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Imagist Poem - Instructions in Poem Form

An Evocative Title

In at least ten lines of
Free
Verse
poetry layer image
after image.

Your lines can be long and descriptive, with many, colourful
words or short
and clear.

Include a metaphor that is the world of you.

Whatever you do evoke the senses.
Crimson green – make me see
Searing swift feathers – make me feel
Sweet honeysuckle breeze – make me smell
A faint bluster falls – make me hear
Like a waterfall of flight – make me ponder, trick me with devices

Create!

I dare you.

Writing About Poetry (thinking about an exam)

Google "BC Exams"
1) Check out the BC Exam webpage... sample exams and student exemplars.



2) Your writing topics - choose one. Let's try to edit and write together in Google Docs.
-200 words
-paragraph form
- at least six small supporting quotes (integrated)
- clear and detailed thesis statement

Describe the speaker.

or

Explain the theme.

or

Describe how the diction (word choice) creates the tone.

Into the Wild!

Wild!What does this word make you think of....

Poetry Unit Outline


Questions to ask of a Poem


Terrance This is Stupid Stuff 





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