Albatross Allusion from "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"

This poem, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, documents an unfortunate tale of one sailor's horrible ordeal at sea.

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Vocabulary Quiz #2 List

1. Nebulous


2. Ambiguious


3. Opaque


4. Insolent


5. Precocious


6. Crux


7. Astute


8. Conjecture


9. Culminate


10. Perpetual


11. Assertion


12. Repudiate


13. Bleak


14. Penance


15. Pertinent


16. Underscore


17. Strata


18. Mulligan


19. Autonomy


20. Exemplary


21. Staple


22. Indomitable

Cold Poem Analysis Trial

At this point, you all should be ready to analyze poetry on a near scholarly level. Please turn to page 293 in your Literature book. This is the beginning of the poetry unit. Find a poem that you like and complete the following analysis for it. As always, if you want some feedback on your work, just ask! :-)

You should utilize all the skills discussed for analyzing poetry and apply them. In other words you should do the following:

1. Title Analysis
   
2. Scan for unfamiliar words
3. Read twice or more as needed
   
4. Write down initial reaction
5. Analyze poem with TPFLASSTT and 10 Point Analysis, but don't overwork yourself by duplicating tasks in the TPFLASSTT and the 10 Point Analysis
   

Poetry Portfolio: Performance Assessment

Poetry Portfolio Performance Assessment found here.

Notebook Check #1

Today we had our first Notebook check of this Semester. It consisted of checking the following assignments,

1. Jenny Kiss’d Me
   
• How does Jenny feel about the person kissed?
• Discuss the relationship between the one positive mention of the kiss and the things mentioned that are negative.
• Also, the 10 point analysis should have been completed for this poem.
  
2. The Lake Isle of Innisfree
• What does the author include to convey images or connotations of peace and tranquility?
• Also, the 10 point analysis should have been completed for this poem.
3. “WE WEAR THE MASK”
• Complete the 10 point analysis.
• Also, TPFLASSTT.
4. What the World Needs Now
• Also, TPFLASSTT.
5. Your Obama Poem
• Must be Completed
  

Vocabulary Words for Quiz #1

1. Candor: noun, truth
2. Candid: adj., truthful
3. *WHO CAN FIGURE OUT HOW CANDY IS RELATED TO TRUTH, SINCE THE ROOT IS "CAND", OR IS THAT THE ROOT? HOW IS CANDY TRUTHFUL, OR HOW IS THE TRUTH SWEET?*
4. Vernacular: VOCABULARY
5. Trite: weak or worthless due to overuse
6. Facetious: not serious, or false, untrue
7. Tranquility: noun, peace
8. Tranquil: adj, peaceful
9. Veil: noun, something that covers
10. Influx
11. Visage
12. Tedious
13. Braggadocios
14. Braggart,
15. Brag,
16. Circumvent, THINK CIRCLE CIRCUMFERENCE ROUND
17. Segue, PICTURE HERE THINK SEGMENT, CONNECTING ONE THING TO ANOTHER, THE FADING/MIXING OF TRACKS BY A D.J.
18. Plethora, THINK PLENTY
19. Myriad, THINK OF MANY MIRRORS, THE OPTICAL ILLUSION THAT PRODUCES MANY OPTICAL ILLUSIONS
20. Farce, THINK FALSE, ACTIVE DECEPTION.
21. Façade, THINK FALSE FACE, POSER, TWO-FACED, FAKER, MORE PASSIVE, MISREPRESENTATION
22. dirge
23. survey,
24. hewn,
    
25. hone
26. rift
27. Linnet
28. Glade

OBAMA POEM ASSIGNMENT

OBAMA POEM ASSIGNMENT