Diction Lesson

Diction Lesson

Consider the following quote:

A rowan* like a lipsticked girl.
- Seamus Heaney, "Song," Field Work
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* a small deciduous tree native to Europe, having white flowers clusters and orange berries

Then, answer the following questions in the COMMENT BOX:

1. Other than color, what comes to mind when you think of lipsticked girl?
2. How would it change the meaning and feeling of the line if, instead of lipsticked girl, the author wrote girl with the lipstick on?
3. Write a simile comparing a tree with a domesticated animal. In your simile, use a word that is normally used as a noun (like lipstick) as an adjective (like lipsticked).


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from Dean, Nancy. Voice Lessons: Classroom Activities to Teach Diction, Detail, Imagery, Syntax, and Tone. Maupin House. Gainesville FL, 200

The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka

Read the Kafka's novella by Week of October 29.

While reading:

Track Gregor's eyes/voice, opinion of his family

Make a list of all the symbols you can find:
-windows, stick, apples, sounds

Track father-mothers attitude toward Gregor

Themes:
extreme alienation/isolation, persecution, social commentary reflecting micro-society (repulsed by Western materialism), allegory of escapism and insanity.

Philosophical Context:

existentialism, surrealism

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