If you were absent, ask me for the handouts and get the poetry outline from a friend. We read the poem, "Social Studies Report" by Patricia Young and we created a chart:
What does the poem say about education?
What proof do you have?
What techniques add to her persuasive argument?
Technique Review
1. repetition
2. juxtaposition
3. caesura
4. sound devices: alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia, rhythm, rhyme,
5. similes, metaphors
6. personification
7. puns
8. symbols
9. concrete imagery
10. narrative techniques: dialogue, plot, character (only applies to narrative poems)
11. line break
12. enjambment
