PRE-WRITING [reading period]
Read
Divide passage into 3 sections
you'll want to use textual evidence from each section
Plan
Use SWWIMMTTAG to choose Latin text
Outline:
IN ESSAY
State
Answer Question
Get to the point!
Support
Use LATIN evidence to back every argument
Cite
"english translation/paraphrase" (line 1, "long...latin").
SWWIMMTTAG
Sounds:
how does it sound?
alliteration, onomatopoeia, scansion (rhythm)
WHY? What idea are you supposed to feel?
Word order:
how does the order of words get ideas across?
tmesis, synchesis, chiasmus, hyperbaton, oxymoron,
asyndeton, polysyndeton, hysteron proteron
Word choice:
vocabulary, synonyms, repetition, exotic words, allusions,
proper names, metonymy, synecdoche, oxymoron, asyndeton,
polysyndeton, ellipsis, hyperbole, prolepsis
Images:
What do we see?
similes, metaphors, contrasts, word order (as a tool)
Meter:
How does pace affect feeling?
dactyls = fast, light
spondees = slow, heavy
elisions = emotion, slows down
Mood:
What feelings do you sense?
word choice, adjectives/adverbs, tone, rhythm
Tone:
How does the author's attitude come through?
word choice
Theme:
How does this passage relate to an overall theme of the work?
Allusions:
How do allusions add to the passage?
Proper nouns, mythology, customs, beliefs
Grammar:
How do unexpected patterns/constructions/forms/uses add to the
meaning/tone/mood?
Tense of verbs, imperative/passive verbs, sentence structure,
sentence length, interjections