Skill 3: Figurative Language // Olive Senior, "Plants"
Overview
For this unit, we will be building on the skills we learned in the analysis of the Wolsey paragraph, applying it to a modern poem by Olive Senior and focusing specifically on language. We will definitely focus on other skills and concepts, such as the charcter of the speaker and the character of the audience, but the primary focus will be on diction and analogy.
Terms Included
Comparison
Diction
Analogy
Simile
Metaphor
Diction
Imagery
Guiding Questions
What kind of diction choices leap out at you? Write down SINGLE WORDS that strike you as telling or unusual in the context of the poem.
Find 3-4 SINGLE words that appear to have a common focus or subject. If you were to put them in a file folder with only 1-2 words on the label, what would those words be?