Unit 4: Metaphor, Simile, Apostrophe
Unit 4: Metaphor, Simile, Apostrophe
Essential Questions and Skills:
What is metaphor? What is an extended metaphor? What is an implied metaphor? How can an author use the same metaphor, yet present the reader with a different mood and message through tone and diction?
Materials:
Perrine’s Structure, Sound, and Sense, Chapter 5
“As I Grew Older” Langston Hughes
“The Mending Wall” Robert Frost
“The Blue Bouquet” Octavio Paz
“The Hound” Robert Francis
“Bright Star” John Keats
“Toads” Phillip Larkin
Assessments:
A. Timed AP Essay: Oppression comes in many forms, whether self-imposed or imposed by society. The authors of “As I Grew Older” and “The Mending Wall” both utilize the same metaphor, yet each author presents a different mood and theme. Compare and contrast how the metaphor is utilized in each work to demonstrate how the speaker deals with oppression.
B. Weekly vocabulary assessments
C. Weekly exercises from Voice Lessons: Classroom Activities to Teach Diction, Detail, Imagery, Syntax, and Tone.
D. Student generated AP style multiple choice questions
Essential Questions and Skills:
What is metaphor? What is an extended metaphor? What is an implied metaphor? How can an author use the same metaphor, yet present the reader with a different mood and message through tone and diction?
Materials:
Perrine’s Structure, Sound, and Sense, Chapter 5
“As I Grew Older” Langston Hughes
“The Mending Wall” Robert Frost
“The Blue Bouquet” Octavio Paz
“The Hound” Robert Francis
“Bright Star” John Keats
“Toads” Phillip Larkin
Assessments:
A. Timed AP Essay: Oppression comes in many forms, whether self-imposed or imposed by society. The authors of “As I Grew Older” and “The Mending Wall” both utilize the same metaphor, yet each author presents a different mood and theme. Compare and contrast how the metaphor is utilized in each work to demonstrate how the speaker deals with oppression.
B. Weekly vocabulary assessments
C. Weekly exercises from Voice Lessons: Classroom Activities to Teach Diction, Detail, Imagery, Syntax, and Tone.
D. Student generated AP style multiple choice questions