Benchmark 3
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Using your textbook define and find examples of the following: Symbol Personification Rhyme schemedirect characterization Themeconnotation Blank versedynamic character Similestatic character Dictionverbal irony alliteration
How to evaluate a poem TPCASTT: Think – What is the importance of the title? – Put each stanza into your own words – Devices- in a testing situation, you will be asked the importance of a certain device. – IS there a shift in the tone/mood of the poem? – What is the theme? ( look at overall idea in poem)
Poem example – Tone, symbol, theme, rhyme scheme – – Thanatopsis- blank verse
American Romanticism Characteristics Opinions held romanticism/ romanticism/
Close Reading Use ideas we’ve practice to read a passage on your own and correctly answer the questions that follow. – Read passage first – Summarize sections as you go – Be aware of patterns and their meanings. – Refer back to the passage to help answer specific questions.