The poetry question for the 1999 AP exam in English Literature and Composition
"Read the following poem carefully, paying particular attention to the physical intensity of the language. Then right a well organized essay in which you explain how the poet conveys not just a literal description of picking blackberries but a deeper understanding of the whole experience. You may wish to include analysis of such elements as diction, imagery, metaphor, rhyme, and form."This essay will be on "Blackberry-Picking" by Seamus Heaney.
For all of those who somehow lost their annotated poem (5th period):
ReplyDelete-diction: light to dark, disturbing, positive, negative
-imagery: setting details, berry description
-metaphor: berries and blood
-rhyme: near-rhyme affects tone
-form: the way poem is organized (the O in your SPOTTS)
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ReplyDeletei hope i did good on this essay....tried my best :) but sometimes that's not good enough... :(
ReplyDeleteOkay I didn't any other way to write on here Miss. Lightfoot
ReplyDeleteMy question is, what was the prompt that we had to write about? On the story "The Things They Carried"
I lost my paper but I found the story online.
#Commitment
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I don't have it in front of me, but you had to examine the narrator's complex attitude toward the Vietnam war in the text.
ReplyDeleteThanks for asking! Sorry I replied so late!
Miss.Lightfoot! I am reading an online practice SAT and these questions are easy! Thanks for striving us to do AP questions it actually helps!
ReplyDelete#Much love
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ReplyDeleteMs Whats The Extra Credit?
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