THESE THREE WORDS SELECT THREE WORDS FROM THE

THESE THREE WORDS! SELECT THREE WORDS FROM THE LIST BELLOW. YOU WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO LOOK UP THE DEFINITION FOR EACH AND WRITE THE WORDS MEANING IN YOUR OWN WORDS. YOU WILL THEN BEGIN “JOURNAL #1” IN YOUR JOURNAL NOTEBOOK. - WRITING PROMPT- TELL OF A TIME YOU HAVE BEEN GREATLY DISAPPOINTED BY SOMEONE YOU TRUSTED. • SELECT THREE WORDS FROM THE LIST BELOW AND USE THEM WITHIN YOUR WRITING FOR YOUR FREE WRITING JOURNAL. - IGNITE - STUPEFY - CALLOUS - POMPOUS - MOURNING - DISCERN - EVALUATE - AUDACITY - LAX - AGENDA - EPISODE - MISLEADING - PARAMOUR - EXTRAVAGANT - COMMITMENT - EXPECTATION - SERVITUDE - COMPOSER - MODESTY - SUPERFLUOUS - AMOROUS - RIGID - DILIGENT - COLLIDE - FORTHRIGHT - NAÏVE - SENILE

S T I T A E G A U G N A L S I Y R "POET T S O M D N A D E L L I T S I D T S MO POWERFUL. " - RITA DOVE

WHAT IS POETRY? • ACCORDING TO A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH, POETRY IS A LITERARY WORK IN WHICH SPECIAL INTENSITY IS GIVEN TO THE EXPRESSION OF FEELINGS AND IDEAS BY THE USE OF DISTINCTIVE STYLE AND RHYTHM; POEMS COLLECTIVELY OR AS A GENRE OF LITERATURE. • POETRY (ANCIENT GREEK: ΠΟΙΕΩ (POIEO) = I CREATE) IS AN ART FORM IN WHICH HUMAN LANGUAGE IS USED FOR ITS AESTHETIC QUALITIES IN ADDITION TO, OR INSTEAD OF, ITS NOTIONAL AND SEMANTIC CONTENT. IT CONSISTS LARGELY OF ORAL OR LITERARY WORKS IN WHICH LANGUAGE IS USED IN A MANNER THAT IS FELT BY ITS USER AND AUDIENCE TO DIFFER FROM ORDINARY PROSE. – HTTP: //WWW. POETRY. ORG/WHATIS. HTM POETRY IS A LITERARY GENRE THAT INCLUDES DRAMATIC NARRATIVE AND LYRICAL FORMS.

HOW TO ANALYZE AND EVALUATE POETRY FOR MEANING AND MAKING CONNECTIONS… • INFERENCES - MAKING JUDGMENTS OR DRAWING CONCLUSIONS BASED ON WHAT AN AUTHOR HAS IMPLIED. • TONE- IS USED TO EXPRESS A WRITER’S ATTITUDE TOWARD THE SUBJECT. • VOICE - SHOWS AN AUTHOR’S PERSONALITY, AWARENESS OF AUDIENCE, AND PASSION FOR HIS OR HER SUBJECT. IT ADDS LIVELINESS AND ENERGY TO WRITING. VOICE IS THE IMPRINT OF THE WRITER — THE CAPACITY TO ELICIT A RESPONSE FROM THE READER. • FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE (DICTION)- THE AUTHORS CHOICE OF WORDS TO EXPRESS/ COVEY EMOTIONS. • A. SIMILE – FIGURE OF SPEECH THAT USES THE WORDS LIKE OR AS TO MAKE COMPARISONS • B. METAPHOR – FIGURE OF SPEECH THAT IMPLIES COMPARISONS • C. PERSONIFICATION – FIGURE OF SPEECH THAT APPLIES HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS TO NON-HUMAN OBJECTS • D. HYPERBOLE – INTENTIONALLY EXAGGERATED FIGURE OF SPEECH. • E. ONOMAT 0 PEIA- THE FORMATION OF A WORD FROM A SOUND ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT IS NAMED

LET’S MAKE INFERENCES AND DRAW CONCLUSIONS (ANNOTATE FOR TONE, IMAGERY, FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE) MOTHER TO SON BY LANGSTON HUGHES WELL, SON, I'LL TELL YOU: LIFE FOR ME AIN'T BEEN NO CRYSTAL STAIR. IT'S HAD TACKS IN IT, AND SPLINTERS, AND BOARDS TORN UP, AND PLACES WITH NO CARPET ON THE FLOOR— BARE. BUT ALL THE TIME I'SE BEEN A-CLIMBIN' ON, AND REACHIN' LANDIN'S, AND TURNIN' CORNERS, AND SOMETIMES GOIN' IN THE DARK WHERE THERE AIN'T BEEN NO LIGHT. SO, BOY, DON'T YOU TURN BACK. DON'T YOU SET DOWN ON THE STEPS. 'CAUSE YOU FINDS IT'S KINDER HARD. DON'T YOU FALL NOW— FOR I'SE STILL GOIN', HONEY, I'SE STILL CLIMBIN', AND LIFE FOR ME AIN'T BEEN NO CRYSTAL STAIR.

TYPES OF POETRY! • PROSE: COMPRESSES MEANING (SHORTER THAN CONVENTIONAL LITERARY NARRATIVES), INTO FEWER WORDS AND OFTEN USES METER, RHYME, AND IMAGERY. • EPIC POEMS: IS A LENGTHY NARRATIVE POEM, ORDINARILY CONCERNING A SERIOUS SUBJECT CONTAINING DETAILS OF HEROIC DEEDS AND EVENTS SIGNIFICANT TO A CULTURE OR NATION. • LYRIC POEM: HIGHLY MUSICAL TYPE OF POETRY THAT EXPRESSES EMOTIONS OF A SPEAKER.

ELEMENTS OF POETRY! • STANZA: GROUP OF LINES IN A POEM. • COUPLETS - COUPLETS ARE STANZAS OF ONLY TWO LINES WHICH USUALLY RHYME TERCETS - TERCETS ARE STANZAS OF THREE LINES. THE THREE LINES MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE THE SAME END RHYME. IF ALL THREE LINES RHYME, THIS TYPE OF TERCET IS CALLED A TRIPLET. QUATRAINS - QUATRAINS ARE STANZAS OF FOUR LINES WHICH CAN BE WRITTEN IN ANY RHYME SCHEME. • RHYME SCHEME: THE PATTERN OF END RHYMES. • SLANT RHYME: RHYME SOUNDS ARE SIMILAR, BUT NOT IDENTICAL. • INTERNAL RHYME: WORDS RHYME WITHIN THE LINES OF POETRY.

~NELSON ESTUMPIÑÁN BASS~ NELSON ESTUMPIÑÁN BASS, LIKE LANGSTON HUGHES (BELOW), WROTE ABOUT THE BLACK EXPERIENCE IN HIS COUNTRY ECUADOR. NEGRO, NEGRO RENEGRIDO. . . BLACK, BLACKENED NEGRO, HERMANO DEL CARBÓN. . . BLACK, BROTHER OF CHARCOAL, NEGRO DE NEGROS NACIDO. . . BLACK OF BLACKS BORN NEGRO AYER, MAÑANA Y HOY. . . BLACK YESTERDAY, TOMORROW, AND TODAY ALGUNOS CREEN INSULTARME. . . SOME BELIEVE THEY INSULT ME GRITÁNDOME MI COLOR. . . MOCKING MY COLOR, MÁS LO MISMO YO PREGONO. . . BUT I MYSELF PROCLAIM IT CON ORGULLO FRENTE AL SOL. . . WITH PRIDE IN THE PLACE OF THE SUN NEGRO HE SIDO, NEGRO SOY. . . BLACK I WAS, BLACK I AM NEGRO VENGO, NEGRO VOY. . . BLACK I COME, BLACK I GO NEGRO BIEN NEGRO NACÍ. . . BLACK, REAL BLACK I WAS BORN, NEGRO HE DE VIVIR. . . BLACK I MUST LIVE Y COMO NEGRO MORIR. . . AND AS A BLACK I MUST DIE