We have had a good journey though poetry so far, reading a diverse range of poems. Discuss what poetry is or means to you. Your response needs to be at least 100 words, and you only need to respond to me.
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Here by Phillip Larkin (1964)
Swerving east, from rich industrial shadows And traffic all night north; swerving through fields Too thin and thistled to be called meadows, And now and then a harsh-named halt, that shields Workmen at dawn; swerving to solitude Of skies and scarecrows, haystacks, hares and pheasants, And the widening river's slow presence, The piled gold clouds, the shining gull-marked mud, Gathers to the surprise of a large town: Here domes and statues, spires and cranes cluster Beside grain-scattered streets, barge-crowded water, And residents from raw estates, brought down The dead straight miles by stealing flat-faced trolleys, Push through plate-glass swing doors to their desires - Cheap suits, red kitchen-ware, sharp shoes, iced lollies, Electric mixers, toasters, washers, driers – A cut-price crowd, urban yet simple, dwelling Where only salesmen and relations come Within a terminate and fishy-smelling Pastoral of ships up streets, the slave museum, Tattoo-shops, consulates, grim head-scarfed wives; And out beyond its mortgaged half-built edges Fast-shadowed wheat-fields, running high as hedges, Isolate villages, where removed lives Loneliness clarifies. Here silence stands Like heat. Here leaves unnoticed thicken, Hidden weeds flower, neglected waters quicken, Luminously-peopled air ascends; And past the poppies bluish neutral distance Ends the land suddenly beyond a beach Of shapes and shingle. Here is unfenced existence: Facing the sun, untalkative, out of reach. In 150 or more, discuss how Larkin conveys his attitude toward the places he describes. After responding the prompt, read and respond to at least two of your classmates. http://classroom.synonym.com/effects-frame-narrative-1733.html
Read the information contained in the link above. Your post this week needs to explain how the movie Fried Green Tomatoes connects to that information. Your post will not immediately show up below; they will all require my approval. React to the multiple choice passage that we did yesterday. What has been your experience with those passages up to this year? How is your confidence level when doing them? What have we done this year that you feel will help you in achieving a higher score on them? You only need to respond to me.
This is a free-for-all forum. What is your final reaction to A Thousand Splendid Suns? How did it make you feel? What would you have changed? What pleased you? Let the verbal vomit flow!!!!
For this forum, you need to post one question that you have about A Thousand Splendid Suns, and in a separate post, one element of A Thousand Splendid Suns that shocked or appalled you. The question doesn't need to be level 2; it can be any question that you have. You also need to respond to one question and one shocking element (2 responses total).
Discuss your initial reaction to A Thousand Splendid Suns. What has stood out to you? What do you think of the writing so far? What do you think of the story so far? Make a prediction about an important aspect from Part One. Your response must be at least 100 words, and you need to read and respond (in a manner that promotes discussion) to at least 2 of your classmates.
Discuss what you feel has been the most beneficial piece of information you have learned about the construction of thesis statements, introductory paragraphs, or, in general, essays. How can you see this information benefitting you outside of the AP Lit. exam?
Find a poem that you feel has a solid argument. 1. Post the poem as part of your response. 2. Describe the Exigence, Audience, and Purpose of the poem. 3. What argument is the poet making, and what is his or her primary appeal. 4. Defend your responses with concrete evidence from the poem. 5. Read and respond to at least one classmate's poem and information. Your response should be in the form of agree or disagree, and you must back that up with evidence from their poem.
Read the following poem "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes. Answer each of six following questions "to the fifth slash." "To the fifth slash" means a minimum of 5 possible answers. 1. Who is the Speaker? (Remember to look beyond the poet for possible answers.) 2. What is the Occasion? (The text should dictate this response) 3. Who is the Audience? (Think specifically, then broadly, then globally.) 4. What is the Purpose? (These answers should be parallel to the audience identified) 5. What is the Subject? (Unlike a theme statement, this can be a one-word response) 6. What is the Tone? (Should include contrasting, yet complimentary tones) 1. Speaker 2. Occasion 3. Audience 4. Purpose 5. Subject 6. Tone
Mother to Son Well, son, I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. It's had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor- Bare. But all the time I'se been a-climbing on, And reachin' landin's, And turnin' corners, And sometimes goin' in the dark Where there ain't been no light. So, boy, don't you turn back. Don't you set down on the steps. 'Cause you finds it's kinder hard. Don't you fall now- For I'se still goin', honey, I'se still climbin', And life for me ain't been no crystal stair. |
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