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Introduction to Literature II: Maya Angelou 6 feb 24
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Middelbare school
vmbo lwoo, vwo
Leerjaar 5
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Introduction to Literature II:
Maya Angelou
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Road map
Maya Angelou background
Still I Rise (1978)
Work on assignments
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Lesson goal
At the end of these classes you
can define a metaphor and a simile
recognise them in a literary work
outline Maya Angelou's life
describe her poem 'Still I Rise'
discuss its meaning.
Slide 3 - Slide
Maya Angelou
Civil War 1861 -1865
Jim Crow Laws start
A Dark-Brown Dog 1893
We Real Cool - 1959
Jim Crow laws end 1964/5
Maya Angelou -1978
New America - 2020
Slide 4 - Slide
Maya Angelou
What kind of life did Maya have?
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Slide 6 - Video
Maya Angelou
What kind of life did Maya have?
Slide 7 - Slide
Still I Rise
What is the message of the poem?
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Slide 9 - Video
Metaphor
A figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared implicitly, without the use of
as
or
like.
'She has got a heart of gold'.
'I'm drowning in my sorrows'.
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Simile
A figure of speech that involves a direct explicit comparison of one thing to another.
'My love is like a red, red rose'
Robert Burns
Slide 11 - Slide
The poem
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
Slide 12 - Slide
Slide 13 - Slide
The poem
Do assignment 1
Ready?
Start on 2 or continue with other assignements you have not finished
timer
5:00
Slide 14 - Slide
This week
Wednesday: watching and listening - read your book
Friday: work on assignments
Slide 15 - Slide
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