LO 8 Poetry Part 2- Finding Your Voice By Ukaisha Al-Amin

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    Welcome to Poetry Part 2: Finding your voice.

    • 8.1: Classroom Lecture and Activity
      In this lesson, you will learn about using voice in general when writing poetry. However, there is the larger voice. You as an author have a voice in which you may want to express through poetry. Your voice also includes your experiences. SLOs:Understand, analyze, and apply the main elements of poetry, fiction, and drama to their own creative writing.Blend various creative techniques and strategies into their own writing.Analyze and evaluate their own writing and that of others for strengths and
    • 8.2: Read
      This page explores the concept of "voice" in poetry, differentiating between the speaker and the poet while discussing various points of view and their effects on reader engagement. It identifies key voice elements such as tone, diction, and audience, and exemplifies these ideas through Robert Frost's "Home Burial.
    • 8.3: Activity
      This page offers guidance on crafting a first-person poem focused on personal identity, encouraging themes such as nature, trauma, object comparison, and rites of passage. Key elements include the use of vivid imagery, specific nouns, strong action verbs, and sensory details. It provides formatting and line break conventions for free-verse poetry, along with an assessment rubric to evaluate aspects like poetic voice and overall format.

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