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CA Standard: LRA 3.7 Recognize and understand the significance of various literary devices. Predict: Look at the title and predict what you think this
poem is about.
Question: Read the poem and write three questions to help
you understand what you are reading.
1. What image does the speaker use to show that summer
weather is unpredictable? ll. 3-8.
2. Explain the metaphor and personification in ll. 5-8.
3. What does the speaker mean by “eternal lines to time” in
line 12?
Monitor: As you read, underline phrases that provide
imagery & figurative language that help you picture what
the poet is trying to describe. Write notes to explain what the
image shows or what the figurative language compares.
Summarize: After you read, retell what you just read by
using your own words.
Evaluate: GIVE ONE GET ONE
What theme, or message do you think the poem conveys?
MY IDEA:
___________idea: _________________________________
___________idea: _________________________________
___________idea: _________________________________
What is a sonnet?
Sonnet:
A sonnet is______________________________________.
Some of its characteristics include _____________________
________________________________________________.
The purpose of its strict form is to _____________________.
In the poem titled “________________________________,”
the poet, ________________ uses __________________ to
convey/communicate/describe _______________________
_________________________________________________
________________________________________________.
It helps the reader understand/experience/ learn __________
_________________________________________________
CA Standard: LRA 3.7 Recognize and understand the significance of various literary devices.
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