Mar
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Foreshadowing/Prediction via Implication/Inference
March 8, 2008 | Tagged characterization, end rhyme, foreshadow, imply, infer, meter, negative indicator, prediction, rhyme scheme, western | Leave a Comment
Objectives:
Notice how an author uses hints to influence an audience by:
- manipulating tone via word choice
- using “negative indicators”
Understand the value in making predictions:
- monitoring comprehension
- making inferences
Warm-up:
Look at this famous optical illusion and explain how artists can use negative space to make meaning.
Mini Lesson:
Talk about what the students thought about the optical illusion.
Sometimes what is missing or left unsaid is as important as what is. Hints often depend on association, which can come in the form of the cannotations of words, incomplete concepts, conspicuous omissions or other techinques. However it is done, an author raises an issue or feeling to the reader. Whenever presented with a question or an incompletion, the brain always seeks an answer; for the reader this often takes the form of a prediction.
Listen to the first verse of Johnny Cash’s “Don’t Take Your Guns to Town,” and write down a prediction of what you think will happen.
Now listen to the rest of the song. Here’s the lyrics.
Guiding questions for discussion:
What effect do these words have on the audience:
- young/boy
- restless
- wonderlust
- cried
How effect might the absence of a father character affect the characterization of Billy?
Application: (as you see fit)
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