Lesson 16: Writing Workshop: Poem ENG 2A Unit 6: Africa

Grading for the rough draft copy—
•Meaning and originality—the poem is creative and original. Evident the poet put thought into the words to convey ideas and emotions-- 6 points
•Poetic techniques—Sound devices and/ or rhyme scheme contribute to overall effect of the poem --6 points
•Figurative language—a minimum of three examples, including a simile or metaphor--6 points
•Graphic elements—line length, capitalization, punctuation and spelling help express ideas in an intentional not haphazard way -- 3 points
•Poem submitted to Check My Work--3 points

What symbolic aspect did brother vu and mother leave behind? book = inside out and back again

Which component is necessary to create an effective and debatable thesis statement

Match each excerpt to the correct stanza structure. 1. it was many and many a year ago, in a kingdom by the sea, that a maiden there lived whom you may know by the name of annabel lee; and this maiden she lived with no other thought than to love and be loved by me. (from "annabel lee" by edgar allan poe) 2. o thou, new-year, delaying long, delayest the sorrow in my blood, that longs to burst a frozen bud and flood a fresher throat with song. (from "in memoriam" by alfred lord tennyson) 3. nature’s first green is gold, her hardest hue to hold. her early leaf’s a flower but only so an hour. then leaf subsides to leaf. so eden sank to grief,; so dawn goes down to day. nothing gold can stay. (from "nothing gold can stay" by robert frost) 4. at sestos hero dwelt; hero the fair, whom young apollo courted for her hair, and offered as a dower his burning throne, where she should sit for men to gaze upon. the outside of her garments were of lawn, the lining purple silk, with gilt stars drawn; (from "hero and leander" by christopher marlowe) quatrain couplet octave sestet