Class 11

Journal:

What makes a poem a different genre from a novel, a chapter in a textbook, or an article in a magazine or newspaper?

Use terms like:

Poet's Cues

Poetic form: Recognizable structures (e.g., sonnets, ballads, haiku, limericks) cue the

reader as to how the poem should be read. Poems written in "free verse" require the

reader to use their own language instincts to find rhythm and pace.

Poetic structure: The structure or placement of words on a page cue the reader as to

how the poem should be read.

Stanza: The space between stanzas is a cue to the reader to pause.

Rhythm: The poem's sounds (e.g., ordered and predictable, conversational) cue the

reader as to how to pace the reading of the poem.

Rhyme: Lines ending in words that rhyme cue the reader to emphasize the rhyming

sound to create rhythm and connection.

Repetition: Repetition of words or lines cues the reader that these lines are important to

the meaning of the poem and should be given their own unique and predictable sound.

Punctuation: Punctuation cues the reader as to how long to pause or how to control the

voice.

Line breaks: The length of a line will affect the time and attention the line's words are

given.

Enjambment: One line continuing into another is a cue to make the pause between

lines short.

Language: Formal language cues the reader to use an academic or historic voice.

Dialect: A poem in dialect provides important cues to the reader for rhythm, pace, and

sound.

Alliteration: Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words cue the reader for

rhythm.

Assonance: Repeated consonant sounds in a line or stanza cue the reader to soften

the sounds.

Consonance: Repeated consonant sounds in a line or stanza cue the reader to stress

the sounds.

Imagery: Words that together form an image cue the reader to read these words

together.

Onomatopoeia: Sound words cue the reader to read with animation.

White space: Blank spaces cue the reader to create significant silences.

 

 

 

 

Agenda:

Read papers aloud

Self-evaluate paper with rubric

Discuss Whitman and response paper

New article:

AN ETHNOGRAPH/C STUDY: "FRIDAY NIGHT AT IOWA 80"

This will be due with in the form of a detailed outline on Monday, February 25, 2008.

Make sure you have taken the time to look at what an outline is for, followed the guidelines for study reading, annotated the article, and created the outline. This means you need to identify the thesis, major supporting details, and organized it according to the class rubric for grading the final.