Knoxville Tennessee – Nikki Giovanni

1. Knoxville Tennessee – Nikki Giovanni I always like summerBestyou can eat fresh cornFrom daddy's gardenAnd okraAnd greensAnd cabbageAnd lots ofBarbequeAnd buttermilkAnd homemade ice-creamAt the church picnicAnd listen toGospel musicOutsideAt the churchHomecomingAnd go to the mountains withYour grandmotherAnd go barefootedAnd be warmAll the timeNot only when you go to bedAnd sleep

2. TPCDASTT Twist • Connotations - Change one to three words to the opposite connotation or add one to three words with the same connotation (positive to negative or negative to positive) • Add two literary devices - look at your glossary, academic vocabulary section or notes from yesterday- simile, metaphor, repetition, alliteration, personification, etc. • Add a shift in speaker - you can add it anywhere in the poem • Add a shift in attitude • Copy your new poem onto unlined paper: it’s on the black table by the window • I need your notes on the back of the poem or on a separate sheet of paper. Example notes • Connotations- removed these words or added these words • Literary devices (two different devices) - ________ and _______ • Speaker- shifted from _____ to _______ • Attitude- changed from ______ to _____ AND on the final draft • Connotations- write words in orange • Literary devices – write the added device in blue • Speaker- show the shift with a green line • Attitude- show the shift with a red line • Be ready to present your poem!