Poetry and Prose

Starter: Review of imagery from 'To Autumn'

Discussion:

What are the key linguistic and stylistic differences between poetry and prose?

What are the key linguistic and stylistic features of autobiography?

What are the key linguistic and stylistic features of the extract from 'Bearded Tit'?

Main Task:

How do John Keats in 'To Autumn' and Rory McGrath in the extract from 'Bearded Tit' present ideas about nature?

Remember to use the language levels:

Introduction and overview: what type of text is each piece? What are they about? What are the key themes and ideas? What is the overall tone of the writing? Who is the audience?

Structure and Discourse: How are the texts organised? What person are they written in? How are ideas developed? Is there any dialogue?

Grammatical Choices: What type of sentences are used? What mood of sentences are used eg imperative? declarative? What tense are they written in?

Lexical Choices: How are verbs used? How are adjectives used? What sort of nouns are used? Is there any imagery? How formal is the writing?

Phonological Choices: How important are sounds in the pieces?

Aim to write a developed comparative paragraph for each language level. Remember your points always have to link back to the idea of nature. Make your topic sentence about the presentation of nature and then explore your idea through language examples.