Read the passage beginning on the bottom of pg. 16 through to the bottom of pg. 17. How many literary devices
can you find? Look for anaphora, polysyndeton, asyndeton, zeugma. metaphor, etc.
Post your results as a comment.
Jacob Riis photos. Go to this link: www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91981589
Also just click on Google images: Jacob Riis How the Other Half Lives
In groups, look up your section of the vocabulary list.
The Gilded Age: www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie/gildedage.html
Samantha, Gus
ReplyDeleteAnaphora:
“Children died of mild colors or slight rashes. Children died on beds made of two kitchen chairs pushed together. “
polysyndeton:
“Many people believed that filth and starvation and disease were what the immigrants got for his moral degeneracy. “
Asyndeton:
“Add dashes of color for Finns, Arabs, Greeks and so on…”
Zeugma:
Doctorow takes out the “was” as he speeds his prose in his description of the colors of ethnic populations.
“Dull gray was for Jews—their favorite color, he said. Red was for the swarthy Italian. Blue for the thrifty German. Black for the African. Green for the Irishman. And yellow for the cat-clean Chinaman, a cat also in his traits of cruel cunning and savage fury when aroused.”
Metaphor:
Jacob Riis compares the color maps he makes of Manhattan to a crazy quilt of humanity.
"They waited for...They waited for..." (page 15, anaphora)
ReplyDelete"He held up the flash pan and put his head under the hood and a picture exploded." (page 16, polysyndeton)
"..the quilt of humanity..." (page 17, metaphor)
"Red was for the swarthy Italian....Green for the Irishman." (page 16, zeugma)
Anastacea, Alexa
An anaphora in this passage is, "Chlidren died of mild colds or slight rashes. Children died on beds made from two kitchen chairs pushed together. A polysyndeton is, "Many people believed that filth and starvation and disease were what the immigrant got for his moral degeneracy." A Zuegma from the passage is, "Black for the African. Blue for the Irishmen. And yellow for the cat clean-chinaman..." An asyndeton is, "Add dashes of color for Finns, Arabs, Greeks." A metaphor is "and you have a crazy quilt, Riis cried, a crazy quilt of humanity."
ReplyDeleteCindy Truong + Junwan Ge :D
ReplyDeleteAnaphora: "They waited for life to change. They waited for their transformation."
Zeugma: "Dull gray was for Jews...Red was for swarthy Italian"
Metaphor: " a crazy quilt of humanity!"
Polysyndeton: " He went around climbing dark stairs and knocking on doors and taking flash photos of..."
He went around climbing dark stairs and knocking on doors and taking flash photos of indigents in their dwellings. -polysyndeton
ReplyDeleteChildren died of mild colds or slight rashes. Children died on beds made from two kitchen chairs put together. -anaphora
Air shafts, light and air, would bring health. -asyndeton
They waited for the transformation.- metaphor
Red for the swarthy Italian. Blue for the thrifty German. -zeugma
- Nell Rus
Jordan, Ryder, George, Ben
ReplyDelete"Dull gray was for Jews.... Black for the African. Green for the Irishman..."
ZEUGMA
"...a cat also in his traits of cruel cunning and savage fury when aroused."
METAPHOR
Carolyn Walker
ReplyDeleteMetaphor:
"Add dashes of color for Finns, Arabs, Greeks, and so on, and you have a crazy quilt, Riis cried, a crazy quilt of humanity."
Polysyndeton:
"He went around climbing stairs and knocking on doors and taking flash photos of indigent families in their dwellings."
Anaphora:
"Children died of mild colds or slight rashes. Children died on beds made from two kitchen chairs pushed together. They died on floors."
Asyndeton:
"After he left, the family, not daring to move, remained in the position in which the had been photographed."
Anarchism: Eradication of government, no societal rule or structure; chaos.
Aeolian Piano: Made of wood; instrument.
Ashkenazi: Jews descended from a medieval Jewish community
Atlantic City: Located in New Jersey; major tourist attraction.
Coon Songs: Songs that presented a racist and stereotyped perception of black people.
Gutenberg Bible on Velum: First major book published on the printing press in the world.
Hammerstein's Olympia: A theatre established circa 1500's in New York.
Harlem: Located in New York. A major and popular African American population and residence.
Matthew Henson: African American explorer. May have been the first person to reach the North Pole.
Jim Europe Clef Club: African American composer during the rag time era.
Group: Angela Boyle, Maeve Cibulka, Chantel organ, Mawia Elawad Isho Osman, Nell Russ
ReplyDeleteThe example of the zeugma is "... Red was for the swarthy Italian. Blue for the thrifty German..."
The example of asyntedeton"... Riis marveled at what was coming out of the holds of the ships: whole facades of Florentine Palace and Athenian atria, stone marked by stone; paintings, statuary, tapestries, carved and painted ceilings in crates... barrels of glassware, silver, gold plate, porcelain and china; boxes of church ornaments, boxes of rare books, snuff boxes..."
Vocab:
1) Tateh- Yiddish expression for Father
2) Tom Thumb- Diminutive hero of folk tales
3) Trade Unions- a labor union of craftspeople or workers in related crafts, as distinguished from general workers or a union including all workers in an industry
4)Tuskegee Institute-university found by Booker T. Washington in Tuskegee, Alabama
5) U-boat- German submarine used during WWII
6) Vaudeville-a theatrical piece of light or amusing character, interspersed with songs and dances.
7)Charles Whitman-served as 41st governor of NY
8)Yiddish- a High German language with an admixture of vocabulary from hebrew and the Slavic languages, written in Hebrew letters, and spoken mainly by Jews in eastern and central Europe and by Jewish emigrants from these regions and their descendants
Maddy and Charlotte
ReplyDeletepolysyndeton--"filth and starvation and disease," "He went around climbing dark stairs and knocking on doors and taking flash photos," "He held up the flash pan and put his head under the hood and a picture exploded"
anaphora--"Children died...Children died...They died," "They waited...They waited..."
zeugma--"Red was for the swarthy Italian. Blue [was] for the thrifty German. Black [was] for the African. Green [was] for the Irishman. And yellow [was] for the cat-clean Chinaman..."
asyndeton--"And dashes of color for Finns, Arabs, Greeks, and so on"
metaphor--"you have a crazy quilt, Riis cried, a crazy quilt of humanity!" compares a Chinaman to a cat
Philharmonic: devoted to music/ New York Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in 1842
Mary Pickford: filmmaker/one of the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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tbc
Samantha, Grace, Gaby. Jessica, Gus
ReplyDeleteMinstrel Shows: American entertainment consisting of comic skits, variety acts, dancing, and music, performed by white people in blackface
Morgan Library: Museum and research library located in NYC
Moses and the bulrushes: He was an abandoned baby , he was found by Egyptians in Bulrushes
New York Immigrants: They went to Ellis Island and were all fingerprinted and run through a federal database which checks their criminal record
Slums: An over populated area with substandard housing, ghetto.
North Pole: the northern most part of the globe or artic circle. Admiral Peary was the explorer from ragtime that explore the north pole.
Our Gang: Series of American comedies short films of a group of neighborhood poor children.
Pantasote: Imitation leather that was used in cars, it did not stretch, bag dry or oxidize.
Parasols: a type of umbrella that blocks out the sun.
Admiral Peary: An Explorer for the novel that father explores the north pole with.
Maddy. Claudia, and Charlotte.
ReplyDeleteVocabulary Continued:
Prayer Shawl--A prayer shawl, also known as a tallit (in Hebrew) or a tallis (in Yiddish), is a rectangular garment with fringes (tzitzit) on the corners. Jewish men (and some women) wear prayer shawls during morning ...
Rabbi--Jewish religious leader
Sarajevo--Sarajevo is the capital city of Bosnia and Herzgovina. It is the largest city of the country with a population of over 297,000 people.
Empire--group of nations under one powerful ruler.
Shtetl--A shtetl is a small community with a population which is primarily Jewish. This term is most typically used to refer to Jewish communities in Eastern Europe
Socialism--is an economic system characterized by social ownership of the means of production and cooperative management of the economy; or a political philosophy advocating such a system
Stevedore--Person who loads and unloads ships
Tar and Feathering-- is a physical punishment, used to enforce unofficial justice or revenge. It was used in feudal Europe and its colonies in the early modern period, as well as the early American frontier, mostly as a type of mob vengeance
Carolyn Walker
ReplyDeleteAnastacea Best and Alexa Narvaez were also in the group with me.
Desire Giddens, Emily Teitsworth, Shannon Kalia, Taylor Rugg
ReplyDeleteAPLANG
Ms. Gamzon
January 6, 2012
Aeolian Piano – It’s an automatic piano
Anarchism – anti government system that holds the state to be undesirable
Ashkenazi – Type of Jew descended from the medieval Jewish communities along the Rhine in Germany
Atlantic City – City in New Jersey known for parties
Coon song- genre of music popular during the 1880’s to the 1920’s that stereotyped blacks
Gutenberg bible – the first major book printed
Hammerstein’s Olympia – theatre complex built by Hammerstein in New York city 1895
Harlem - a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which since the 1920s has been a major African-American residential, cultural and business center.
Mathew Henson - was an African American explorer and associate of Robert Peary on various expeditions, the most famous being a 1909 expedition during which he may have been the first person to reach the Geographic North Pole.
Jim Europe clef club - a society for African Americans in the music industry.
Orchestra - is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments.
Scott Joplin - an American composer and pianist. Joplin achieved fame for his ragtime compositions, and was later dubbed "The King of Ragtime".
Kosher - those that conform to the regulations of the Jewish Halakhic law framework, kosher meaning fit or allowed to be eaten.
Latvia - a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe.
Lawrence mill strikes - was a strike of immigrant workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts in 1912 led by the Industrial Workers of the World
Kinde- Child
Isho Osman and Mawia Elawad,
ReplyDeleteAnaphora: "They waited for life to change. They waited for their transformation"(15).
Zeugma: "Dull gray was for Jews. Red was for the swarthy Italians. Blue for the thrifty German, Black for the African"(16).
Palysyndeton: "He went around climbing dark stairs and knocking on doors and taking flash photos of indigent families in their dwellings"(15).
Asyndeton: "Add dashes of color for Finns, Arabs, Greeks,..."(16).
Metaphor: "... and you have a crazy quilt..."(16).