Silent Reading-20 minutes. Work on R17-R18 visualizing-Due 4/4-80%
Turn in words M & M 43-52 (10 words). Make sure they are labelled and in order before submitting.
Take out R16-Figurative Language notes to add to them
Symbolism
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Take Symbolism Notes 2 Symbols in MORD and why they are symbols
For the note portion:
Symbolism: using objects, items, characters or elements to represent something larger than themselves.
How to spot Symbols in the text
-repetition
-unusual placement or name
-words that don't go together or seem they don't belong
-patterns in diction
-long descriptions
-shifts/changes in the poem
Diction
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Take Diction Notes, List 2 patterns of diction in MORD and
Patterns in Diction, explain why the pattern was used
what diction reveals/importance
For the note portion: Diction is the word choice used by the author for a deeper purpose. When you are looking for diction, you are looking for words that author used that others may not have.
For example: shack and cabin have the same meaning, they are both small living corridors. But if I was an author and was writing a scary story, if I could only choose between those two words, I would use shack. If I was an author and was writing about a vacation home, and could only choose between those two words, I would choose cabin. Shack has a negative feeling or connotation, whereas cabin has a warm, comfortable feeling to it.
Patterns in diction: A pattern is when words used throughout the story or poem have a relation to one another or they are similar. It isn't when the same word is repeated, rather its when words are repeated that have some type of association.
For example: In Masque of the Red Death, there is a pattern of red. Red, Scarlet, blood, bleeding, etc. It carries throughout the story. The reason Poe may have used words that all are associated with red in a negative manner, might be to keep the Gothic mood alive and to keep the reader feeling uneasy. He also has patterns of light in parts of the story and a pattern of negativity associated with dreams. On pg 55 of your story, the first paragraph has many words that are light sources or describe light, such as light, candelabrum, braziers, firelight, etc. This is obviously a pattern. Perhaps they represent the glimmer of hope in the castle, perhaps they symbolize the remaining life or fading life in the castle. But there is obviously a reason he used this pattern. Dream has negative words associated with it on pg 56, line 98, such as stalked, writhed, stiff-frozen. If you ask yourself why are they referring to dreams in a negative way, you might stumble upon a deeper meaning. Perhaps dreams are painful, haunt the masqueraders and are stuck because they are stuck and can't really live out their dreams. A dream of future longings might become painful and scary if you were never going to be able to pursue that dream.
Allusion
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Take allusion notes List 1 allusion used in MORD
and explain why it was used/
how it contributes to the story
You can use the internet for this.
For note portion: An allusion is a reference to something well known. Allusions are used by authors to save time, to give the reader something to immediately connect with and for them to get immediate background information, without the author having to take time out to explain
4th: Watched The Following, The Raven Clip
Next class: mood, tone, speaker notes. Analysis of "Mirror" by Sylvia Plath, Exit 11.
