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Poetry. Poetry is what we live for . Anger Depression Distress Fear. Inadequacy Joy Love Ability. Poetry is used to invoke emotion. Prose. Your first date Your first time driving Coming to a new school Moving A fight with your parents/girlfriend/friend
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Poetry Poetryis what we live for.
Anger Depression Distress Fear Inadequacy Joy Love Ability Poetry is used to invoke emotion
Prose • Your first date • Your first time driving • Coming to a new school • Moving • A fight with your parents/girlfriend/friend • An unexpected day off of school • Failing a test
Prose • Falling up the stairs (anything embarrassing) • Your first kiss • Public speaking • The beach
Structure • Divide your poem into stanzas • Delete unnecessary words • Stress important ideas • Think about typography
Add Movement • Give your subject action • Make him or it do something • Action Verbs
Add Imagery • Think of your favorite sense. • Describe that sense to someone who will never experience it. • Visual Tactile • Auditory Taste • Olfactory
Add Interest • Metaphors • Similes • Personification • The Devil is in the Details • Use adjectives and adverbs
Add Sound • Onomatopoeia • Alliteration • Assonance • Consonance • Rhyme • Meter
A Poem • Hand it in typed • It will count as a quiz • Include original