Lit 12: poetry para. due / Read Swift's essay, A Modest Proposal page 382

In a paragraph of 200 to 300 words, discuss at least 3 of the points below. You may also add other points based on your experience of the presenters in the library yesterday.

• how to live an artful life
• what is modern poetry
• what can you write about
• how do the subjects they presented reflect current social views
• writing programs
• the poets and / or their works Wendy Morton, Jay Ruzesky, Carla Funk
• corporate poetry sponsporships, 6 Impossible Things Before Breakfast
• The Elder Project
• how to present and read poetry to a large audience

Today, we took notes on the writer, Jonathan Swift. Read and make notes.

We read his satirical essay looking for elements of satire: understatement, hyperbole, wit, irony and sarcasm.

Notice the point of view and tone as well.

How was his proposal received in Ireland? 

Today's terms:
epigraph
tone
didactic
denotation
connotation
satire
elements of satire: irony, wit, sarcasm, hyperbole, understatement

Expect a quiz on Monday on Swift, Ireland/England problems, 18th century notes from Emma and Olivia's presentation and the above terms.