Read 20 min R17-R18 visualizing
Pgs 111-130 Owen Meany
Copy Exit 11: “Mirror” (7 pt)
- Name 1 pattern of diction in Mirror. Why do you think this pattern was used?
- What is the mood/tone of this poem? Label both
- Who is the speaker? (don’t put author’s name)
- What is the theme? Must be 1 sentence.
Bonus: What is ironic in this poem?
Add to R16 Figurative Device Cnotes: pattern, diction, mood, tone, and speaker. Take notes
on the right, leave the left side of your notes blank until later in class.
Diction: author’s
word choice. These are words chosen on purpose by the author for a specific
purpose. For example, in MORD, Poe used fatal to describe the disease when he
could have used a less severe word. To describe the castle he said “the wall
girdled it in”
Pattern: When
there are words that have a relationship or similarity to one another. For
example in The Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel, there are words that
reflect light: halo, street lamp, neon, naked light, neon god there are also patterns of
religions/spiritual words:vision, god, prophet.
Mood: The
way the reader is supposed to feel in a story. Mood will most likely shift throughout
the story, and typically can be associated with the main character’s feelings.
For example, in MORD the mood is whimsical, secure, confident, uncomfortable,
uneasy, horrified, frantic
Tone: The
way the author feels about the what they’ve written about. It is not the same
as mood. For example, Poe’s tone in MORD was skeptical, cynical, harsh.
An example of why tone and mood aren’t the same would be in shows such as Southpark or the Simpsons.
The mood in each episode alters, but will always be humorous. The tone on the
other hand isn’t humorous, but is sarcastic, mocking
Speaker: The
person/object speaking in piece. It is NOT the author. If a name isn’t given,
you would describe the speaker. In MORD, the speaker is an objective narrator.
3/21 Reading Mirror
explanation, Exit 11. Deadline Grading term 3, all late work
Some students testing.
“Mirror” by Sylvia Plath discussed
with class.
Discussion notes:
There are patterns of positive,
negative, water, and religion/spiritual, relationship
The mirror or a reflection is
telling the story about themselves.
The tone seems direct,
meditative, harsh, bitter, while the mood is confident, loving, insecure, and
fearful
The theme might be not to get
caught up in superficial things, Age/Looks don’t define beauty. There are more
important things in life besides looks.
