E4 1.2 + 1.3 Game

Select three reasons that best describe the value of applying literary theories to a text.

• They provide tools to help understand texts in different and challenging ways.

• They help readers uncover multiple meanings in literary works.

• They represent one person's interpretation of sensory or conceptual information.

• They require readers and scholars to agree on important themes.

• They help readers become aware of competing perceptions of truth.

Look at the World War II-era image.

• It is reminiscent of inspirational stories that I have read about women in the workforce during World War II.

• It illustrates how most women workers during World War II belonged to the middle and lower classes.

• It suggests that women were helpful during World War II but were excluded from military service.

• It shows that manufacturing jobs held by workers at home were critical during World War II.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Both authors develop the theme of welcoming those who come to America through their choices regarding the use of  

POEM 1:

On Being Brought from Africa to America

Some view our sable race with scornful eye,
"Their colour is a diabolic die."
Remember, Christians, Negros, black as Cain,
May be refin'd, and join th' angelic train.

POEM 2:

The New Colossus

"Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me:
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

• paradox

• sonnet form

• hyperbole

• figurative language

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Which of the following best describes the way both authors use metaphor? 

POEM 1:

On Being Brought from Africa to America

T'was mercy brought me from my Pagan land,
Taught my benighted soul to understand
That there's a God, that there's a Saviour too:
Once I redemption neither sought nor knew.

POEM 2:

The New Colossus

                     ..."Give me your tired, your poor, 
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me:
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

• The images created through the metaphors of the "Pagan land" and the "huddled masses" create a contemptuous tone.

• The metaphors of the "benighted soul" and "the wretched refuse" elicit a compassionate response.

• The metaphors of "mercy" and "my lamp" represent the thirst for knowledge.

• The metaphors of "mercy" and "the golden door" reflect the importance of a religious perspective.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

A student is writing a reader-response interpretation of the poem, arguing that the poem encourages a welcoming response to immigrants. Which phrase from the poem best supports this interpretation?

Read these lines from "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus:

"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor, 
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me:
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

• ancient lands

• storied pomp

• silent lips

• tempest-tossed

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

one person's interpretation of sensory or conceptual information

• reader-response criticism

• perception

• literary criticism

• paradox

Systematic, conceptual methods of analyzing texts

• literary theories

• perceptions

• paradox

a statement that appears to contain two contradictory or incompatible points, but upon closer examination it can reveal a hidden truth to the reader or viewer

• reader-response criticism

• literary theories

• paradox

__________ focuses on a reader's active engagement with a piece of print or non-print text. The reader's pwn experiences, social, ethics, moral values, and general views of the world.

• Reader-Response Criticism

• Literary Theory

• Paradox

• Literary Criticism