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Good Day To You! We have some work to do.

Do Now Poems typically use figurative language, explain the following quote based on a figurative interpretation: “Never mistake motion for action.” Ernest Hemingway

Information  Journal Prompts - Due Friday, get them done early  Poems throughout the week  Tutoring opportunities - before and after school - during lunches – ask for a pass  Midterm in 17 days 

Anarchy – (n.) a lack of government and law; confusion Synonyms – chaos, disorder, turmoil Antonyms – law and order, peace

Arduous – (adj.) hard to do, requiring effort Synonyms – hard, difficult, laborious Antonyms – easy, simple

Time to try your own poem  Complete the worksheet - this is information needed to do your poem  After completing the worksheet - create your poem - may use the computer - may hand draw items on paper

What is a poem?  In the next minute, discuss with a partner what a poem is. Be able to come up with a definition of a poem.  A poem is a work of literature in verse that often, but not necessarily, employs meter, rhyme, or figurative language in an attempt to communicate an aesthetic experience or statement which cannot be fully paraphrased in prose.  A Poem is

Poetic Devices Speaker - voice behind the poem, point of view a. 1 st person – the writer is a character (I) a. 1 st person – the writer is a character (I) b. 2 nd person – not typical, usually in song lyrics b. 2 nd person – not typical, usually in song lyrics (You) (You) c. 3 rd person – narrated (he, she, it) c. 3 rd person – narrated (he, she, it) d. 3 rd person omniscient – Narrator knows all of the characters’ thoughts, not a character in the story d. 3 rd person omniscient – Narrator knows all of the characters’ thoughts, not a character in the story Situation- circumstances surrounding the poem

Poetic Devices Diction- choice of words Take a moment and think about the reason why the word choice is important. Why? Imagery- verbal expression of a sensory detail (visual, auditory, tactile, gustatory, or olfactory)

Poetic Devices Symbolism- representation in which an object or action represents something beyond itself meter: measured pattern of rhythmic accents in a line of verse - it’s the beat of the poem rhyme: correspondence of terminal sounds of words or of lines of verse

Jimmy Santiago Baca  Lived with grandparents and was placed in an orphanage  Taught himself to read and write  On the streets by age 21  Arrested and spent 6 years in prison  Sold his poems to inmates for cigarettes

Who Understands Me but Me  Read the poem  Identify symbolism  Identify imagery used  Identify “other” poetic devices - language used - rhyming patterns Write your answers on the back of the Poem

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