Same Song by Pat Mora Feature Menu Introducing

Same Song by Pat Mora Feature Menu Introducing the Poem Literary Skills Focus: Imagery Literary Skills Focus: Allusion Reading Skills Focus: Visualizing Writing Skills Focus: Think as a Reader/Writer

Same Song by Pat Mora How do images convey emotion and mood?

Same Song Introducing the Poem Click on the title to start the video.

Same Song Introducing the Poem In this poem, the speaker observes the changing routines of her teenage children. Her young daughter now practices with makeup, and her son works to build muscles. Both dislike the results. [End of Section]

Same Song Literary Skills Focus: Imagery is language that appeals to the five senses: sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell. a path through velvet cloaks of moss children’s chirping laughter cast into the sparkling ruby waters

Same Song Literary Skills Focus: Imagery An image helps you use your imagination to recreate a person, a scene, or an object. When you hear the words red wheelbarrow, for example, you form a picture in your mind. As you read “Same Song, ” notice how the poet uses imagery to convey her underlying meaning indirectly. [End of Section]

Same Song Literary Skills Focus: Allusion An allusion is an indirect reference to literature, history, myth, religion, politics, sports, science, or the arts.

Same Song Literary Skills Focus: Allusion In “Same Song, ” the speaker alludes to—makes an allusion to—a classic fairy tale. Mirror, mirror on the wall. . . • Do you recognize the allusion? • What image does it form in your mind? • What does it contribute to the poem’s meaning? [End of Section]

Same Song Reading Skills Focus: Visualizing Poetry often contains images with startling details. a face cracked with time ice cubes plunging to the bottom of a glass sunlight through a yellow balloon

Same Song Reading Skills Focus: Visualizing Your ability to visualize—to see in your mind— what you are reading will help you analyze the significance of the poem’s imagery. As you read a poem, take the time to • visualize the images • experience the smells, sounds, tastes, and textures

Same Song Reading Skills Focus: Visualizing Into Action As you read, use a chart like the one below to record the images in “Same Song. ” Note both the images and the sense or senses to which they appeal. Image “jogs a mile in the cold dark” Senses touch, sight From “Same Song” from Borders by Pat Mora. Copyright © 1986 by Pat Mora. Published by Arte Público Press—University of Houston, TX, 1986. Reproduced by permission of the publisher. [End of Section]

Same Song Writing Skills Focus: Think as a Reader/Writer Find It in Your Reading As you read, note the precise verbs Mora uses to describe what the young people are doing. stumbles peers frowns • Consider what each teenager is trying to accomplish. • How do these verbs help you visualize their actions? From “Same Song” from Borders by Pat Mora. Copyright © 1986 by Pat Mora. Published by Arte Público Press—University of Houston, TX, 1986. Reproduced by permission of the publisher.

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