1. EXTENDED METAPHOR LIFE IS TRULY A RIDE. WE'RE ALL STRAPPED IN AND NO ONE CAN STOP IT. WHEN THE DOCTOR SLAPS YOUR BEHIND, HE'S RIPPING YOUR TICKET AND AWAY YOU GO. AS YOU MAKE EACH PASSAGE FROM YOUTH TO ADULTHOOD TO MATURITY, SOMETIMES YOU PUT YOUR ARMS UP AND SCREAM, SOMETIMES YOU JUST HANG ON TO THAT BAR IN FRONT OF YOU. BUT THE RIDE IS THE THING. I THINK THE MOST YOU CAN HOPE FOR AT THE END OF LIFE IS THAT YOUR HAIR'S MESSED, YOU'RE OUT OF BREATH, AND YOU DIDN'T THROW UP.

2. HARLEM: A DREAM DEFERRED BY: LANGSTON HUGHES WHAT HAPPENS TO A DREAM DEFERRED? DOES IT DRY UP LIKE A RAISIN IN THE SUN OR FESTER LIKE A SORE – AND THEN RUN? DOES IT STINK LIKE ROTTEN MEAT? OR CRUST AND SUGAR OVER – LIKE A SYRUPY SWEET? MAYBE IT JUST SAGS LIKE A HEAVY LOAD. OR DOES IT EXPLODE? T P C A S T

3. IMAGERY POEM – USE DETAILED IMAGERY AND PARTS OF SPEECH, STICK TO THE SAME TONE THROUGHOUT POEM DICTION AND IMAGERY SHOULD HAVE STRONG CONNOTATION COLOR IS EMOTION TASTES LIKE SOUNDS LIKE SMELLS LIKE LOOKS LIKE FEELS LIKE COLOR IS METAPHOR

4. WHICH WOULD YOU RATHER BE?

5. “IDENTITY” TITLE PARAPHRASE CONNOTATION ATTITUDE SHIFT TITLE THEME

6. POETRY PROJECT 1 – POETRY WEB : (MAY BE TYPED OR ON CONSTRUCTION PAPER FOR EXTRA CREDIT) GIVE EXAMPLES OF ONE TOPIC INCLUDE IMAGE USE NOTES FOR 10 TERMS SENTENCE VARIETY : SHORT, COMPLEX, PREP PHRASE FIRST VOCABULARY 2 – IMAGERY COLOR: EMULATE LANGSTON HUGHES PICK A COLOR AND TONE MATCH CONNOTATION

7. 3 – EXTENDED METAPHOR EMULATE “LIFE IS A RIDE” OR “IDENTITY MINIMUM 4 COMPARISONS 4 – LYRICS ANNOTATED 5 – POETRY READING AND RESEARCH CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING POETS ALLUDED TO IN “POETIC BLOODLINES” LANGSTON HUGHES, EMILY DICKINSON, MAYA ANGELOU, ROBERT FROST, WHITMAN, SYLVIA PLATH, NIKKI GIOVANNI, RESEARCH AND WRITE A SUMMARY OF THEIR LIFE, CULTURAL CONTEXT AND INSPIRATION CHOOSE A POEM TO TPCASTT PRESENT IN CLASS AS THE POET