

"Your World" Poem
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7th Grade
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KRISTEL BISHOP
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"Your World"
In the early 1900's the need for workers in Northern factories of the United States caused a mass migration of African Americans from the South. Many settled in Harlem, a neighborhood of New York City. There, writers, artists, and musicians worked to establish a proud cultural identity. The neighborhood was transformed from a deteriorating area to a thriving middle-class community. This movement was called the Harlem Renaissance.

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Georgia Douglas Johnson
Born (1880 - 1966) was one of the most famous African American women writers of the early 1900's. She is associated with the Harlem Renaissance-an African American literary and cultural movement of the 1920's and 1930's. Johnson wrote four volumes of poetry as well as plays and fiction
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Setting a purpose
Sometimes a poem contains a message designed to inspire. As you read, consider the poet's message and how it may inspire others to take risks.
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Multiple Choice
What time period is the author Georgia Douglas Johnson associated with?
Harlem Renaissance
The great migration
Literary Renaissance
Renaissance movement
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Figurative language
figurative language communicates meanings beyond the literal meanings of words. Poets often use figurative lang. to compare things, emphasize ideas, or give an emotional effect.
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Multiple Choice
Which figurative language is being used - "Your world is as big as you make it"
similie
metaphor
imagery
personification
alliteration
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Multiple Choice
"My wings pressing close to my side" is what type of figurative language?
simile
metaphor
imagery
personification
alliteration
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Multiple Choice
"I throbbed with a burning desire" is what type of figurative language?
similie
metaphor
imagery
personification
alliteration
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Multiple Choice
"I battered the cordons around me" is what type of figurative language?
similie
metaphor
imagery
personification
alliteration
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Multiple Choice
"Narrowest nest" is what type of figurative language?
similie
metaphor
imagery
personification
alliteration
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Extended metaphor
One type of figurative language is extended metaphor. An extended metaphor compares two essentially unlike things at some length and in several ways.
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Your World reread lines 1-4
Reread -The first few lines of the poem 1-4. They introduce an extended metaphor that unifies the entire poem.
Your world is as big as you make it
I know, for I used to abide
In the narrowest nest in a corner
My wings pressing close to my side
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Multiple Choice
The line "in the narrowest nest" is a clue to an extended metaphor. The poet may be using the word "nest" as a metaphor for what?
The speaker's car
The speaker's pain
The speaker's home
The speaker's life
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Imagery
Another type of figurative language is imagery - the use of words and phrases that convey how things look, feel, smell, sound, and taste. Reread lines 5-8 aloud
But I sighted the distant horizon
Where the sky-line encircled the sea
And I throbbed with a burning desire
To travel this immensity
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Multiple Choice
What imagery might the lines "sighted the distant horizon
Where the sky-line encircled the sea" be creating
Visual
Taste
Smell
Sound
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Multiple Choice
What visual do the lines "sighted the distant horizon
Where the sky-line encircled the sea" create?
image of the point where the sky meets the sea
image of a beautiful day
image of sadness
image of a blue sky-line
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Multiple Choice
These words are included to appeal to which senses "sky-line, encirceld sea,
sight
taste
touch
smell
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Multiple Choice
The word "throbbed" appeals to which sense?
sight
touch
taste
smell
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Multiple Choice
The words "burning desire" appeals to which sense?
sight
touch
taste
smell
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Open Ended
Cordons mean= lines or borders stretched around an area, indicating that access is restricted. What does the speaker mean when she says "I battered the cordons around me"? Answer using RACE. The question is 5 points
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Multiple Choice
Using extended metaphor, what comparison does the poet make between herself and something else?
a small house
a trapped bird
a battered person
freedom
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Open Ended
Drawing conclusions: A poem's theme is a message about life or human nature that the poet shares with the reader. What is the theme of "Your World"? Answer using RACE. The question is worth 5 points
"Your World"
In the early 1900's the need for workers in Northern factories of the United States caused a mass migration of African Americans from the South. Many settled in Harlem, a neighborhood of New York City. There, writers, artists, and musicians worked to establish a proud cultural identity. The neighborhood was transformed from a deteriorating area to a thriving middle-class community. This movement was called the Harlem Renaissance.

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