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PHOTOGRAPH
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). Lets 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
vSOUND DEVICES
- Alliteration : tall there / hand holds
- Assonance : soup forgot to boil / still living
vLITERARY 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
vLITERARY DEVICES (CONTD)
- Diction : back round and hunched / crinkled smile / still
living, breathing
vFIGURATIVE 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
vFIGURATIVE LANGUAGE (CONTD)
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 (CONTD)
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
5. How old was the persona when the photograph was taken?
PRACTICE 4 SUGGESTED ANSWERS
5. How old was the persona when the photograph was taken?
3 / Three
The End
Thank you for your kind attention!