Difference between revisions of "The Fox and The Grapes"
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| − | + | "The Fox and the Grapes" is one of the traditional Aesop's fables and can be held to illustrate the concept of cognitive dissonance. In this view, the premise of the fox that covets inaccessible grapes is taken to stand for a person who attempts to hold incompatible ideas simultaneously. In that case, the disdain the fox expresses for the grapes at the conclusion to the fable serves at least to diminish the dissonance even if the behaviour in fact remains irrational. The moral to the story is "Any fool can despise what he can not get". | |
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students to comprehend a poem. A picture helps in creating a visual | students to comprehend a poem. A picture helps in creating a visual | ||
memory and can also help in understanding new words. | memory and can also help in understanding new words. | ||
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| + | To watch a visual depiction of the poem, click [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkZp4eH04c8 here]. | ||
=== Vocabulary === | === Vocabulary === | ||
Latest revision as of 16:56, 17 June 2014
Introduction
"The Fox and the Grapes" is one of the traditional Aesop's fables and can be held to illustrate the concept of cognitive dissonance. In this view, the premise of the fox that covets inaccessible grapes is taken to stand for a person who attempts to hold incompatible ideas simultaneously. In that case, the disdain the fox expresses for the grapes at the conclusion to the fable serves at least to diminish the dissonance even if the behaviour in fact remains irrational. The moral to the story is "Any fool can despise what he can not get".
Source: Click here
Concept Map
Text of the poem
To read the text of the poem, click here.
Idea of the poem
Core Meaning
Alternative interpretations
Context of the poem
About the Author
Transacting the text
Language appreciation
Meaning making
Pictures/ video clips are an interesting way of assisting students to comprehend a poem. A picture helps in creating a visual memory and can also help in understanding new words.
To watch a visual depiction of the poem, click here.
Vocabulary
Figures of speech
A figure of speech is the use of a word or words diverging from its usual meaning. It can also be a special repetition, arrangement or omission of words with literal meaning, or a phrase with a specialized meaning not based on the literal meaning of the words in it, as in idiom, metaphor, simile, hyperbole, or personification. Figures of speech often provide emphasis, freshness of expression, or clarity. However, clarity may also suffer from their use, as any figure of speech introduces an ambiguity between literal and figurative interpretation. A figure of speech is sometimes called a rhetorical figure or a locution. To know more click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_of_speech
Additional resources
Assessment
Ask the learners to write a short paragraph using the hints given below.
Hints:
- What is the poem about?
- Which is the most striking image and why?