ELAALRL3 The student deepens understanding of literary works by relating them to their contemporary context or historical background, as well as to works from other time periods.
ELAALRL3.1.a.iii The student identifies and analyzes elements of poetry from various periods of American literature and provides evidence from the text to support understanding
Eseential Questions:
1. How do we use emotion as a pursuasive tool? To draw the reader into the story by using feelings that the reader can relate to, adding emphasis on the story.
2. What is the difference between emotion and reason? Emotion is feelings, as reason is reasoning behind those feelings.
Key Terms: Puritan, Original Sin, Imagery, Similie, Metaphor,
Figurative language: personification, imagery, metaphor, conciet, simile, metonymy, synecdoche, hyperbole, symbalism, allusion
I believe in this unit i will be learning alot about using emotion in litterature, as well as reason. I think i will be learning the deffinitions of Puritan, Original Sin, Imagery, Similie, and Metaphor, and also learn how to use personification, imagery, metaphor, conciet, simile, metonymy, synecdoche, hyperbole, symbalism, allusion in my own writing.
Compare: Contrast:
The Puritans and Native Americans had very different views of god. I could definatly see why they would have clashed. Some differences is the Native Americans believed in many gods, as the Puritans believed in only one god. The Native americans viewed there gods as the creator of everything, and a generous god that they worshipped. The Puritans seen god in a very different point of view, they saw him as a savior, but not as generous. The Puritans believed everyone was born of sin, and unless you were a saint you could not be saved and you go strait to hell. The Native americans had a very different view of the afterlife then the Puritans, they were much more spiritual and believed the spirit continues to live as the body dies.
The sermon i listened to about Puritans was based more on emotion then reason. They emphasised hell alot and the wrath of god, but they only really had one reason, which is we were born a sinner because of adam and eve. The Puritans believed everyone was born a sinner, and god only saves a certain few, but there was no reason behind why he saves those certain few. They believed jesus died for those certain few, but again didnt give reason. They said everyone else is going to hell, which seems to me the emotion of being scared. They also believed there was no was to earn gods grace, which is also pretty emotional.
Simile example: He used simile by comparing god as an angry god.
Imagery example: He provided a clear image of hell, firery lakes, and so on.
The life of Olaudah Equiano:
This is a story about a slave named Olaudah Equiano. She grew up with her sister and loved her sister very much but very soon they were both kidnapped. They walked a great distance and soon had another master. They were then split apart and went to new homes. They reunited once again in their life but was soon torn apart again. Olaudah had many different masters and travelled in a few different countries. Her story was mostly of her distress.
"I still look back with pleasure on the first scenes of my life, though that pleasure has been for the most part mingled with sorrow"
"We were then unbound, but were unable to take any food; and, being quite overpowered by fatigue and grief, our only relief was some sleep, which allayed our misfortune for a short time. The next morning we left the house, and continued travelling all the day. For a long time we had kept the woods, but at last we came into a road which I believed I knew. I had now some hopes of being delivered"
"the only comfort we had was in being in one another's arms all that night, and bathing each other with our tears"
Those were some quotes from the story showing ways the narrator used emotion. He used emotion in the story so the reader can sort of imagine and feel the emotions that he was trying to percieve in the story. The main emotions used in this story was agony, distress and very sad emotions.
"To my dear and loving husband" by Anne Bradstreet
Her thoughts in this poem were love, she uses a loving tone in writing this poem. Puritans believe in original sin, so in the poem she believes that they will die together and be together afterlife.
In this unit i learned how emotion was used in writing as well as different points of views, i learned what a simile is, and also imagery. I also learned the puritans beliefs and compared them to the native americans beliefs.
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