What is the tone of the poem? Provide examples from the The tone is humorous. Some examples include rubbery, blubbery, poem that illustrate the tone. gloppy, globs of gluey bubble gum, gooey, and gristly. How does the author’s use of lines versus stanzas contribute to The lines create a list which creates the literary device of the tone? repetition. Repetition creates a humorous sing song pattern. A theme is a life lesson, meaning, moral, or message about life Answers will vary. Sample answer could be “one small decision or human nature that is communicated by a literary work. can have many large consequences” based off lines 5-6 and lines Based off Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout’s decisions and actions (or 35-36. “And though her daddy would scream and shout, She lack thereof) determine a theme for this poem. Use lines from simply would not take the garbage out” = small decision/ “And all the poem to support this theme. the neighbors moved away, And none of her friends would come out to play” = large consequences Review parts of a plot with students (exposition, rising action, Exposition: Refusing to take the garbage out climax, falling action, resolution). Have them map out the Rising Action: Garbage grows out of control progression of events in the poem by placing them within these Climax: The garbage reached across the state/Cynthia is in the different categories. garbage Resolution: Sarah met an awful fate. The poem has two clear rhyme patterns. What are the two In lines 1-36, every two lines rhyme (couplets). rhyme patterns of the poem? In lines 39-45, every line rhymes. (Teacher note #3) What impact does the change in rhyme pattern have on the The change in rhyme pattern highlights the consequences Sarah poem? faces due to her reluctance to take the garbage out. (Teacher note #3)
What is the tone of the poem? Provide examples from the poem that illustrate the tone. The tone is humorous. Some examples include rubbery, blubbery, gloppy, globs of gluey bubble gum, gooey, and gristly. How does the author’s use of lines versus stanzas contribute to the tone? The lines create a list which creates the literary device of repetition. Repetition creates a humorous sing song pattern. A theme is a life lesson, meaning, moral, or message about life or human nature that is communicated by a literary work. Based off Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout’s decisions and actions (or lack thereof) determine a theme for this poem. Use lines from the poem to support this theme. Answers will vary. Sample answer could be “one small decision can have many large consequences” based off lines 5-6 and lines 35-36. “And though her daddy would scream and shout, She simply would not take the garbage out” = small decision/ “And all the neighbors moved away, And none of her friends would come out to play” = large consequences Review parts of a plot with students (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution). Have them map out the progression of events in the poem by placing them within these different categories. Exposition: Refusing to take the garbage out Rising Action: Garbage grows out of control Climax: The garbage reached across the state/Cynthia is in the garbage Resolution: Sarah met an awful fate. The poem has two clear rhyme patterns. What are the two rhyme patterns of the poem? (Teacher note #3) In lines 1-36, every two lines rhyme (couplets). In lines 39-45, every line rhymes. What impact does the change in rhyme pattern have on the poem? (Teacher note #3) The change in rhyme pattern highlights the consequences Sarah faces due to her reluctance to take the garbage out.
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