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2.4 Appreciation of Poetry: Language and Style -Allusion -Apostrophe

Literature in English · Grade 11 · 6 lessons in the design

What you will be able to do

  • explore allusion and apostrophe as devices for poetic interpretation
  • analyse juxtaposition and parallelism in a poem for textual evaluation
  • appreciate the significance of poetic devices in works of art

Key questions

“What is the role poetic devices in comprehension of poetry?”

Lessons

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  1. Allusion
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Explain allusion as a poetic device.
  2. Apostrophe
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Explain apostrophe as a poetic device.
  3. Juxtaposition
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Analyse juxtaposition in poetry.
  4. Parallelism
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Analyse parallelism in poetry.
  5. Analysing a poem for poetic devices
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Analyse a poem using allusion, apostrophe, juxtaposition and parallelism.
  6. The significance of poetic devices
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Appreciate the significance of poetic devices in works of art.