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By Jackie Kay
Sources:
Tan, C. (2016). Understanding new lit: Selected poems, short stories and drama form
4. Johor: Penerbitan Pelangi Sdn. Bhd.
Appuduray, S. & Kok, A. (2015). Let’s score in literature: Selected poems, short
stories and drama form 4. Selangor: Penerbitan Ilmu Bakti Sdn. Bhd.
Illustrations & PPT Slides Prepared by : Mdm. Adlina (teacheradlina@gmail.com)
LITERAL MEANING
STANZA 1
Keeping a
We should MORAL memento like
treasure our
loved ones when VALUES photographs helps
keep memories
they are still alive.
Nilai & Pengajaran alive.
Overall:
Sense of TONE & Stanza 2:
strong MOOD Melancholic
family ties
Stanza 3: Positive
POETIC DEVICES
v SOUND DEVICES
- Alliteration : ‘tall there’ / ‘ hand holds’
- Assonance : ‘soup forgot to boil’ / ‘still living’
v LITERARY DEVICES
- Symbol : The photograph is the symbol of close family ties
- Contrast : ‘straight-back’ vs ‘hunched’ / ‘white’ vs ‘black’
- Imagery : Stanza 1, lines 2-3: image of a prim and proper lady
Stanza 2, line 4: being forgetful
POETIC DEVICES
v LITERARY DEVICES (CONT’D)
- Diction : ‘back round and hunched’ / ‘crinkled smile’ / ‘still
living, breathing’
v FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
- Metaphor : ‘her sharp blue eyes look her own death in the eye’
- Personafication : ‘her soup forgot to boil’ << soup personified as someone
who forgot to do something
‘the crinkled smile is still living, breathing’ << the smile
means a friendly person
POETIC DEVICES
v FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE (CONT’D)
2. Hunched 6. True
3. Death 7. Sharp
4. Forgot 8. Smile
PRACTICE 1 - ANSWERS
The following words are found in the poem. Give the opposite of
each word.
1. Kind cruel 5. Awful nice
ADJECTIVES NOUN
1. Broderie anglaise
2. Kind, old
3. Round and hunched
4. Unknown, unthinkable
5. Living, breathing
EXERCISE 3 (CONT’D)
Match the nouns to the correct adjectives.
ADJECTIVES NOUN
6. sharp, blue
7. pleated
8. grey
9. flat
10. living
PRACTICE 3 - ANSWERS
ADJECTIVES NOUNS ADJECTIVES NOUNS
1. Broderie
anglaise
shirt 6. sharp, blue eyes
4. What does the phrase ‘the awful place’ refer to?
5. How old was the persona when the photograph was taken?
PRACTICE 4 – SUGGESTED ANSWERS
4. What does the phrase ‘the awful place’ refer to?
The afterlife / The life after death / The grave.
5. How old was the persona when the photograph was taken?
3 / Three
The End
Thank you for your kind attention!