Poetry Element Project Instructions

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Poetry Element Project Instructions

• Mrs. Harrington

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Purpose

• By completing this project, you will demonstrate
  that you are able to identify and explain common
  poetic devices used in published poems.

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What is a Poetic Element?

• Look at your Poetry Terms handout.

Numbers 1 16 are poetic devices.
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Things like simile, personification, or
understatement are poetic devices used to
increase interest.
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So, if you find a line in a poem that says

• Her smile was like the sunshine.
• Youve just found a poetic element!
• (Its a simile)

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So, how do you get started on your Poetry
Project?
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• Your group will be given a packet of different
  poems, and you will need to locate 10 different
  poetic devices within these poems.

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Clarification

• NOT 10 devices in EACH poem,
• 10 elements total.
• That means, you may find
• 5 different elements in one poem, and then find
• 2 more different elements in the second poem,
• 3 more in the third poem, etc.

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TPCASTT

• Using your notes
• from Strange Fruit
• and A Boy at the
• Window, set up a
• Proper TPCASTT
• for ONE of the
• poems in your
• packet.

Title Paraphrase Connotation Analyze Shifts Title
again Theme
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Got the idea?
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Can you write your own poems?
Yes, you and your partner will write one poem
together.
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10 Line Poem Requirements
Mealtime Movies School Parents Siblings Friends Pe
ts Cars Sports Science History other

• You get to choose the subject (try something you
  have in common with your partner), but here are
  some suggestions to get you started
• ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
• Reflects at least 3 of the devices youve found
• Each device is highlighted and numbered
• At the bottom of the page, each device is labeled
  and each device is explained

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HIGHLIGHT

• On the copies of the poems, highlight the 10
  different poetic devices.
• Number each of these highlighted elements.

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Here is a sample poem with 3 different poetic
elements highlighted personification,
cacophonous, and assonance
AZTEC MASK Carl Sandburg I wanted a man's face
looking into the jaws and throat 1 of
lifeWith something proud on his face, so proud
no smash     of the jaws,No gulp of the throat
leaves the face in the end 2 With anything else
than the old proud look          Even to the
finish, dumped in the dust, 3         
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After youve found 10 different poetic devices in
your poems,

• on a fresh sheet of paper, you need to create a
• Poetry Element key
• to explain what devices you found and highlighted
  in the poems.

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The element key

• This key on a separate sheet of paper - has
  numbers that coordinate with the numbers for the
  devices you highlighted on the poems.

POETIC DEVICES KEY for Aztec Mask 1.
personification life is given the human body
parts jaws and throat 2. cacophonous gulp
and throat are rough, harsh sounding words 3.
assonance the vowel sound uhhh is repeated
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The highlights and numbers on the poem, match up
with the Devices Key

• POETIC DEVICES KEY
• for Aztec Mask
• 1. personification life is given the human
  body parts jaws and throat
• 2. cacophonous gulp and throat are rough,
  harsh sounding words
• 3. assonance the vowel sound uhhh is repeated

• AZTEC MASK by Carl Sandburg
• (poem 1 )
• I wanted a man's face looking into the jaws and
  throat 1 of life
• With something proud on his face, so proud no
  smash     of the jaws,
• No gulp of the throat leaves the face in the
  end 2
• With anything else than the old proud look
• Even to the finish, dumped in the
  dust, 3         

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You will also need to create a Cover Sheet

• It may be hand drawn, or computer generated. It
  needs to be original, colorful, and poetry
  related.
• You need to include the following information
• title (Poetry Analyzing Project)
• The names of everyone in your group
• teachers name
• the date
• your class period)

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Gather all components and staple in this order

• Cover Sheet
• Poem you and your partner composed typed
• TPCASTT of one of the poems - typed
• Devices Key typed
• Copy of each poem you used with numbered
  highlights

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This project is due

• on
• Tuesday,
• February 19th
• At the end of class!!!!!!!

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Turning in the WORK

• Hard copies to Mrs. Harrington by the end of the
  period on the 19th!
• Turnitin.com copy to website by 7AM the next
  morning!