If you are missing your memoir, your Crozier and/or Owen poem, you have twenty-four hours to get them in!
Today, we read two poems, page 39 and 40, one by Prevert and one by Layton.
Read and make notes on the poems (if you were away today). What does each one say about war?
Composition: Due Wed. In a 400 to 600 word composition, which of the two poems is the most effective in promoting its anti-war theme?Why?
Always start with a similarity and then move to your most profound difference.
Example:
Both the Prevert poem and the Owen poem deomonstrate a clear repugnance of war; however, the empathic depiction of Owen's soldiers and his use of apostrophe exclaim to the heavens that war must end.
Notice that a thesis must offer an opinion!!
It must answer the question.
This synthesis section of the exam is worth 30%. Think of it as similar to any kind of analysis that we do except that for this section, you have two pieces of writing in which to find examples, rather than one.
Create a chart. Compare the poems in terms of imagery, literary devices, tone, theme etc.
Be sure to have an introduction and a conclusion. Each of these can be one to three sentences.
Be sure to have at least two body paragraphs. You may have as many body paragraphs as you wish.
