THE HAIYAN DEAD Flashcards
in _____, much of the country was devastated by Super Typhoon Haiyan, known locally as Yolanda
2013
it was described by CNN as one of the strongest storms recorded on the planet
Super Typhoon Haiyan
who wrote the poem THE HAIYAN DEAD?
MERLIE ACUNAN
she is one of the more influential and respected writers in the Visayas region
MERLIE ACUNAN
MERLIE ACUNAN is one of the more influential and respected writers in what region
VISAYAS
the combination of setting, character, and action in a poem which is supposed to engage the reader
DRAMATIC SITUATION
a picture of words which must serve purpose in a poem
IMAGE
2 LEVELS OF POEM
LITERAL LEVEL
METAPHORICAL LEVEL
level of poem which is something that relates to the dramatic situation or what is happening in the poem
LITERAL LEVEL
level of poem which is where we see the literal dramatic situation unfolding into a figurative articulation of what is taking place
METAPHORICAL LEVEL
a comparison between two distinctly different things; explicitly indicated by the word “like” or “as”
SIMILE
use of word or phrase denoting one kind of idea or object in place of another word or phrase for the purpose of: (a) suggesting a likeness between the two; and (b) give added meaning to one of the things being compared
METAPHOR
And ice, mast-high, came floating by
As green as emerald
(simile or metaphor?)
SIMILE
O my love’s like a red, red rose
simile or metaphor?
SIMILE
Eye, gazelle, delicate wanderer
Drinker of horizon’s fluid
(simile or metaphor?)
METAPHOR
PARTS OF A METAPHOR
TENOR
VEHICLE
part of a metaphor which is the subject of the comparison, to which the characteristics are attributed
TENOR
part of a metaphor which is the object which owns the characteristic
VEHICLE
Eye, gazelle, delicate wanderer
Drinker of horizon’s fluid
(what are the tenor and vehicle?)
TENOR: eye
VEHICLE: gazelle, wanderer, drinker
this is a literary device in which a part of something represents the whole, or it may use a whole to represent a part
SYNECDOCHE
in “check out my new wheels,” “wheels” is an example of what literary device?
SYNECDOCHE
this is aliterary device in which a thing – an idea or ananimal– is given human attributes
PERSONIFICATION
“the shadow of the moon danced on the lake” is an example of what literary device?
PERSONIFICATION
