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Annotating Electricity Comes to Cocoa Bottom

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  1. 1Annotate the opening of Electricity Comes to Cocoa Bottom to show how language is being used to create setting and atmosphere.Image for question 1
    1. A3rd person generic = major event
    2. BStart of religious imagery
    3. CRepresents the old ways
    4. DAlliteration helps build anticipation
    5. ETransitional time = symbolic
    6. FColours relate to light
    7. GVerb suggests caution
    8. HLinks to verb choice
    9. IOld way of life
  2. 2Annotate the next part of the poem to show how Douglas is using personification and onomatopoeia.Image for question 2
    1. APersonification builds tension
    2. BOnomatopoeia builds tension
    3. COnomatopoeic name
    4. DName personifies birds
    5. EPersonified as worshippers
    6. FOnomatopoeia reflects worship
    7. GPersonification builds tension
    8. HOnomatopoeia builds tension
    9. IPersonified as a welcoming comittee
    10. JOnomatopoeic
    11. KOnomatopoeic sibilance
    12. LSibilance used to personify
    13. MPersonified as a disciple
    14. NOnomatopoeic gathering
    15. OOnomatopoeic sibilance again
    16. PSibilance to personify again
    17. QRepetition and sibilance = onomatopoeic
    18. RRepetition & sibilance = personification
  3. 3Drag and drop the correct annotations to show how Douglas develops the religious imagery in her presentation of the switch on.Image for question 3
    1. AIn a glory like a saint
    2. BChrist on the mount
    3. CVerbs like swooning in church
    4. DVerbs reflect prayer
    5. EExclamatory like a prophet
    6. FExclamatory like a priest
    7. GPersonified as worshippers
    8. HPersonified as nuns
    9. IAlliteration = hushed reverence
    10. JAlliteration = religious fevour
    11. KLike a new kind of bible
    12. LLike a new kind of folk tale
  4. 4Annotate the final lines of the poem to show how Douglas makes use of anti-climax.Image for question 4
    1. AConnotes speed of loss of interest
    2. BBack to the old ways
    3. CLiteral and metaphorical darkness
    4. DFinality in this statement
    5. EModernity is fleeting

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A quiz in which learners annotate the poem to focus on the language features and use of religious imagery in the poem.
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