C2+Poetry+Types+and+Scoring+Standards


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 * ** Clear Descriptions ** || ** Uses exceptionally strong descriptive words ** (adjectives and adverbs) and exceptionally strong word images (sight, smell, taste, sound, and touch) that engage the reader through the whole poem || Uses **strong descriptive words** (adjectives and adverbs) and strong word images (sight, smell, taste, sound, and touch) that engage the reader through the whole poem || Uses **descriptive words** (adjectives and adverbs) and word images (sight, smell, taste, sound, and touch) that engage the reader through most of the poem. || Uses **some descriptive words** (adjectives and adverbs) and some word images (sight, smell, taste, sound, and touch) that engage the reader through some of the poem. || Uses **few descriptive words** (adjectives and adverbs) and few word images (sight, smell, taste, sound, and touch), not very engaging || Uses **no descriptive words** or word images, not engaging ||
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 * ** Figurative Language ** || ** Two or more strong ** unusual examples of F.L. in each stanza || ** 2 ** **original** examples per stanza (Alliteration, Personification, Onomatopoeia, Idiom, Oxymoron, Hyperbole) or one very strong example || ** 1 or 2 ** **common** examples per stanza (Alliteration, Personification, Onomatopoeia, Idiom, Oxymoron, Hyperbole) or not a very strong example || ** Fewer than 1example ** per stanza (Alliteration, Personification, Onomatopoeia, Idiom, Oxymoron, Hyperbole) or not a very strong example || Figurative Language not evident ||  ||
 * ** Followed Form ** || Used a poetry form not discussed in class and followed the form correctly || Poetry form was followed exactly || Poetry form was followed somewhat incorrectly || Poetry form was followed poorly || Poem lacks any structure or form ||  ||
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 * ** Publication ** || Beautifully written or printed in ink with no spelling or punctuation errors and includes an original title and illustration. Easy to read and exceptionally eye catching. || Beautifully written or printed in ink with very few spelling or punctuation errors. Easy to read and eye catching. || Beautifully written in pencil or printed and has some spelling or punctuation errors. Readable but not very eye catching display. || Written in pencil or printed and has many spelling or punctuation errors. Messy, difficult to read and not eye catching. ||  ||   ||
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 * **Presentation** || **Recited from memory using a** **strong voice, eye contact, appropriate pace and gestures, not fidgeting, with good oral expression, obviously well rehearsed** || **Read with a clear voice, eye contact, appropriate pace, not fidgeting, with oral good expression, rehearsed** || **Read but at times difficult to hear, some eye contact, some good pacing, some fidgeting or leaning, and some good expression, some rehearsal** || **Read but difficult to hear, little eye contact, poorly paced pace, fidgeting or leaning, without expression, little rehearsal** || **read poorly with no preparation evident** ||
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 * POETRY FORMS WE ARE INTERESTED IN: **

**__ Ballad __**
 * Description: Ballad poems are poems that tell stories. A ballad is often about love, and normally sung.**
 * Example:**
 * The Mermaid**
 * by**
 * Anonymous**


 * Oh the ocean waves may roll,**
 * And the stormy winds may blow,**
 * While we poor sailors go skipping aloft**
 * And the land lubbers lay down below, below, below**
 * And the land lubbers lay down below.**

**__ Imagery __**
 * Description: The author draws the reader into a poetic understanding by touching on the images and senses.**


 * Example:**


 * The Love song of J. Alfred Prufrock**
 * by**
 * T.S Eliot**
 * Let us go then,**
 * you and I,**
 * When the __evening is spread out against the sky__** **__like a patient etherized upon a table__;**
 * let us go**
 * through __certain half-deserted__ streets,**
 * the __muttering retreats of restless nights__ in one-night cheap hotels and saw dust restaurants with oyster-shells**

**__ Haiku __**
 * Description: A japanese poem which expresses feeling and nature. It has 5 syllables on the first line, 7 syllables on the second line, and 5 syllables on the last line.**


 * Examples:**


 * An old silent pond...**
 * A frog jumps into the pond,**
 * Splash! Silence again.**


 * "oogah" said Sam once.**
 * I think I'll have him for lunch.**
 * He was not tasty.**

**__ ABC Poem __**
 * Description:**
 * An ABC poem is a type of and acrostic poem. Each line starts with a letter from a to z, describing one theme.**


 * Example:**
 * Although things are not perfect**
 * Because of trial or pain**
 * Continue in thanksgiving**
 * Do not begin to blame**
 * Even when times are hard**
 * Fierce winds are bound to blow**

**__ Rhymes __**
 * Description:**
 * A poem where words at the end of each line rhymes with the word at the end of the next line.**


 * Examples:**
 * A student ran down the hall**
 * He ways, dribbling a basketball**
 * He ran into a wall**
 * And fell down the waterfall.**

**__ Acrostic __**
 * Description:**
 * -acrostic poems can be written in many different ways, but the simplest way is to first spell the subject of the poem vertically on one side. Then, write a word,phrase, or sentence that start with one of the letters in the word. (connects to the subject)**


 * Examples:**
 * Crisp and colorful**
 * Adorable and crunch**
 * Nice and tasty**
 * Delicious and templting**
 * Yummy and best**

**__ Limericks __**
 * Description:**
 * a limerick is a short poem that usually contains lots of humor. The 1st, 2nd, and 5th lines have 7-10 syllables and rhyme with each other. The 3rd and 4th lines have 5-7 syllables and also rhyme with each other**


 * Examples:**


 * A poem from "The Book of Nonsense", By Edward Lear**


 * There was an Old Person whose habits,**
 * induced him to feed upon rabbits;**
 * When he'd eaten eighteen,**
 * He turned perfectly green,**
 * Upon which he relinquished those habits.**

**__ Elegy __**
 * Description: A serious thoughtful poem usually sad lamenting a death.**


 * Example:**
 * "Death"**
 * Nor dread nor hope attend **
 * A dying animal; **
 * A man awaits his end **
 * Dreading and hoping all; **
 * Many times he died, **
 * Many times rose again. **
 * A great man in his pride **
 * Confronting murderous men **
 * Casts derision upon **
 * Supersession of breath; **
 * He knows death to the bone **
 * Man has created death. **
 * By: William Butler Yeats**