Lorrie Moore & Theodore Roethke: Each of these exercises are designed to be done AFTER you have read through the work once. Choose one activity to do.
Go through Moore's piece paragraph by paragraph and explain the structure of the piece. How does each move Moore makes add to some aspect of her "how-to" message?
OR
Go through the section on Roethke and identify ten concrete nouns. With your list of ten concrete nouns, decide whether each of these nouns is used literally or as a simile or metaphor.
Due 3/31 by 2pm.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Week 9
Sharon Olds & Louise Glück
These two writers use very different styles, however, the selections of poems in the anthology share some overarching themes:
love, religion, family
Choose one theme that you see in a poem or two from Gluck and in a poem or two from Olds and explain how each writer approaches the theme differently. What can you learn from these different approaches as a writer?
Write a 7-10 sentence paragraph.
These two writers use very different styles, however, the selections of poems in the anthology share some overarching themes:
love, religion, family
Choose one theme that you see in a poem or two from Gluck and in a poem or two from Olds and explain how each writer approaches the theme differently. What can you learn from these different approaches as a writer?
Write a 7-10 sentence paragraph.
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