Poetic Devices
At the end of this lesson, student should be able to:.
Background, Plot Account, and Themes
Background, Plot Account, and Themes; Background, Plot Account, and Themes
Form
Identify the various parts of the poem
Show the relationship among the various parts.
Form
Describe the way the arrangement of the stanzas reflect the development ofthe subject matter and theme.
Point out rhyming words and describe the effects of pauses at the end of every line.
Language, Style & Poetic Devices.
Comment on the main features of the language of the poem, comparing with what obtains in other poem already studied.
Describe the effects of simplicity of the Language.
Comment on the poet’s ability to achieve vivid imagery effect by direct statements and with few images.
Theme
Identify and commend on the main themes of the poem.
Subject Matter
Students should be able to say the content of the poet in their own words.
Relate the Subject Matter to their own experiences
Described the feelings loss experienced on the death of a loved one.
Background
Students should be able to recall aspects of wordsworth’s biography relevant to the poem paying particular attention to his nature poetry and his use of simple language.
Language, Style, Narrative Technique and Symbolism.
Students should be able to: (i) identify and explain verities narrative techniques, style and symbolism in
the novel.
Identify compare similar instance of unique language use in their own naive languages or other languages.
Characterization
(i) identify’Ezeulu as the principal character, protagonist and the tragic hero and Nwaka as the antagonist.
Identify character traits and explain how these contribute to the story.
Explain and illustrate the relative importance of the other characters in the novel
Themes
Identify incidents that portray these themes (s) and explain them in their own words.
Recognize and discuss the inter-relatedness of themes in order to grass the central complexity of the novel.
Plot
Explain the events of the story.
Trace the tragic pattern of the events.
Background and setting
Be able to provide information on Achebe culture and the colonial intervention
Draw a map of Nigeria indicating the setting of the novel
Compare background/ setting of novel to the present igbo community.
Language, style, poetic devices and symbolism
Identify the features of languages which give the poem its verse- like character repetition, listing.
Compare the poem with its paraphrase, noting the similarities and differences.
Identify and link images wi9th main ideas in the poem.
form
Enumerate the steps by which arguments is advance in the 1st part of the poem.
Note the effect of the chain reaction and repetition from the use of link words.
Identify the cause and effect of the actions in the second’s part of the poem.
Subject matter
State in their own words what the poem is all about.
Compare the story with other ones they know.
Background and setting.
Identify
Retell the creation stories both in the poem and other cultural backgrounds.
Language, Style Dramatic Technique and Symbolism.
Identify the unique languages elements
Discuss their nature in content
Describe the various dramatic devices
Identify and interpret the symbols in context.
Characterization
Identify major and
minor characters in
the play.
Describe and
analyse each
character in context.
Identify with a
character as a role
model.
Theme
Identify main
themes of the play
Analysis the
development of each
theme(s).
Relate themes to
personal life
experience