The Oval Portrait

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The Oval Portrait

• Discuss how the
• authors use of
• word, style, and
• technique is
• characteristic of
• Gothic/Romantic
• literature.

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Discuss how the authors use of word, style, and
technique is characteristic ofGothic/Romantic
literature.

• Tone
• Irony
• Personification
• Allusion
• Syntax

Alliteration Metaphor Imagery Denotation Figurativ
e Language
Symbolism Theme Connotation Diction Point of View
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Word

• Personification
• Syntax
• Alliteration
• Denotation
• Diction
• Connotation

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Word

• Description of the chateau
• least sumptuously
• richtattered and antique
• golden arabesque
• Personification tongues of the candelabrum

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Style

• Tone
• Theme
• Point of View

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Technique

• Irony
• Allusion
• Figurative language
• Symbolism
• Metaphor

7
Describe one of your most vivid dreams or
nightmares, especially one that truly upset or
perplexed you. Be sure to go into detail, using
details to not only recreate this nocturnal
vision, but also to explain your reaction to it.
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• Sweet dreams are made of this.
• Who am I to disagree?
• Traveled the world and the seven seas.
• Everybodys looking for something.
• Some of them want to use you.
• Some of them want to be used by you.
• Some of them want to abuse you.
• Some of them want to be abused.

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Which influenced your dreams?

• historical/experiential--students may have heard
  about other dream interpretations from the past,
  or may have figured out their interpretations due
  to their prior knowledge of the situations that
  sparked such dreams. These may also be influenced
  by culture
• psychological--students have some background in
  dream interpretation through research or because
  they have taken Psychology classes
• Literary--students have prior knowledge of
  literary symbols, therefore applying those to
  their dreams
• spiritual/religious-students have certain
  principles that have influenced their exegesis.

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Kubla Khan

• note specific examples and identify sensory
  imagery
• note sound devices Coleridge uses in this poem,
  including alliteration, assonance, and
  onomatopoeia
• write down any questions and comments about the
  poem.

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• How do the poetic devices contribute to the last
  nine lines of the poem?

Language of fantasy What category
WORD/STYLE/FORM/TECHNIQUE? What specific
devices? How does this contribute to the
Romantic characteristics of the poem?
Is the pleasure dome beautiful or sinister?
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Homework

• Find a modern-day example of a pleasure dome and
  compare it to Kubla Khans.
• 1 page

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She Walks in Beauty

• How is the tone of the poem indicated?
• contrasting images of darkness and light