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on, etc. Write the question as your title (Not Essay) Every significant word should be a capital letter, apart from a, an, the, in, of, and, on, etc. The title should be italicized 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 Discuss Your Favourite Personification Poem

Title of essay

Title of poem (in essay)

The Sky is Low April Rain Song

Format

Sarah Parker LA 6A 26.4.12 Discuss your Favourite Personification Poem

Punctuation

Follow the comma rules we learnt! Do not use lots of !!!!! 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 that will be discussed in this essay is April Rain Song by Langston Hughes. I have chosen to discuss this poem because 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. Sentence 1. Sentence 2. Sentence 3. (MINIMUM!) April Rain Song reminds me of many different things that have happened in my life. 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. 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. Rain was a big part of the holiday in France.

Introduction

The poem you will write about and why you chose it.

What you will write about in your essay.

At least 3 sentences Introductory sentence (to tell the reader what the paragraph will be about) 1 main point

Paragraphs

3-4 supporting details

Concluding sentence (to tell the reader what the paragraph was about)

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.

Writing about poetry

Make sure all your points are about the poem (dont get confused and start writing about something else) Whenever you write something from the poem, write in quotation marks. Write EXACTLY what the poem says. Dont make your own grammar mistakes when you quote! 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. When you 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 The poem you have written about and why you chose it (a different reason from the introduction). Conclude your main points from the essay (to tell the reader what the essay was about) Concluding sentence (something interesting, which makes the reader remember what you have written)

I love the line, Let the rain sing you a lullaby

In conclusion, I chose the poem April Rain Song by Langston Hughes because it moved me. Conclude main points 1, 2 and 3.

Conclusion

After reading this poem, I will never think of rain in the same way again.

Poetry/Language Arts Vocabulary Words Poem (not story) Poet (not author) Tone Theme Personficiation Word choice Simile Metaphor Alliteration Visualise Connect Infer Predict

Essay Vocabulary Words To show an example: For example For instance In particular In other words By way of illustration Such as This demonstrates To express positive words: magnificent fantastic Fantastical Phenomenal Wonderful Extraordinary Marvelous Superb Great Excellent Spectacular Brilliant Respected (person) Impressive Tremendous Wondrous (Extraordinarily good) Wonderful Flair (natural talent) 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 providing reasons: For this reason To this end For this purpose Because Since So that To start a paragraph: Firstly Secondly Thirdly Finally The first argument is The second argument is To show opinion: In my opinion According to I am convinced that(very strong) I (firmly) believe that I am convinced that (strong)

When you want to make comparisons: Similarly Likewise In the same way Equally

To conclude:

In conclusion In closing To conclude For the aforementioned reasons For the aforementioned reasons, there is no doubt that To sum up Given these facts