The Metaphysical Conceit: February 12, 2019

Focus: How can vehicle and tenor help us make meaning of metaphysical conceits?

1. Warming up with Quizlet Live and Academic Vocabulary, Set 4

2. Indulging in a poetry exercise: Moving from abstract to concrete and using your unlikeliest comparisons to create a metaphysical conceit

3. Understanding and practicing vehicle, tenor, and meaning with metaphysical conceits

4. Reading "The Eolian Harp" with a focus on unpacking the metaphysical conceit

• What is the vehicle? Underline all imagery and verbs surrounding this vehicle.

• What is the tenor? Underline all imagery and verbs surrounding the tenor.

• What is the meaning of this conceit? What do we understand better or differently by seeing these two unlike things being compared?

HW:
1. For Wednesday: Prepare for a short vocabulary assessment on Academic Vocabulary, Set 4 (it should be back in your Quizlet account now, I hope).

2. For Friday: Finish reading Invisible Man and complete your final reading ticket...ever!

3. By next Tuesday: Please complete your Big Question Blog for Invisible Man.