What does the word “creed” mean? Where else do we see this word used? Creed is a form of religion. Creed is used in the title 'The Lifestyle Creed.' We also see the word creed in movies and music.
Look up any words you don’t know in this poem and then write an original sentence using the word to show that you understand its meaning.
- Oleocanthal- a type of natural phenolic compound found in extra-virgin olive oil
- Cruciferous- relating to or denoting plants of the cabbage family
- Amyloid- a protein that is deposited in the liver, kidney
Look up the Catholic Nicene Creed. What is it? Look up the words. Compare them to this poem. How are they similar? How are they different? The Nicene Creed is a prayer. A statement of belief. They are similar as they have the same start to each stanza and are structured the same way. One is about lifestyle and one is about religion and faith. They also both end in Amen.
Why does the author use cut up bits of text? What effect does it have? The author uses cut up bits of text maybe because she pasted the words from two different sources . Like some of the words may have been cut and pasted from the Nicene Creed. The rest of the cut up pieces are words that promote nutrition perhaps from a nutritional, health promoting blog. . The effect that it has is that the audience will see a difference in the two sources that were cut up to make this poem.
Why does the author use two different font styles? Compare the way they look. Why did the author do this? What do each of the font styles represent? The author uses either bold or normal writing. To show that she pasted from different text. The bold ones are from nutritional advice from the Alzheimer’s blog and the other writing is from the nicene creed.
Why do you think the author has juxtaposed the Nicene Creed with words such as “brain boosters”, “antioxidants”, and “good cholesterol”? What meaning is she trying to convey? Is this effective? What is the effect on the reader? She is trying to promote being healthy mentally, physically and spiritually. These words were pasted from a research on alzheimer’s disease and these words suggest how to possibly avoid or prevent them.
What is the overall purpose of the poem? I think the overall purpose encourage being healthy spiritually and physically.
Read the last two lines of the poem. What ideas do these lines suggest? They both end in positive ways the nicene creed ends in referring to the world and the lifestyle creed also relates to the world.
Do you like this poem? Why or why not? At first I didn't because I didn't really understand it but after reading it a couple of times, I've come to terms that it is promoting the goods of being healthy physically and spiritually.
good
ReplyDelete