Thursday, September 12, 2013

Do Now: Which is which? Read the following sentences. Decide if the sentence is an example of simile, metaphor, imagery, personification,or "nothing". Number from 1-5 on your paper. Just write the word not the sentence.
1. One of the happiest days of my life was watching my two year old grandchild run down the beach with his arms spread like a flying bird.
2. Roger usually is a bear if you ask him questions when he's watching the Eagles' game.
3. The restaurant down the street from my house is so filthy the owners were cited for health code violations.
4. Purple flowers danced all over the garden as the wind blew through the trees.
5.  Charnel told her little sister that she is a monster when she screams like a hyena during her temper tantrums.
Classwork:
"I Hear America Singing" - Whitman
1. Analyze tone by focusing on word choice and sentence structure.
2. Infer theme and author's purpose.
"Morning Sounds All Around" - Serina Matteson

1. Is this a catalog poem? Why?
2. Analyze tone, theme, and purpose.

Homework:

1. Reminder: email is due by tomorrow.
2. Finish marking the text and answering reading questions for "I Hear America Singing" and "Morning Sounds..."