Class 21 Bring it all together

Journal:
Bring it all together:
How have you changed in regard to feelings about school and your ability to be successful?

Agenda:

Hurston Test
Slideshows
Poetry--choose a poem that you like, search for secondary sources that will help you to understand the author, the time, and the subject.
Choose a poem to interpret--Click me

These are some Poet’s Cues:
Poetic form: Recognizable structures (e.g., sonnets, ballads, haiku, limericks) cue the
reader as to how the poem should be read. Poems written in “free verse” require the
reader to use their own language instincts to find rhythm and pace.
Poetic structure: The structure or placement of words on a page cue the reader as to
how the poem should be read.
Stanza: The space between stanzas is a cue to the reader to pause.
Rhythm: The poem’s sounds (e.g., ordered and predictable, conversational) cue the
reader as to how to pace the reading of the poem.
Rhyme: Lines ending in words that rhyme cue the reader to emphasize the rhyming
sound to create rhythm and connection.
Repetition: Repetition of words or lines cues the reader that these lines are important to
the meaning of the poem and should be given their own unique and predictable sound.
Punctuation: Punctuation cues the reader as to how long to pause or how to control the
voice.
Line breaks: The length of a line will affect the time and attention the line’s words are
given.
Enjambment: One line continuing into another is a cue to make the pause between
lines short.
Language: Formal language cues the reader to use an academic or historic voice.
Dialect: A poem in dialect provides important cues to the reader for rhythm, pace, and
sound.
Alliteration: Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words cue the reader for
rhythm.
Assonance: Repeated consonant sounds in a line or stanza cue the reader to soften
the sounds.
Consonance: Repeated consonant sounds in a line or stanza cue the reader to stress
the sounds.
Imagery: Words that together form an image cue the reader to read these words
together.
Onomatopoeia: Sound words cue the reader to read with animation.
White space: Blank spaces cue the reader to create significant silences.

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