Poetry

Free Verse Poem How to Be Truly Unique!


 * Your mission: ** Give a color the most unique and creative name. Write a poem based on this color. DO NOT use the colors real name in the poem.


 * Your deadline **: Friday, May 11th, by the end of the period


 * If you succeed: Your color will be showcased among the best of the best, the most colorful minds in the world, and you will rock your English grade! Others will be able to guess your color. **

If you...don’t succeed: You will make your English teacher cry, thus causing you to get detention after school until your project is complete.

Use this organizer to help you with the following.
 * 1) Create a file in your documents titled "Poetry."
 * 2) Choose a color . Imagine where you find this color in the world. Give this color a personality, a life of its own. Use your words and imagination to breathe life into this color.
 * 3) Create a name for your color. Visualize its character without using generic color names. Basically, you are not allowed to use common or already existing color names. : )
 * 4) Describe your color using poetic devices . What is this color like? What is this color? What does this color do? How does it act.

Similes Metaphors Personification Alliteration Onomatopoeia Repetition Rhyme Imagery

Now that your mission is complete, choose your favorite of each type of device and write a poem, adding even more of your own words! Play around with the format of your poem so it looks as awesome as it sounds! Remember to use line breaks, tabbing, spaces. Poems do NOT need to have complete sentences...focus on the descriptions and personality of this color!

Use pages or Comic Life Make it pretty. Use 4 different poetic devices. At least 10 lines total Keep it focused on a single topic Add an image to help your reader see your poem.
 * WRITE YOUR POEM FOLLOWING THESE GUIDELINES **

Write paragraph explaining poetic devices and other choices made in the poem.