Annotating Electricity Comes to Cocoa Bottom

Descripción

A quiz in which learners annotate the poem to focus on the language features and use of religious imagery in the poem.
Sarah Holmes
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Pregunta 1

Pregunta
Annotate the opening of Electricity Comes to Cocoa Bottom to show how language is being used to create setting and atmosphere.
Respuesta
  • 3rd person generic = major event
  • Start of religious imagery
  • Represents the old ways
  • Alliteration helps build anticipation
  • Transitional time = symbolic
  • Colours relate to light
  • Verb suggests caution
  • Links to verb choice
  • Old way of life

Pregunta 2

Pregunta
Annotate the next part of the poem to show how Douglas is using personification and onomatopoeia.
Respuesta
  • Personification builds tension
  • Onomatopoeia builds tension
  • Onomatopoeic name
  • Name personifies birds
  • Personified as worshippers
  • Onomatopoeia reflects worship
  • Personification builds tension
  • Onomatopoeia builds tension
  • Personified as a welcoming comittee
  • Onomatopoeic
  • Onomatopoeic sibilance
  • Sibilance used to personify
  • Personified as a disciple
  • Onomatopoeic gathering
  • Onomatopoeic sibilance again
  • Sibilance to personify again
  • Repetition and sibilance = onomatopoeic
  • Repetition & sibilance = personification

Pregunta 3

Pregunta
Drag and drop the correct annotations to show how Douglas develops the religious imagery in her presentation of the switch on.
Respuesta
  • In a glory like a saint
  • Christ on the mount
  • Verbs like swooning in church
  • Verbs reflect prayer
  • Exclamatory like a prophet
  • Exclamatory like a priest
  • Personified as worshippers
  • Personified as nuns
  • Alliteration = hushed reverence
  • Alliteration = religious fevour
  • Like a new kind of bible
  • Like a new kind of folk tale

Pregunta 4

Pregunta
Annotate the final lines of the poem to show how Douglas makes use of anti-climax.
Respuesta
  • Connotes speed of loss of interest
  • Back to the old ways
  • Literal and metaphorical darkness
  • Finality in this statement
  • Modernity is fleeting
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