YOUR SAY SHOW MEAN IS DUE ON MONDAY. IT SHOULD BE TYPED AND DOUBLE SPACED.
PLEASE FOLLOW CONVENTIONS:
- Poem titles appear in quotation marks.
- Refer to the narrator of the poem as the speaker, not the poet.
- Use line numbers to indicate where a quote is located within the poem: The soldiers often “think of firelit homes, clean beds, and wives” (8) when at the front.
- Use a slash to indicate the start of a new line in the poem segment you are quoting: The speaker conveys that the soldier suffered greatly in the trenches: “I see them in the foul dug-outs, gnawed by rats,/And in the ruined trenches, lashed with rain” (9-10).
- Quote only a few words, not an entire stanza.
- Avoid cliches. Don't offer meaningless drivel like, "The poet shows it is important to enjoy the little things in life."
- ABSOLUTELY NO INSTANCES OF "This shows that" (or anything of similar ilk) SHOULD APPEAR IN YOUR ESSAY!
Again, here is a significant recommendation: CIRCLE THE NOUNS IN YOUR CHOSEN POEM. Start looking for patterns in them. Are they references to weaponry? Nature? Duties? Leisure? You can do the same with verbs. If there are symbolic pieces (poppies, torch, etc.), think about the attributes of those items and look up information about them
You should have one coherent paragraph for the Say section, one for the Show section and one for the Mean section.
PLEASE BRING 1984 TO CLASS WITH YOU ON MONDAY!
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