“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” Assignment
In-Class Questions:
1. Tone: What is the speaker’s tone? Write down at least 5 words that support your answer. Write down 1 adjective to describe all of these tone words.
2. Imagery: Write down at least 5 words the speaker uses to describe the daffodils.
Write down 1 adjective to describe all of these words.
3. How does the speaker of the poem feel about nature? Support your answer with 1 piece of evidence from the poem.
4. Effect: What is the poet’s message about nature? What is the effect of nature on humans? (HINT: Think about Romanticism!) This answer should be a universal effect and not something specific to the speaker of the poem.
5. Compare/Contrast: How does this poem compare to the short story “To Build a Fire” by Jack London? (HINT: Think about Romanticism and Naturalism)
“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” Assignment
Paragraph Assignment (In-class and homework) Due Monday 11/25 If you will not be here, then you must e-mail me your paragraph to earn credit. 15 points Prompt: How does Wordsworth’s imagery OR tone (not both, choose only one) help convey his message about nature and its effect on humans? Decide what kind of imagery OR what kind of tone the poet uses to convey his message. Paragraph Outline
1. Thesis/Topic Sentence (follow format and see examples below) 2. Brief summary of the poem 3. 1 piece of direct evidence related to imagery OR tone (see below for examples) 4. Commentary about your evidence 5. Commentary about your evidence 6. Concluding sentence
** Citations: Simply put the words you pull from the poem in quotation marks. Nothing else is needed. Thesis/Topic Sentence Format: A: In the poem, “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” by William Wordsworth, the poet uses
_________________________ (adjective) imagery to convey that _____________________________
______________________________________ (his message about nature and its effect on humans).
B: In the poem, “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” by William Wordsworth, the poet uses a
_______________________ (adjective) tone to convey that _____________________________
______________________________________ (his message about nature and its effect on humans).
Thesis/Topic Sentence Examples: A: In the short story, “To Build a Fire” by Jack London, the author uses repetitive imagery to convey that man is powerless against nature B: In the short story, “To Build a Fire” by Jack London, the author uses a mocking tone to convey that man is powerless against nature. Direct Evidence Examples: A: London repeatedly describes the way the man “rubbed his nose and face with his mittened hand.” This repeated imagery illustrates nature overpowering the man as the cold freezes his face. B: London mocks the man in the story with verbal irony such as, “it certainly was cold.” This is a major understatement; most people would not describe 75 degrees below zero as simply “cold.”
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