Wednesday, November 3 Ozymandius

IMPORTANT:  Please check your grades. If I missed putting in an assignment that you sent, please resend to  dorothy.parker@rcsdk12.org   Grades for this quarter end tomorrow. That allows for the extended time you have had to turn in missing work.

Notes on your The Very Old Man with Enormous Wings essay.

Capitalization!

                   Note that you only had to copy the heading

Italics:        On line, you must use italics anytime you write                                the title of a short story, poem, play or novel.

Avoid:         Repeating the title and author after the introductory                       paragraph. Use the author's surname, if needed.

Bolding:      Do Not!

Subjunctive:    If I were, not if I was

Conclusion:    Do not repeat the introduction; you must                                          conclude with a "big idea": what message should                            be taken away from the essay? Universalize!

Specific to this:   Beliefs are part of everyone's life

Honors:              You must have text woven in

Spacing:             Evenly double space throughout the whole                                      document.

Never:                 In the beginning or at the end. These                                                 are fillers.  Set the scene: when...

Never:                reference the reader. This is not a 19th century                               novel.

Never:               "We": this is not a group conversation or                                            "you think", "you know"

Supposed to:      Write on one of the themes that was given!

Make sure":      For me to edit, always send to dorothy.parker                                  @rcsdk12.org  NOT to the 200660

 Today's work is the last grade for this quarter.

Learning targets:  I can demonstrate an understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.

                              I can evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric; identify any fallacious reasoning or exaggerated or distorted evidence. 

Ozymandius by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Percy Bysshe Shelley, who lived from 1792-1822, was an important poet during a literary and artistic period that’s known as the era of English Romanticism. He is regarded by some as one of the most influential poets in the English language. Ozymandias is one of his best-known works.  

Vocabulary

.1. visage (noun) : a person’s face, with reference to their expression

 2.

Ozymandias is another name for the pharaoh Ramses II who ruled Ancient Egypt from 1279-1213 BCE.

3. colossal (adjective) : extremely large

Colossus of Rhodes

Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe

1. I met a traveller from an antique land,

Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone

Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,

Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,

5. And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,

Tell that its sculptor well those passions read

Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,

The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;

And on the pedestal, these words appear:

10. My name is Ozymandias*, King of Kings; 

Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!

Nothing beside remains. Round the decay

Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare

The lone and level sands stretch far away.”

Group discussion questions:

1. Read over the poem again

2. What is the theme or the controlling idea? What specifically in the text led you to that conclusion?

3. Irony: The definition of irony as a literary device is a situation in which there is a contrast between expectation and reality. For example, the difference between what something appears to mean versus its literal meaning.

    What irony do you observe in Ozymandius?

Be prepared to share :)

Independent work below. Copy the following questions on a google doc and share, as usual: 

dorothy.parker@rcsdk12.org

 (don't forget to give me editing rights!)

Part 1:

Highlight the correct response

 Irony

1.    What does the traveler describe to the speaker?

 A.    A tall forest in a desert 

   B.    A broken statue in sand 

C.    Smashed glass in the sand

D.    A desert with abandoned techniques

   2. How does the traveler describe the expression on the statue?

A. as compassionate  

B.  as frightened 

C.   as thoughtful

 D. as arrogant

 3. What does the traveler describe to the speaker?

A. A tall forest standing in a desert

B.A broken statue lying in sand

C. Smashed glass sunken in the sand

D. A desert with abandoned antiques

4. Part A: Which statment best expresses the theme of this poem?

A. Ancient rules are an important part of history

B. People are easily corrupted by pride

C. Be wary of the stories travellers tell

D. Power and greatness will not last forever

5. Part B: 

Which selection from the text best develops the theme in Part A.

    A. I met a traveller from an antique land,

Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone

Stand in the desert. 

B. And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,

Tell that its sculptor well those passions read

Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,

C. And on the pedestal, these words appear:

 My name is Ozymandias*, King of Kings;

D. Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!

Nothing beside remains. Round the decay

6. What is the effect of the speaker hearing about this statue from someone else, as oppossed to seeing it with his own eyes?

A. It helps emphasize how the story has been passed on and the reader should doubt the reliabilty of the description

B. It emphasizes how powerful the king was and how much his legend continues to impact culture.

C. It helps emphasize how the story is a tale that is being passed on to the reader, indicating that there is a message to be heeded.

D. It demonstrates the readers susceptability to the influences of others.

7. For what reason did the author include the inscription on the statue:"Look on my works ye Mighty and despair!"

A. It lets the reader know that Ozymandius was a cruel leader.

B. It emphasizes the contrast between the king's arrogance and the ruin his statue has become.

C. It demonstrates the negative attitude the sculptor had about the king.

D. It compares Ozymandius to other famous kings by alluding to the classic Arthurian legend.