在SSAT考试中,SSAT阅读是我们备考的一个难点,不仅仅需要我们重视词汇和语法水平的提升,更是要针对不同的题型进行备考。接下来我们就来说一说SSAT阅读中诗歌这类题材如何应对!
1、诗歌类型。诗歌分类很多,学生需要把常考诗歌类型,以及每一种类型的特点掌握明白。
2、象征。诗歌中象征的使用是很普遍的,并且可以帮助读者理解诗歌的情感,常见的象征是学生们平时学习和积累的重点。
上文中小编已经为大家分析了诗歌练习的前两个策略,本文就继续这个话题吧。
抓细节
在解读诗歌的过程中,有些细节抓取对于理解诗歌至关重要。修辞和意象就是非常重要的两个方面。
修辞手法
经常考察的有以下几种:
1.similie;metaphor;personification
2.alliteration
3.pun
4.contrast
5.hyperbole/exaggeration/over-statement
6.allusion
7.irony
意象
在中文诗歌中,“床前明月光,疑似地上霜”是大家最耳熟能详的,“月光”、“霜”都是意象,用来帮助诗人向读者传递忧伤孤寂的思乡之情。英文诗歌同样如此,诗人往往借助不同风格的意象传递不同状态的情绪。
以William Blake所作“The Echoing Green”为例
The sun does arise
And make happy the skies
The merry bells ring
To welcome the spring
The skylark and thrush,
The birds of the bush,
Sing louder around
To the bell’s cheerful sound;
While our sports shall be seen
On the echoing green.
…
在第一诗节内,“the sun”、“the merry bell”、“the spring”、“the skylark”、“the thrush”这些都是意象,一片春意盎然、生机勃勃,表现一段轻松欢愉的春天时光。这些意象与诗歌主题、诗人情感完全吻合。抓住这些意象,对于理解诗歌主题、作者情感大有裨益。
忠于原文
这一点尤其需要强调,正是由于诗歌的发散性和主观性强,在答题的时候,忠于原文就显得尤为重要。
我们仍然以William Blake的作品“The Echoing Green”为例
The sun does arise
And make happy the skies
The merry bells ring
To welcome the spring
The skylark and thrush,
The birds of the bush,
Sing louder around
To the bell’s cheerful sound;
While our sports shall be seen
On the echoing green.
…
Till the little ones, weary,
No more can be merry:
The sun does descend,
And our sports have an end.
Round the laps of their mothers
Many sisters and brothers,
Like birds in their nest,
Are ready for rest,
And sport no more seen
On the darkening green
TheEchoing Green—William Blake根据给出诗节,回答一个问题:
According to the passage, the little ones find it difficultto be merry towards the end of the day because, at this time,
(A) the frightening cover of night approaches.
(B) their sports must come to an end.
(C) they must leave their friends.
(D) they become exhausted from playing all day.
(E) The answer to this question is not stated in the poem.
题目问的是小家伙们傍晚时分,变得不太开心了,原因是什么?如果忠于原文,我们会找到这么一句 “Till the little ones, weary, No more can be merry: The sun does descend, Andour sports have an end.” 大家都知道“:”“—” “()”后面接的内容一般是对前文的解释。所以不开心的原因就是冒号后面的“our sports have an end”。
以上就是小编今天为大家带来的SSAT阅读考试的应对技巧,希望大家在备考中一定要重视起来,提高自己的考试分数,如果还想了解更多关于SSAT作文字数、SSAT怎么报名的内容,可以添加我们的客服微信kewo11。