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Good Afternoon, sharpen your pencils and prepare to write a sonnet

Join our Writer's Workshop and learn the art of sonnet writing. Sharpen your pencils, evoke the senses through imagery, use figurative language, and avoid common words. Follow the sonnet characteristics and create a conflict in your poem.

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Good Afternoon, sharpen your pencils and prepare to write a sonnet

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  1. Good Afternoon, sharpen your pencils and prepare to write a sonnet • Today we have Writer’s Workshop and your objective is to complete the rough draft handout.

  2. Imagery – evoking the senses in order to help your reader feel what you are writing. • Figurative Language • Must include one per quatrain • Simile • Metaphor • Personification • Oxymoron • Allusion

  3. Throw Away Words • Very • Really • So • Sad • Heart • Love • Everything • something • Pretty • Big • Little • Happy • Good • Fun • Walk • Sun

  4. Sonnet Characteristics • 14 lines, each with 10 syllables • Rhyme Scheme • A B A B C D C D E F E F G G • There must be a conflict • Think about the cheese enchiladas example

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