Assignment:
Read the poem here and answer the question below and questions on the following slides.
1. What are the denotations of the following words from the poem?
a. Purred (verb)
b. Glare (noun)
c. Swerving (verb)
2. How does knowing the denotative meaning of these words (from #1) facilitate a literary understanding of the poem?
a. Purred (line 14)
b. Glare (noun)
c. Swerving (verb)
3. What are the connotations, representations, and associations of the following words or phrases?
a. "make more dead" (4)
b. "a recent killing" (6)
c. "listen" (16)
d. "pushed" (18)
4. How does considering the connotations, representations, and associations of these words (from #3) convey figurative meaning and facilitate an interpretation of the poem?
a. "make more dead" (4)
b. "a recent killing" (6)
c. "listen" (16)
d. "pushed" (18)
5. Which events in this poem convey figurative meaning through representations and associations? ©2020, AP Lit & More " Traveling Through the Dark" by William E. Stafford.
6. How do multiple literary and/or figurative meanings in a text create ambiguity?
Attachment:- TP-CATT Analysis on Staffords Traveling Through the Dark.rar