Annotating Allusions Assignment: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Mr. Briggs Lyrics
Poetry Genius/Allusion Class Assignment
To be completed in class, Thursday, 11/21/13
Allusions in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
An allusion is a literary device in which the author references something (such as a person, event, literary work, myth, etc.).
(Chapter 23 of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings has over 50 allusions!)
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Log on to a desktop computer.
2. Decide whether you want to annotate the public page of Chapter 23 (http://poetry.rapgenius.com/Maya-angelou-i-know-why-the-caged-bird-sings-chapter-23-lyrics) or the private page of Chapter 23 (http://poetry.rapgenius.com/Mr-briggs-maya-angelous-i-know-why-the-caged-bird-sings-chapter-23-lyrics).
3. Choose 2 allusions to annotate, then make your annotations! If someone has already annotated the allusion you wanted, feel free to leave a suggestion on their annotation, but you have to choose another allusion.
4. Make sure your allusions include:
a. An explanation of the allusion in your own words
b. A link to learn more information/where you got your information
c. A visual (image or video)
HELPFUL HINT!!! Use the Ctrl+F function (Word search) to quickly find your allusion on the page! It’ll save you a lot of time scrolling through trying to find it.
Pick any 2 allusions from the list below to annotate on Poetry Genius (listed in order of appearance):
1. Stamps
2. Lafayette County Training School
3. Sears and Roebuck
4. Montgomery Ward
5. Preamble to the Constitution
6. Washington
7. Roosevelt
8. “To Be or Not to Be”
9. “Let your light so shine that men will see your good works and praise your Father, Who is in Heaven.”
10. Mickey Mouse
11. Fatalism
12. Edgar Allan Poe
13. Pledge of allegiance
14. The Negro National Anthem
15. Baptist
16. Booker T. Washington
17. Texarkana
18. Little Rock
19. Arkansas Agricultural and Mechanical College
20. Galileo
21. Madame Curie
22. Edison
23. Gauguin
24. Jesse Owen
25. Joe Louis
26. The Brown Bomber
27. George Washington Carver
28. love knot
29. Decasyllabic
30. The Rape of Lucrece
31. Gabriel Prosser
32. Nat Turner
33. Abraham Lincoln
34. Emancipation Proclamation
35. Harriet Tubman
36. Christopher Columbus
37. The Santa Maria
38. The Louisiana Purchase
39. “Onward, Christian Soldiers”
40. “Invictus”
41. Amazon
42. “Nobler in the Mind”
43. “Outrageous fortune”
44. “Ah, there’s the rub.”
45. Elocution
46. Hamlet’s soliloquy
47. James Weldon Johnson
48. J. Rosamond Johnson
49. “Jesus Loves Me This I Know”
50. Patrick Henry
51. “I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death.”
To be completed in class, Thursday, 11/21/13
Allusions in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
An allusion is a literary device in which the author references something (such as a person, event, literary work, myth, etc.).
(Chapter 23 of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings has over 50 allusions!)
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Log on to a desktop computer.
2. Decide whether you want to annotate the public page of Chapter 23 (http://poetry.rapgenius.com/Maya-angelou-i-know-why-the-caged-bird-sings-chapter-23-lyrics) or the private page of Chapter 23 (http://poetry.rapgenius.com/Mr-briggs-maya-angelous-i-know-why-the-caged-bird-sings-chapter-23-lyrics).
3. Choose 2 allusions to annotate, then make your annotations! If someone has already annotated the allusion you wanted, feel free to leave a suggestion on their annotation, but you have to choose another allusion.
4. Make sure your allusions include:
a. An explanation of the allusion in your own words
b. A link to learn more information/where you got your information
c. A visual (image or video)
HELPFUL HINT!!! Use the Ctrl+F function (Word search) to quickly find your allusion on the page! It’ll save you a lot of time scrolling through trying to find it.
Pick any 2 allusions from the list below to annotate on Poetry Genius (listed in order of appearance):
1. Stamps
2. Lafayette County Training School
3. Sears and Roebuck
4. Montgomery Ward
5. Preamble to the Constitution
6. Washington
7. Roosevelt
8. “To Be or Not to Be”
9. “Let your light so shine that men will see your good works and praise your Father, Who is in Heaven.”
10. Mickey Mouse
11. Fatalism
12. Edgar Allan Poe
13. Pledge of allegiance
14. The Negro National Anthem
15. Baptist
16. Booker T. Washington
17. Texarkana
18. Little Rock
19. Arkansas Agricultural and Mechanical College
20. Galileo
21. Madame Curie
22. Edison
23. Gauguin
24. Jesse Owen
25. Joe Louis
26. The Brown Bomber
27. George Washington Carver
28. love knot
29. Decasyllabic
30. The Rape of Lucrece
31. Gabriel Prosser
32. Nat Turner
33. Abraham Lincoln
34. Emancipation Proclamation
35. Harriet Tubman
36. Christopher Columbus
37. The Santa Maria
38. The Louisiana Purchase
39. “Onward, Christian Soldiers”
40. “Invictus”
41. Amazon
42. “Nobler in the Mind”
43. “Outrageous fortune”
44. “Ah, there’s the rub.”
45. Elocution
46. Hamlet’s soliloquy
47. James Weldon Johnson
48. J. Rosamond Johnson
49. “Jesus Loves Me This I Know”
50. Patrick Henry
51. “I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death.”