American author: poet, short story writer, and novelist Stephen Vincent Benét American author: poet, short story writer, and novelist (July 22, 1898 – March 13, 1943)

“Nightmare Number Three” Stephen Vincent Benet

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“Nightmare Number Three” Author last name, first. “Title of article. ” “Nightmare Number Three” Author last name, first. “Title of article.” Title of Internet site. Editor of site. Update or publication date. Sponsor/Institution/Organization. Date of access <web site address>. Copyright 1935 http://www.brewerb.com/BREWERBLOB/Nightmare_Number_Three.html Author: Stephen Vincent Benét Internet Site and Sponsor: BREWERB.com

Work Cited Author last name, first. “Title of article.” Title of Internet site. Editor of site. Update or publication date. Sponsor/Institution/Organization. Date of access <web site address>. Benét, Stephen Vincent. “Nightmare Number Three.” Brewerb.com. 1935. Brewerb.com. 8 Sept. 2016 <http://www.brewerb.com/ BREWERBLOB/Nightmare_Number_Three.html>.

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Vocabulary revolt – dice – Roto Press – Duesenburg – pygmies – hoist - reapers – high-strung – Plymouth – jake – proposition -

Vocabulary revolt – rebellion or uprising dice – risk, bet, gamble, (no point in asking) Roto Press – printing press (picture!) Duesenburg – car (picture!) pygmies – a member of peoples of very short stature usually referring to those in Africa and parts of Southeast Asia. hoist – raises using ropes and pulleys (picture) reapers – harvesters and gatherers (picture) high-strung – excitable, tense, explosive Plymouth – Old style car (picture) jake – slang for okay or fine proposition – plan or intention

Roto Press

Duesenburg

Hoist

Reapers

Plymouth

**Well written paragraph of 8-10 sentences!** Written Response In the fictional poem, “Nightmare Number Three,” Benet explores societies’ dependency, and the dangers of that dependency, on technology. Explain two ways that the poem encourages reflection on the dependence and use of technology in today’s world. **Well written paragraph of 8-10 sentences!**

Literary Terms

Mood vs Tone Mood? Tone? Mood? Tone? “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge.” “Try something different and you may succeed.”

1. Mood Mood The climate of  feeling in a literary work. How we are made to feel as readers; the emotion evoked. Ex. “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge.”

2. Tone The attitude a writer takes toward a subject or subjects. Tone Ex. Try something different and you may succeed.

Analogy Analogy Ex. He is like a rock. Ex. He is a rock. Analogy is a comparison of an unfamiliar object or idea to a familiar one in an attempt to explain or illuminate the unfamiliar. Analogy Ex. He is like a rock. Ex. He is a rock. This means he is steadfast and strong/solid.

NOT: I am happy. NOT: I am a joyful person. Metaphor NOT: I am happy. NOT: I am a joyful person.

3. Metaphor Metaphor Comparing two things of unlike nature NOT using like or as. He is the plague!

NOT: I am like my sister. NOT: I like ice cream. Simile NOT: I am like my sister. NOT: I like ice cream.

4. Simile Simile A comparison of two things of unlike nature using like or as. He was like a bright ball of sunshine.

5. Alliteration The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. (Three or more!) Alliteration Patty passed the potatoes to Patrick.

6. Consonance Repetition of a consonant sound within or at the end of three or more words. Consonance From the raft, she laughed at his daft joke.

8. Denotation Denotation The dictionary meaning of a word. Ex. Flag - a piece of cloth, varying in size, shape, color, and design, usually attached at one edge to a staff or cord.

7. Connotation Connotation Implied meaning of a word derive from how the word has been commonly used and the associations people make with it. Connotation Ex. Flag – honor and pride for one’s homeland or country.

9. Imagery Imagery Language that appeals to the senses. Descriptions of people or objects stated in terms of our senses. Ex. Her face blossomed when she caught a glance of him.

The repetition of vowel sounds within a line. (3 or more) 10. Assonance Assonance The repetition of vowel sounds within a line. (3 or more) The spider webs lie on the side of the wide wall. (I sound)

11. Flashback A reference to past events or occurrences. Flashback Ex. When I saw the picture, I thought back to the trip we had taken.

12. Oxymoron Oxymoron Ex. The food has freezer burn. A figure of speech in which two contradictory words are combined to produce a symbolic effect. Oxymoron Ex. The food has freezer burn. Ex. They are alone together.

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