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The Poetry of Phrases

The Poetry of Phrases. Pre-AP English II Mrs. Kate Hendrix Madison Central High School Source: LTFtraining.org. I CAN…. Demonstrate understanding of different types of phrases Imitate poetic models to advance my own writing style and voice

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The Poetry of Phrases

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  1. The Poetry of Phrases Pre-AP English II Mrs. Kate Hendrix Madison Central High School Source: LTFtraining.org

  2. I CAN… • Demonstrate understanding of different types of phrases • Imitate poetic models to advance my own writing style and voice • Manipulate phrases and clauses to create meaning

  3. Writing a Poem of Phrases • Decide on the subject • Brainstorm some ideas about the subject • Write phrases that include those ideas • Put your phrases into the pattern you have selected and add other elements included in the pattern

  4. An example based on To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee • Subject: The setting of To Kill a Mockingbird and how it reveals theme • Ideas about the subject: • Maycomb, Alabama • Tired, old, filled with injustice, prejudice, social castes, racial separation, and gender inequity • Phrases that include those ideas: • Filled with ignorance • Suffocating under racial prejudice • Divided among social castes • Suffering from gender inequity • Poem Maycomb was a tired, old town (independent clause) filled with ignorance (participial phrase) suffocating under racial prejudice (participial phrase) divided among social castes (participial phrase) suffering from gender inequity (participial phrase) A place where justice will never prevail (appositive with dependent clause)

  5. I tried one myself… Hamlet Phrase Poem by Kate Hendrix As he suffers the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, The sweet prince contemplates his fate: To live in agony, To die in despair, To survive as a nephew-son, To sleep in the eternal unknown? He struggles to be.

  6. Now it’s your turn… • Use, as your subject, the characterization in one of the short stories we read in this unit (“The Sisters” or “Everyday Use”) and how it is used to express the poem’s theme. • Brainstorm some ideas about the subject • Write phrases that include ideas about the subject • Put your phrases into the pattern you’ve selected and add any necessary elements included in the pattern • POETIC LICENSE • Privilege is claimed by poets • Feel free to… • Use the punctuation that feels right to you • Depart from normal word order, pronunciation, punctuation, etc. • Do as you wish to enhance creativity

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