Hello 8GM and welcome to your very first blog lesson on this shiny new English blog. Whilst you are reading this, I am in a land far far away, reading at a poetry festival. Do not worry though, there are still plenty of English activities for you to be getting on with, so you won't be missing out on your favorite subject!
Activity 1 - Poetry Terms
Firstly, let's re-cap some of the poetry terms that we will be needing to write about 'Underground to Canada'.
1. Start a new Word Document with the title 'Poetic Techniques'
2. Write out each of the following poetic techniques with a definition and example next to them (eg. 'Onomatopoeia - words which make the sound of what they are describing, like 'smash' or 'whizz' or 'bang'). You are allowed to use the Internet to help you.
- Onomatopoeia
- Simile
- Metaphor
- Extended Metaphor (eg. the real meaning of the term 'Underground Railroad')
- Alliteration
- Assonance
- Personification
- Imagery
Activity 2 - Finding Examples
For each of the terms listed above, see if you can find examples in 'Underground to Canada'. Many of you will already have examples listed in your exercise books of some of these.
Add these examples into your Word Document with "quotation marks" and a page number next to each one.
(eg. Alliteration - "the wheels splashed through shallow water, and then the wagon stopped" - p75.)
Activity 3 - Linking it Together
Your final task is to take your findings and turn them into an essay.
Title: How does Barbara Smucker use poetic techniques in the novel 'Underground to Canada'
Remember, all of your paragraphs need to follow the Point-Quotation-Comment format.
(eg. One of the poetic techniques Smucker uses in her novel is onomatopoeia. When she uses the word 'yelping' to describe the sounds of the dogs (page 79) she is creating a sense of action by allowing the reader to hear the same sounds as the novel's characters.)
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