know I’d walk
A thousand miles
If I could just see you
Tonight”
~ Vanessa Carlton, “A Thousand Miles”

• A word that “ makes ” a sound
“Clang, clang, clang went the trolley
Ding, ding, ding went the bell
Zing, zing, zing went my heart strings
For the moment I saw her I fell
Chug, chug, chug went the motor
Thump, thump, thump went the brake
Thump, thump, thump went my heart strings
When she smiled I could feel the car shake” ~ Meet Me IN St. Louis

• A saying that isn’t meant to be taken literally.
• Doesn’t “ mean ” what it says
“Get up off your high horse”
~ JayZ, “Holy Grail”
“I hate to turn up
Out of the blue uninvited”
~ Adele, “Someone Like You”

• When two words are put together that contradict each other. “ Opposites ”
• Jumbo Shrimp
• Pretty Ugly

Textual evidence (lines and line numbers from the song!)
What kind of literary element?
“you can hear happiness staggering on down the street, footprints dressed in red”
Personification
How does the literary element affect the mood? Why?
The mood is solemn and somewhat hopeless. The line “happiness staggering down the street” makes it seem as though happiness is faltering and moving slowly; there is no vibrancy”

• Read through the song, paying close attention to different types of figurative language.
• Fill out the organizer below.

12-3-2014

• Look at “The Wind Cries
Mary” from yesterday.
Answer these questions in your notebooks:
• What is the mood of the song?
• What is the theme of the song?
• Use pieces of evidence to support your claims

After all the jacks are in their boxes, and the clowns have all gone to bed, you can hear happiness staggering on down the street, footprints dress in red.
And the wind whispers Mary.
A broom is drearily sweeping up the broken pieces of yesterday's life.
Somewhere a Queen is weeping, somewhere a King has no wife.
And the wind it cries Mary.
The traffic lights they turn blue tomorrow
And shine their emptiness down on my bed,
The tiny island sags downstream
'Cos the life that they lived is dead.
And the wind screams Mary.
Will the wind ever remember
The names it has blown in the past,
And with this crutch, its old age and its wisdom
It whispers, "No, this will be the last."
And The Wind Cries Mary.

Agenda
• Do Now/Share Out
• Themes
• “Monster” – figurative language independent work
• Song lyrics partner work
• Share out
• HW reminder
Objective
• Students will closely read song lyrics in order to explain how literary devices and figurative language affect our understanding of mood and theme.

• An allusion is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.

Part I – Literary devices

• As you listen, underline the different literary elements that stick out to you and make note of the kind of element it is.
• Now, turn and work with a partner to fill in the chart provided. Make sure you fill out EACH BOX!

• Work independently to come up with a theme and write it at the bottom of your worksheet.
• Remember – theme is not just one word! W hat is
Eminem saying about what it means to be an artist and a success?

• Remember! Have chapters 4-11 of Great
Expectations read by tomorrow!
• There may be an assessment of some kind… HINT HINT.

12-4-2014

• Take out the “Monster” from yesterday.
Make sure you have AT
LEAST four literary devices and explanations filled out on your worksheet.
If I give you a snow man postit, you’re going to go up to the board and write your information on the board.

• Assonance – repetition of vowel sounds
• “Lose sleep: one sheep, two shee p”

Agenda
• Do Now/Share out
• Theme
• Romanticism
• Figurative language and literary devices in poetry
• Group work
• Presentations
Objective
• Students will closely read
19 th century poetry in order to determine how literary devices and figurative language contribute to the mood and help with our understanding of theme.

• Theme is the message the author is trying to convey to you about the human condition.
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There are universal themes that can be applied to ANY text. For example:
Alienation
Betrayal
Courage
Deception
Duty
Hopes and dreams
Loss of Innocence
Mortality
Pride
Regret
Suffering
Survival
Trust
Truth

• Artistic and literary movement that was at its peak between 1800-1850.
• Placed emphasis on intense emotions like horror, terror and awe and on the natural world as well.
• Poetry should be the,
“spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings”
(Wordsworth).

My heart is like a singing bird
Whose nest is in a watered shoot;
My heart is like an apple-tree
Whose boughs are bent with thickset fruit;
My heart is like a rainbow shell
That paddles in a halcyon sea;
My heart is gladder than all these
Because my love is come to me.
Raise me a dais of silk and down;
Hang it with vair and purple dyes;
Carve it in doves, and pomegranates,
And peacocks with a hundred eyes;
Work it in gold and silver grapes,
In leaves, and silver fleurs-de-lys;
Because the birthday of my life
Is come, my love is come to me.
What is the mood?
Joyous and excited because her lover has returned
What is the theme?
The love of someone else can make everything in your life better.

My heart is like a singing bird
Whose nest is in a watered shoot;
My heart is like an apple-tree
Whose boughs are bent with thickset fruit;
My heart is like a rainbow shell
That paddles in a halcyon sea;
My heart is gladder than all these
Because my love is come to me.
Raise me a dais of silk and down;
Hang it with vair and purple dyes;
Carve it in doves, and pomegranates,
And peacocks with a hundred eyes;
Work it in gold and silver grapes,
In leaves, and silver fleurs-de-lys;
Because the birthday of my life
Is come, my love is come to me.
What literary devices do I see?

My heart is like a singing bird
Whose nest is in a watered shoot;
My heart is like an apple-tree
Whose boughs are bent with thickset fruit;
My heart is like a rainbow shell
That paddles in a halcyon sea;
My heart is gladder than all these
Because my love is come to me.
Raise me a dais of silk and down;
Hang it with vair and purple dyes;
Carve it in doves, and pomegranates,
And peacocks with a hundred eyes;
Work it in gold and silver grapes,
In leaves, and silver fleurs-de-lys;
Because the birthday of my life
Is come, my love is come to me.
What literary devices do I see? –
Simile
How does it affect the mood?
The fact that her heart is
“like a bird” makes the reader imagine beautiful, happy things.

My heart is like a singing bird
Whose nest is in a watered shoot;
My heart is like an apple-tree
Whose boughs are bent with thickset fruit;
My heart is like a rainbow shell
That paddles in a halcyon sea;
My heart is gladder than all these
Because my love is come to me.
Raise me a dais of silk and down;
Hang it with vair and purple dyes;
Carve it in doves, and pomegranates,
And peacocks with a hundred eyes;
Work it in gold and silver grapes,
In leaves, and silver fleurs-de-lys;
Because the birthday of my life
Is come, my love is come to me.
What literary devices do I see? –
Anaphora
How does it affect the mood?
The repetition of “my heart” (lines 1, 3, 5, 7) followed by positive imagery emphasizes the joy and love the speaker feels because hearts are associated with love.

My heart is like a singing bird
Whose nest is in a watered sh oot;
My heart is like an apple-tree
Whose boughs are bent with thickset fruit ;
My heart is like a rainbow shell
That paddles in a halcyon sea ;
My heart is gladder than all these
Because my love is come to me.
What literary devices do I see?
Animal and nature imagery
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How does it affect the mood?
Raise me a dais of silk and down ;
Hang it with vair and purple dyes;
Carve it in doves, and pomegranates,
And peacocks with a hundred eyes;
Work it in gold and silver grapes,
In leaves, and silver fleurs-de-lys ;
Because the birthday of my life
Is come, my love is come to me.
The animal and nature imagery affects the mood because words like, “fruit” (4) and “halcyon,” (6) “gold” (13) and “silver” (13-14) are all images of growth and prosperity, which are positive.

• You will all be put into five groups of four.
• You will read through your poem with your group and continue on with the practice we’ve been doing in class to answer the question:
• How do figurative language and literary devices affect our understanding of mood and theme ?
• Each person must fill out the worksheet provided.
• I will be collecting it!

• Remember! Have chapters 4-11 of Great
Expectations read by
MONDAY!
• There may be an assessment of some kind… HINT HINT.

12-5-2014

• Make sure you have a green folder from the desk at the front.

Agenda
• Do now/Share out
• Breaking down prompts and generating ideas.
• Writing Assignment
Prompt
• Practice
Objective
• Students will use the prompts from last week in order to generate ideas and create arguable thesis statements.

• Please put your names on the white tab slips.

• Now that we’ve reflected on different universal themes, it’s time to prepare for the first writing assignment related to Great
Expectations.
• The prompt for the assignment is as follows:
There are many characters in the novel that affect Pip’s development from young boy to man. In a one page essay, use textual evidence to argue who has had the biggest impact on our young hero’s development throughout chapters 1-19.
Step 1 – What are you arguing?
Step 2 – What is your claim? (this will require picking a character)
Step 3 – Start to generate ideas as you look back into the book.