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Poetry and Performance: Casey at the Bat — Homework
Practice performing an excerpt of "Casey at the Bat" aloud before answering.
- 1.What happens at the end of "Casey at the Bat," and how does it contrast with the poem's buildup?
- 2.Name one specific vocal choice you used to build excitement, and one you used to land the final line.
- 3.Name the literary term for when the reader senses an outcome building before the poem states it.
- 4.Why might reading the final line quietly land better than reading it dramatically?
- 5.Mark up four lines of any poem or song lyric with your own performance notes (pause, speed up, slow down, or a specific tone), then describe how you performed them.
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