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Learning Targets: I can cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.I can determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text.I can determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings
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In class: WHAT IS AN EXTENDED METAPHOR?
First: review of a simile: a figure of speech comparing two things using like or as.
examples:
As cute as a kitten
As happy as a class
As light as a feather
As blind as a bat
As bold as brass
As bright as a button
As shiny as a new pin
Next: review of a metaphor.
a direct comparison of two things using a form of the verb to be
examples:
Animal Metaphors
- The classroom was a zoo.
- The alligator's teeth are white daggers.
- She is a peacock.
- My teacher is a dragon.
- Mary's eyes were fireflies.
- The computers at school are old dinosaurs.
- He is a night owl
Bonus: in the private chat, write why someone would use a simile or metaphor. 2 minutes
What is an extended metaphor? The term extended metaphor refers to a comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem. It is often comprised of more than one sentence and sometimes consists of a full paragraph.
We also can call an extended metaphor an allegory. The extended metaphor- story, poem, picture or song can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically moral or political. (Remember the parable "Once Upon a Time"by the South African writer Nadine Gordimer? This was a type of allegory.
CLASS DIRECTIONS/ assignment
Due by midnight, Monday. February 22.
1)We are listening to the song "The Gambler"; follow along with the posted lyrics.
Open up a google doc and copy and answer the following, as related to the plot of the extended allegory? Please share with me directly at 2006630 or through my name on the drop down menu.
a. Who are the characters?
b. What is the point of view of the allegory? (Remember 1st person limited / omniscient; 3rd person limited / omniscient)
c. What is the setting of the extended allegory? (include time and any thing else relevant. Find the text.
d. What is the mood? Find two words or phrases that evoke an emotion and write the emotion beside it.
e. What is the theme? In a well-written sentence, explain the message of the song.
1. On a warm summer's evening
On a train bound for nowhere
I met up with the gambler
We were both too tired to sleep
So we took turns a-starin'
Out the window at the darkness
The boredom overtook us
And he began to speak
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idiomatic expression
out of aces...you have few options
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2. 2 He said, "Son, I've made a life
Out of readin' people's faces
Knowin' what the cards were
By the way they held their
eyes
So if you don't mind my sayin'
I can see you're out of aces
For a taste of your whiskey
I'll give you some
advice"
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6. And when he'd finished speakin'
He turned back toward the window
Crushed out his cigarette
Faded off to sleep
And somewhere in the darkness
The gambler he broke even
But in his final words
I found an ace that I could keep
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3. 3 So I handed him my bottle
And he drank down my last swallow
Then he bummed a cigarette
And asked me for a light
And the night got deathly quiet
And his face lost all expression
Said, "If you're gonna play the game, boy
You gotta learn to play it right
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7. You've got to know when to hold 'em
Know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away
And know when to run
You never count your money
When you're sittin' at the table
There'll be time enough for countin'
When the dealin's done
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4. 4 You've got to know when to hold 'em
Know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away
And know when to run
You never count your money
When you're sittin' at the table
There'll be time enough for countin'
When the dealin's done
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8 And when he'd finished speakin'
He turned back toward the window
Crushed out his cigarette
Faded off to sleep
And somewhere in the darkness
The gambler he broke even
But in his final words
I found an ace that I could keep
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5. 5. Every
gambler knows
That the secret to survivin'
Is knowin' what to throw away
And knowin' what to keep
'Cause every hand's a winner
And every hand's a loser
And the best that you can hope for
Is to die in your sleep
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9 You've got to know when to hold 'em (when to hold 'em)
Know when to fold 'em (when to fold 'em)
Know when to walk away
And know when to run
You never count your money
When you're sittin' at the table
There'll be time enough for countin'
When the dealin's done
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