Question

make connections
listen to and discuss an audio recording of \buffalo dusk.\
discuss imagery
using imagery
imagery is the use of powerful words to describe ideas or actions. writers
use imagery to help the reader visualize, or picture, what is happening.
take turns asking and answering questions with a partner. write brief notes.
discussion frames
q: what do the lines of the
poem help you visualize?
a: the lines ____ help
me visualize ____.
text notes

• the buffaloes are gone. and those who saw

the buffaloes are gone.

• there are no more ____

or people who remember
____ the buffalo
\those who saw the buffaloes by thousands\

• there used to be so many ____

that you could see ____
of them at ____
\... they pawed the prairie sod into dust\

• buffalo used their ____ to

stomp on the ____ and mal

Explanation:

These blanks are filled by analyzing the imagery in the provided lines from "Buffalo Dusk," connecting the text to the visual details it describes.

Answer:

1. For "The buffaloes are gone. And those who saw the buffaloes are gone.":

• there are no more buffaloes or people who remember having seen the buffalo

1. For "Those who saw the buffaloes by thousands":

• there used to be so many buffaloes that you could see thousands of them at once

1. For "... they pawed the prairie sod into dust":

• buffalo used their hooves to stomp on the prairie sod and make dust