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In the big blue Literature Textbook: Read pages 642-643 carefully.
Read “Good
Hotdogs” starting on 644. Then, re-read
lines 1-6 answer this question: Which words
in those lines show that the speaker and her friend are eager to eat hot dogs
together?
Answer: Which words and descriptions in lines 19-23
might hint at a joyful attitude?
Find one literary
device in this poem. Copy it down. Tell
what it is. Explain why you think the author used it?
Read “Ode to an
Artichoke” starting on page 648. Find
three instances in the poem where the author has personified the artichoke.
1.
2.
3.
Re-read lines 27-50.
Which metaphors and similes in lines 27-50 compare the artichoke to a
soldier going into battle? How does the
speaker feel about the “soldiers”?
Would you rather eat a hot dog or an artichoke?
