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Title of essay
Every significant word should be a capital
letter, apart from a, an, the, in, of, and, on,
etc.
Write the question as your title (Not Essay)
Discuss Your Favourite Personification
Poem
Title of poem (inessay)
Every significant word should be a capital
letter, apart from a, an, the, in, of, and, on,etc.
The title should be italicized
The Sky is Low
April Rain Song
Format
Arial or Calibri, 11 point, 1.5 line spacing,
title in bold and underlined, name, class and
date should be TYPED in top left corner
Sarah Parker
LA 6A
26.4.12
Discuss your Favourite Personification
Poem
Punctuation
Follow the comma rules we learnt!
Do not use lots of !!!!!
Introduction
Introductory sentence How do poems grow? They grow out of
your life. This is why I have chosen this
poem, because it connects to my life.
The poem you will write about and why you
chose it.
The poem that will be discussed in this
essay isApril Rain Song by Langston
Hughes. I have chosen to discuss this
poem because
What you will write about in your essay. In this essay I will
discuss what the poem
reminds me of, how the poet uses word
choice to excite the reader and the use
of personification.
Paragraphs
At least 3 sentences Sentence 1. Sentence 2. Sentence 3.
(MINIMUM!)
Introductory sentence
(to tell the reader what the paragraph will
be about)
April Rain Song reminds me of many
different things that have happened in
my life.
1 main point April Rain Song makes me think of a
holiday in France when I was a child. The
reason for this is that it rained every day.
3-4 supporting details Let the rain sing you a lullaby is
like
the sound of rain on a tent when you are
trying to sleep. It is very relaxing to me
to hear rain when I am going to sleep.
Concluding sentence
(to tell the reader what the paragraph was
about)
Rain was a big part of the holiday in
France.
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Writing about
poetry
When you make a point, include an example
from the poem.
The poet describes the cold, winter day
well in the line A narrow wind
complains all day. The poet shows how
cold and painful the wind can be.
Make sure all your points are about the
poem (dont get confused and start writing
about something else)
Whenever you write something from thepoem, write in quotation
marks.
Write EXACTLY what the poem says. Dont
make your own grammar mistakes when
you quote!
I love the line, Let the rain sing you alullaby
You should write the essay pretending that
the reader has never read the poem. This
will MAKE you include examples. For
example, dont write The last 2
Use the poets name instead of repeating
the poet. When you introduce the poet in
the introduction, use the full name. Whenyou use the name within
the essay
Write in a formal way.
Do not write things like:
- Its great, right?- Cool- I like, no, I love- I totally love
it- right?- Wow
Conclusion
The poem you have written about and why
you chose it (a different reason from the
introduction).
In conclusion, I chose the poemApril
Rain Song by Langston Hughes because
it moved me.
Conclude your main points from the essay
(to tell the reader what the essay was
about)
Conclude main points 1, 2 and 3.
Concluding sentence
(something interesting, which makes the
reader remember what you have written)
After reading this poem, I will never
think of rain in the same way again.
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Poetry/Language Arts Vocabulary Words
Poem (not story)
Poet (not author)
Tone
Theme
Personficiation
Word choice
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
Visualise
Connect
Infer
Predict
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Essay Vocabulary Words
To show an example:
For example
For instance
In particular
In other words
By way of illustrationSuch as
This demonstrates
To start a paragraph:
Firstly
Secondly
Thirdly
Finally
The first argument isThe second argument is
To express positive words:
magnificent
fantastic
Fantastical
Phenomenal
Wonderful
Extraordinary
Marvelous
SuperbGreat
Excellent
Spectacular
Brilliant
Respected (person)
Impressive
Tremendous
Wondrous (Extraordinarily good)
Wonderful
Flair (natural talent)
To show opinion:
In my opinion
According to
I am convinced that(very strong)
I (firmly) believe that
I am convinced that (strong)
To indicate a result or an effect:
Accordingly (because of the reason given)
Consequently
Hence
So
Therefore
Thus
As a consequence
As a result
Inevitably
So
When you want to make comparisons:
Similarly
Likewise
In the same way
Equally
When providing reasons:
For this reasonTo this end
For this purpose
Because
Since
So that
To conclude:
In conclusionIn closing
To conclude
For the aforementioned reasons
For the aforementioned reasons, there is no doubt
that
To sum up
Given these facts
