1. Benchmark 3

2. 3/12/14 TEST TODAY - IF YOU HAVE A FREDERICK DOUGLASS BOOK PLEASE TURN IT IN TODAY! BENCHMARK- WILL YOU BE HERE?

3. Using your textbook define and find examples of the following: Symbol Personification Rhyme schemedirect characterization Themeconnotation Blank versedynamic character Similestatic character Dictionverbal irony alliteration

4. How to evaluate a poem TPCASTT: Think – What is the importance of the title? – Put each stanza into your own words – Devices- in a testing situation, you will be asked the importance of a certain device. – IS there a shift in the tone/mood of the poem? – What is the theme? ( look at overall idea in poem)

5. Poem example http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/178 948 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/178 948 – Tone, symbol, theme, rhyme scheme – http://www.bartleby.com/102/16.html http://www.bartleby.com/102/16.html – Thanatopsis- blank verse

6. American Romanticism Characteristics Opinions held http://prezi.com/cavegxb7v2m3/american- romanticism/ http://prezi.com/cavegxb7v2m3/american- romanticism/

7. Close Reading Use ideas we’ve practice to read a passage on your own and correctly answer the questions that follow. – Read passage first – Summarize sections as you go – Be aware of patterns and their meanings. – Refer back to the passage to help answer specific questions.