2. Poetry
• Quatrain – four lines of a poem, rhyming,
sometimes a stanza
• Rhyme scheme – pattern of rhyming
words, similar endings of words, found at
the end of lines of poetry
• Couplet – two rhyming lines such as the
end of a Shakespearean sonnet
• Onomatopoeia – word that is its sounds
such as buzz, bang, pop
3. Poetry
• Epic – a long, narrative poem such as The
Odyssey or Paradise Lost
• Lyric – short poem of songlike quality
• Free verse – less obvious structure in a
poem
• Ballad - a simple narrative poem of folk
origin, composed in short stanzas and
adapted for singing.
4. Poetry
• Stanza – group of lines in poetry like a
paragraph
• Haiku – 17 syllable Japanese poem
usually about nature
• Simile – a comparison using like or as
• Personification – giving human
characteristics to a non-human thing.
5. Poetry
• Alliteration – repetition of beginning
consonants
• Tone – author’s attitude toward a subject
• Metaphor – comparison between two
unlike things not using like or as
6. A Voice
By
Pat Mora
• Even the lights on the stage unrelenting
as the desert sun couldn’t hide the other
students, their eyes also unrelenting,
students who spoke English every night
• as they ate their meat, potatoes, gravy.
Not you. In your house that smelled like
rose powder, you spoke Spanish formal
as your father, the judge without a courtroom
• in the country he floated to in the dark
on a flatbed truck. He walked slow
as a hot river down the narrow hall
of your house. You never dared to race past him,
• to say, “Please move,” in the language
you learned effortlessly, as you learned to run,
the language forbidden at home, though your mother
said you learned it to fight with the neighbors.
7. A Voice
By
Pat Mora
• You liked winning with words. You liked
writing speeches about patriotism and democracy.
You liked all the faces looking at you, all those eyes.
“How did I do it?” you ask me now. “How did I do it
• when my parents didn’t understand?”
The family story says your voice is the voice
of an aunt in Mexico, spunky as a peacock.
Family stories sing of what lives in the blood.
• You told me only once about the time you went
to the state capitol, your family proud as if
you'd been named governor. But when you looked
around, the only Mexican in the auditorium,
• you wanted to hide from those strange faces.
Their eyes were pinpricks, and you faked
hoarseness. You, who are never at a loss
for words, felt your breath stick in your throat
• like an ice-cube. “I can't,” you whispered.
“I can't.” Yet you did. Not that day but years later.
You taught the four of us to speak up.
This is America, Mom. The undo-able is done
• in the next generation. Your breath moves
through the family like the wind
moves through the trees.
8. A Voice
By
Pat Mora
The next generation Mexican family
Her father came to America on a flatbed truck at night
Her father demands a lot of respect- “judge without a courtroom” & “passing in
the hall you wouldn’t dare ask him to move”
Forbidden to speak English in the house, maybe so they wouldn’t forget their
heritage, maybe b/c not everyone knew how to speak English
When they wrote this speech about freedom and democracy, they were very
proud; it says: like she had been named governor
She froze and became hoarse- she didn’t give the speech
She was a minority at the speech contest so she didn’t feel comfortable
speaking
“Eyes were pinpricks”-eyes are looking through you or over you
“You taught the four of us to speak up”- her mom has taught her not to be shy
and worry about the color of her skin
“The undoable is done in the next generation”- we want our children to be able
to do what we can’t do- to provide more for your children than you have now
“Your wind moves through the children…”- her words inspire her children
9.
10. Uncoiling
By Pat Mora
With thorns, she scratches
On my window, tosses her hair dark with rain,
Snares lightning, cholla, hawks, butterfly
Swams in the tangles.
She sighs clouds,
Head thrown back, eyes closed, roars
And rivers leap,
Boulders retreat like crabs
Into themselves.
She spews gusts and thunder,
Spooks pale women who scurry to
Lock doors, windows
When her tumbleweed skirt starts its spin.
They sing lace lullabies
So their children won’t hear
Her uncoiling
Through her lips, howling
Leaves off trees, flesh
Off bones, until she becomes
Sound, spins herself
To sleep, sand stinging her ankles,
Shirring into her raw skin like stars.
11. Uncoiling
By Pat Mora
• Pat Mora's Uncoiling is about a tornado. The poem is an extended
personification of the tornado, with the wind shown as a powerful woman
doing some unspecified native dance. In part other aspects of the landscape
around El Paso are also personified, as when Mrs. Mora tells us:
• boulders retreat like crabs
into themselves
• Pat Mora appeals to a highly specific demographic in poetry: this poem
invokes a powerful woman who works native magic. Readers who are
attracted to such themes will find the poem enjoyable.
•
Read more:
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_the_poem_uncoiling_mean_by_pat_mora#
12. Hope is a Thing with Feathers
by Emily Dickinson
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
and never stops at all,
And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.
I've heard it in the chillest land
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.
13. Hope is a Thing with Feathers
by Emily Dickinson
Those whom live without hope carry a very heavy burden
indeed. Hope surely is the light in the dark tunnel. While
it is true that many people all over the world live in
extremely challenging situations, leading hard lives in
appalling conditions. What keeps people going in such
circumstances is the glimmer of hope that things can
change. This is one thought that came to mind when first
reading the poem "Hope is a Thing With Feathers" by
Emily Dickinson. Another is that whoever or wherever
you are in the world there is always hope, and what's
more hope costs nothing.
14. Slam, Dunk, & Hook
BY YUSEF KOMUNYAKAA
Fast breaks. Lay ups. With Mercury's
Insignia on our sneakers,
We outmaneuvered to footwork
Of bad angels. Nothing but a hot
Swish of strings like silk
Ten feet out. In the roundhouse
Labyrinth our bodies
Created, we could almost
Last forever, poised in midair
Like storybook sea monsters.
A high note hung there
A long second. Off
The rim. We'd corkscrew
Up & dunk balls that exploded
The skullcap of hope & good
Intention. Lanky, all hands
& feet...sprung rhythm.
We were metaphysical when girls
Cheered on the sidelines.
Tangled up in a falling,
15. Slam, Dunk, & Hook
BY YUSEF KOMUNYAKAA
Muscles were a bright motor
Double-flashing to the metal hoop
Nailed to our oak.
When Sonny Boy's mama died
He played nonstop all day, so hard
Our backboard splintered.
Glistening with sweat,
We rolled the ball off
Our fingertips. Trouble
Was there slapping a blackjack
Against an open palm.
Dribble, drive to the inside,
& glide like a sparrow hawk.
Lay ups. Fast breaks.
We had moves we didn't know
We had. Our bodies spun
On swivels of bone & faith,
Through a lyric slipknot
Of joy, & we knew we were
Beautiful & dangerous.
16. Slam, Dunk, & Hook
BY YUSEF KOMUNYAKAA
This poem uses vivid imagery in order to portray a real and active image of the sport
of basketball. However, even for all of the colorful and seemingly happy imagery,
there is a dark undertone to this poem. At line 17, Yusef Komunyakaa adds the lines,
“When Sonny Boy’s mama died // He played nonstop all day, so hard // our back
board splintered.” This immediately changes the tone of the entire poem. What had
once been playful and happy description of basketball, becomes a reconstruction of
the actual meaning of the main focus of this poem, which had been basketball.
The way that Komunyakaa describes basketball, the reader is introduced to the
idea of the sport as an active and carefree human activity. His diction persuades the
author of the happy thrill of basketball. “Storybook sea monsters” and “corkscrew…
dunk balls” are all word choices that evoke good emotions from the reader. Also talk
about girls cheering on the sidelines would give any reader a feeling of camaraderie,
male or female. This portrays an image of fans cheering on an exciting game. Even
the specific details of the actual game such as “double-flashing” and “sidelines”
makes the image of basketball all the more real. For the first half of the poem, the
idea of basketball is presented as a feel-good theme of the poem. The fact that the
idea of basketball becomes more real only enhances the contrast that comes in the
middle of the poem. The lines about the death of Sonny Boy’s mama completely
changes the tone of the poem. It becomes a dark but still somewhat hopeful outlook
on life.
17. Slam, Dunk, & Hook
BY YUSEF KOMUNYAKAA
The poet seems to accept the death of Sonny Boy’s mother quickly after its
introduction and then moves on to basketball as a way that Sonny Boy
deals with the grief. Basketball becomes a kind of outlet for the bad
emotions that come with the death of a family member. Basketball is first
describedin an active and energetic way, but now it has become
something darker. The “Bug-eyed, lanky” basketball players seem to
represent something sinister. The “Trouble // Was there slapping a
blackjack // Against an open palm,” and this is definitely perceived as a bad
thing.
In spite of all this negative imagery, there is still a feeling of hope at the
end of the poem. The agile actions of the basketball players inspires to the
reader to get a feeling of hope. There are lines describing the discovery of
abilities that they did not know they possessed, and using those abilities to
reestablish their faith and joy. The final lines of the poem conclude the
overallmeaning of the poem. Komunyakaa seems to want the reader to
believe that even in the face of grief and adversi ty, all people must find a
way to deal with it and become stronger. Only if we have faith in our
individual power, can we overcome the troubles that arise in our lives. (497)
http://dhregime.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/analysis-of-slam-dunk-hook/
18. To Kill a Mockingbird
1. Mrs. Duboses’s main purpose in the plot is to
teach Jem and Scout what real courage is: to
start something knowing that you are beat
before you begin, but you begin anyway
because it is the right thing to do.
2. Atticus defends Tom Robinson because he
couldn’t live with himself otherwise and it
demonstrates real courage as the right thing to
do.
19. To Kill a Mockingbird
3. Scout fights Francis because he called Atticus a
nigger-lover.
4. Atticus doesn’t tell the children about his ability
to shoot because he doesn’t like to boast.
5. Attiucs says that it is a sin to shoot the Texas
state bird.
6. “You never really understand a person until you
consider things from his point of view – until
you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” -
Atticus
20. To Kill a Mockingbird
7. Walter Cunningham’s father later calls off
the lynch mob when Scout shows up and
says hello.
8. Boo’s brother is Nathan Radley.
9. Boo has an attitude of protection over the
children as seen when he saves them.
10. Calpurnia and Dolphus Raymond both
live in two worlds.
21. To Kill a Mockingbird
11. Miss Maudie and Calpurnia have great
influence over the children.
12. Jem goes to get Atticus because he is
demonstrating responsibility as he is growing up.
13. Atticus spends the night outside the jail to
protect his client.
14. Atticus emphasizes the location of the bruises
to show that Tom could not have created them.
22. To Kill a Mockingbird
15. Scout thinks that there is just one kind
people.
16. Tom could not have raped Mayella
because of his crippled arm.
17. Sheriff Tate reports that Bob Ewell fell
on his own knife.
18. Harper Lee tells the story of Boo Radley
and Tom Robinson.
23. To Kill a Mockingbird
19. Jem’s despair reveals the theme of loss
of innocence because Jem is being
exposed to the evil’s in the world.
20. Courage is demonstrated by Mrs.
Dubose.
21. Maycomb’s “usual disease” is racism.
22. Mr. Underwood says Tom’s death is like
the senseless slaughter of song birds.
24. To Kill a Mockingbird
23. Atticus feels pity for Mayella.
24. Mayella was probably beaten by her father.
25. Calpurnia is the mother figure.
26. Atticus is the unprejudiced attorney.
27. Dill’s aunt is Miss Rachel.
28. Jem is Atticus’s son.
29. Miss Stephanie is the neighborhood gossip.
25. To Kill a Mockingbird
30. The filthiest human was Burris Ewell.
31. The meanest man was Mr. Radley.
32. The poor, proud, honest family is the
Cunninghams.
33. Tom Robinson had been in trouble with
the law.
34. Atticus knows that the trial will affect his
family.
26. To Kill a Mockingbird
35. Tom says that he did help Mayella often.
36. Atticus does not expect Bob Ewell to
take revenge.
37. Atticus thinks Jem killed Bob Ewell.
38. Boo Radley does not end his years of
seclusion because he goes back into
hiding.
27.
28.
29. TKM Hero’s Journey
Ordinary World Maycomb, Alabama 1932 – 35
Call to Adventure Judge Taylor assigns the trial of Tom
Robinson to Atticus Finch because he
knows that Atticus will do his best and do
the right thing.
Refusal of the Call He says that he had hoped that he would
never have a trial like this.
Crossing the Threshold He accepts the trial from Judge Taylor and
tells his children to stop fighting, use their
heads, and come to him for answers.
30. TKM Hero’s Journey
Allies Judge Taylor, Alexandra, Maudie, Boo
Radley, Cunningham, Mr. Underwood
Enemies Bob Ewell, Mayella, Jury, Mr. Gilmer, Lynch
Mob
Challenges Protecting his children, lynch mob, Tom’s
trial, Bob Ewell spat in his face, Tom’s
death
The Abyss Boo Radley brings Jem home after the
attack with a broken arm and Scout is
banged up also.
31. TKM Hero’s Journey
Transformation Bob Ewell is dead. Atticus thinks Jem
killed Ewell, but Mr. Tate helps him see that
Boo did it.
Revelation After a conversation with Scout, Atticus
recognizes that he has taught his children
something valuable and that he hasn’t lost
them.
Atonement He sits in Jem’s room and reads The Grey
Ghost with Scout. They make a connection
with the book to Boo Radley that most
people are nice when you finally meet
them.
The Return Atticus has his children and will return to
everyday life knowing that his children have
learned the value of people and have
escaped catching Maycomb’s usual
disease: Racism.
32. The Odyssey
1. The place where the hero lives in normal
life is the Ordinary World.
2. The hero is presented a problem or
challenge that is the Call to Adventure.
3. The hero may be reluctant which is
known as the Refusal of the Call.
4. Difficult circumstances are known as
tests or challenges.
33. The Odyssey
5. The biggest fear of the hero is The Abyss.
6. What the hero gains after the Abyss is the
Transformation because he will have
undergone a change.
7. The hero finds peace in Atonement.
8. Part 1 of the Odyssey is about Odysseus’
heroic deeds.
34. The Odyssey
9. Zeus’s role is to control the weather in the
sky.
10. Odysseus loves Penelope!
11. Odysseus demonstrates quick thinking
and craftiness or cunning nature.
12. Odysseus displays self-sacrifice in
listening to the Siren’s song.
35. The Odyssey
13. Polyphemus wants Odysseus to suffer by
losing his crew and ship and finding trouble at
home.
14. Odysseus’ comment means that a prince
should demonstrate restraint with emotions so
that he can be a good leader.
15. A simile uses like or as.
16. Telemachus obeys his father in several ways:
he keeps silent and waits to get into a fight.
36. The Odyssey
17. When Penelope talks with the old
beggar, it builds suspense because the
reader knows it is Odysseus.
18. Odysseus makes up a story to prepare
Penelope for his return.
19. Penelope reveals that she has been
faithful.
20. Odysseus is an excellent marksman with
the bow and arrow contest.
37. The Odyssey
21. One major theme in Part 2 is the triumph
of good over evil when Odysseus beats
all the suitors.
2. The main conflict in Part 2 concerns the
suitors.
3. Odysseus Ordinary World is Ithaca.
4. His Call to Adventure is to return home.
38. The Odyssey
25. Odysseus’ Abyss is that Penelope has
not been faithful.
26. Odysseus must Transform his thoughts
to respect the gods.
27. Enemies could include Poseidon,
Lostus-Eaters, Circe, Sirens, and other
sea monsters.
28. Allies could include his crew, Athena,
Telemachas, Circe, Calypso, and Tiresias.
39. Odyssey Hero’s Journey
Ordinary World Odyssey is a soldier ready to return home
from war in Troy. He is the king of Ithaca.
Call to Adventure Odysseus desires to return home, but he
angers the god of the sea who punishes
him by not allowing him to return home until
he learns a lesson: “Without the gods, man
is nothing.”
Refusal of the Call N/A
Crossing the Threshold Odysseus takes off on his journey even
though he knows his punishment.
40. Odyssey Hero’s Journey
Allies His crew, Athena, Telemachas, Circe,
Calypso, Tiresias
Enemies Poseidon, Lotus-Eaters, Circe, Sirens,
other sea monsters
Challenges Lotus-Eaters, Cyclops, Laestrygonians,
Sirens, Scylla and Charybids
The Abyss Athena confronts him about his fear that
Penelope has been unfaithful and gives
him a disguise so that he can return home
and find out her heart w/o the suitors killing
him.
41. Odyssey Hero’s Journey
Transformation He begins to give credit to the gods for
helping him his journey.
He respects the gods.
Revelation His wife has been faithful.
Atonement A plan is devised and challenge set to
reveal himself to his wife and suitors. The
hero regains his home, wife, and son.
The Return The suitors are removed by death.
Penelope and Telemachas can celebrate
the return of Odysseus as he reclaims his
throne.
42.
43. Hero’s Journey
29. Maycomb is the Ordinary World for Atticus.
30. His Call to Adventure is when Judge Taylor
assigns him the case.
31. Asking Alexandra to come is when Atticus
Crosses the Threshold.
32. His Allies could include Judge Taylor, Miss
Maudie, Calpurnia, Aunt Alexandra.
33. His Enemies might include the jury, the
Ewells, the Lynch mob, and Mr. Gilmer.
