Criticsl Essay-frida Kahlo Flashcards
Watch should the introduction include
title, author, Genre
use wording of question
technics you intend to study
Every quotation you must
Introduce clearly
Use words from poem analyse
link back to question
In paragraph 1 discuss
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Negative first impression
How we realise this because she is constantly active speaker revealing her disability and the sympathy and admiration we feel for her
Quotes To remember for paragraph 1 are
“Late as usual a little drunk as usual “
“Scattering fag ash like confetti”
“Partnered by her perpetual pain “
Quotes to remember for paragraph two
“There is more energy in her hair than in my entire body”
“The brass band of her beads and bangles transformed her limping steps into a fiesta dance”
in paragraph 4 we talk about
DEPARTURE
How the speaker feels after kahlo has left
she has been so energetic that her absence leaves the speaker and ,the reader, lost of feeling dull
Quotes to remember for paragraph 4 are
“Frida kahlo has been to dinner and now is gone taking the party with her”
“Leaving this withered puritan faded, dusty, unbearably Alone”
Conclusion should include
Title, author, Genre
use wording of the question
techniques you have studied to show how the poet created a clear picture of the experience of dinner with Frida Kahlo
your final impressions of the text
In paragraph 2 we discuss
PHYSICAL APPEARANCE
the poets description of kahlos physical appearance and how this creates a clear picture of Kahlo in your head
In paragraph 3 we discuss
PERSONALITY
The fact that kahlo finds ordinary activities dull
she only eats for the energy to complete more interesting tasks
the fact that kahlo was is full of life and energy, The speaker finds this difficult to forget and so does the reader
Quotes to remember for paragraph 3
“Eating frankly bores her “
“Get in the way of talking, drinking, smoking “
“Fuel for her flame”
“The carnival never stops”
“Her hands are like to Kites trailing coloured tails of laughter”
