ANALYZING LITERATURE THROUGH SHIFTS
- Try to find at least TWO for each “shift”
- Devices may include Diction, Point of View, Tone, Figurative Language, Imagery, Syntax, Sound, Selection of Detail, Repetition, Opposition, etc.
- EVIDENCE – Direct quotation from the text.
- OBSERVATIONS – Conclusions you draw about what the speaker says, does, etc.
- SHIFTS – USE AS MANY (OR AS FEW) AS NEEDED. FEEL FREE TO ADD MORE TO THIS CHART (COPY & PASTE)
ANALYZING LITERATURE THROUGH SHIFTS
- Try to find at least TWO for each “shift”
- Devices may include Diction, Point of View, Tone, Figurative Language, Imagery, Syntax, Sound, Selection of Detail, Repetition, Opposition, etc.
- EVIDENCE – Direct quotation from the text.
- OBSERVATIONS – Conclusions you draw about what the speaker says, does, etc.
- SHIFTS – USE AS MANY (OR AS FEW) AS NEEDED. FEEL FREE TO ADD MORE TO THIS CHART (COPY & PASTE)
Compare Contrast Chart
Hawk Roosting | Golden Retrievals |
Develops idea of inaction vs action | Concerned for “haze headed friend” |
Uses environmental imagery to show connection with nature/role in society | Lives life in the present, does not dwell on past or worry about future |
Use of caesura throughout | Onomatopoeia evident throughout |
Emphasizes life vs death through Creation and killing | Both poems take animal eye views of the subject of life |
Hawk is confident and arrogant | Did the dog walker have a loved one die? |