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Unit 4 - The language
of warfare
English-Secondary III
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By the end of this • Explore and comment on two poems about
war (Reading: Reading for meaning)
unit you will:
• Explore and comment on a persuasive
speech (Speaking and Listening: Listening
and responding)
Lesson 3 - Imagery
 Lesson aims
• This lesson will help you to:
1. Analyse writer's use of imager and its
effects and to choose words carefully
considering your choices will affect meaning
 Analyse in depth and detail writer's use of
literary, rhetorical and grammatical features
and their effects

Learning objectives Elicit a range of responses from the reader

Analyse a range of texts or language uses

drawing on literary linguistic and
grammatical features
Guiding questions
Please keep these in mind as the lesson progresses:
1. How do metaphors and similes contribute to the meaning of a poem?
2. Why is imagery important in poetry writing?
3. Which poem is more effective at describing war, Children in Wartime or The End of Summer ?
What is your
imagination
process?

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 HOw do poets help readers
imagine what's happening in
their poems?
Imagery
VISUALLY DESCRIPTIVE TEXT OR FIGURATIVE IT APPEALS TO ONE OR MORE OF THE READER'S
LANGUAGE SENSE OF SMELL, TOUCH, TASTE, SOUND, AND SIGHT
 Similes and metaphors

SIMILE – COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO UNLIKE THINGS USING AS METAPHOR – SUGGESTED COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO UNLIKE
OR LIKE THINGS TO POINT OUT A SIMILARITY, IT DOES NOT USE LIKE OR AS
 • Sirens – a device that makes a prolonged
loud sound to signal or to warn
Vocabulary refresh
• Ricocheted – to bounce of a surface or to
appear to move in a series of ricochets
• Flak – shells fired at aircraft
• Craters – a cavity or hole in a surface
Children in wartime
Focus questions
1. Look carefully at the metaphors the poet uses in lines 1-3: ripped, warm silk, ricocheted. For
each of the metaphors explain what effect the author is trying to create.
2. What does the poet mean by the following lines: We knew this was no giant playing bowls
3. What other literary devices are found in the poem? What are their effects?
Focus questions
1. What are the themes explored in the poem?
2. How does this poem make you feel? Are there words or phrases that make you
feel sad/angry/happy? Why?
3. Does the persona say something you agree with or feel yourself?
The end of summer by Roger McGough
Focus questions
1. Explain how Roger McGough creates a calm atmosphere in verse one. Refer to words or
phrases in the poem that are particularly effective.
2. What does McGough mean by the following lines:
The sun on rooftops gleaming
Underlines the need to kill
1. How does the poem make you feel? Are there words or phrases that make you feel
sad/angry/happy? Why?
 Children in Wartime and The End of Summer Comparison
Technique Children in Wartime The End of Summer
Words the poet uses to convey their thoughts and
feelings
How a reader is likely to react to details in the
poem
The use of images in the poem (give examples)
Other literary devices used and their effects (give
examples)
The main theme explored in the poem
The message of the poem
Thank you!