How to be a Person by Shayne Koyzcan
HERE IS ORIGINAL
STEP ONE: Analyze the original poem by Shayne Koyzcan on this peardeck (in
class Monday)
STEP TWO: Write your own “How to be a person” in a list of 7.
Expectation: Your writing should show an effort at using some
figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification) or attempt to use an
adverb (ly verb).
HERE IS AN EXAMPLE:
How to be a Person by Pablo Aguilar
Note that this writer uses similes to start each line.
One: Be like the world, Strong even if you’re ugly on the inside. Be strong
aren’t you won’t be able to succeed.
because if you
Two: Be like the clouds, cry if you have to because pain inside, will kill you. The clouds cry too!
Three: Be like the wind, invisible to those who don’t like you so that you can blow on their faces
to let them know that you aren’t weak like they thought you were.
Four: Be like the sky, blue so that others who are younger admire you, so that others look up to
you, and show them that you can achieve what you want.
Five: Be like the doors, open just in case someone wants you to let them in, but if you feel like
the that person is not worth your time and if you feel like that person doesn’t treat you the right
way don’t let them in.
Six: Don’t be like the planet ‘Pluto’ far far away so that no one will notice you, because one day
they will forget you. Get Closer to the world don’t fear to be wrong.
Seven: Don’t be like the grass, on the ground so that everyone who walks would always step on
you with their dirty shoes. Stand up from there!
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How to be a Person
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