1. Introduction to Poetry
AP Literature Style

2. Section 1 Notebook- LG
Students will be able to analyze the meaning and tone of a poem and support their assertions with discussion of a variety of the poetic elements’ effects on the meaning and tone.

3. Scale: Where are you now?
4- If poetry be the food of life, then my soul is full. I not only can identify and explain the effects of poetic techniques, I can also connect them to meaning and tone in language that shows knowledge of poetry.
3- I can express in words what my mind sees in pictures. I can identify and explain some effects of poetic language and connect them to the meaning or tone, but perhaps not both, and perhaps using less-specific language.
2- What is this poetry? I am still learning the alphabet. I can identify poetic techniques but I don’t know why they are in the poems and I don’t understand how they work. I can, however, paraphrase the meaning and put it into my own terms.
1- Poetry, I know not of you. I am seriously lost when it comes to poetry. From meaning to technique, even tone, I never feel like I get it.
0- Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry

4. Brainstorm- What do you know?
When I say “poetic devices”- what comes to mind?

5. The basics: Poetry section 4 (5)
A poetry analysis (discussion or writing) is the SAME FORMAT as a prose literary analysis
You can organize the essay about poetry in the SAME WAY that you organize a prose essay
FOCUS: Add TONE into the mix as often as possible, theme is still prominent
PURPOSE: Conveying emotion about a specific topic or idea
DIFFERENCES: Poetry uses techniques that MAY be found in prose, but in a more succinct or precise manner.
SOUND
STYLE (FORM- Fixed or free)
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

6. Practice: Using the 2007 prompt- attach it to your notebook section 4
We will read and analyze it together looking at the poetic technical categories.

7. Vocabulary
Over the course of the next week- you will be introduced to/reminded of poetic techniques.
You will have a short quiz covering the different poetic techniques found on your “Literary Terms by Category” chart.
Study and know them- you will get notes over the next few class days to learn the definitions and see examples.