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ENG 4CI: Responding to Literature Unit
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My Life in Literary Terms
Poetry Assignment
Purpose To create a poem about yourself using literary terms, while exploring definitions, and providing descriptions
for your artistic choices.
Assignment Components
1. From the list below, identify 10 literary terms that you will incorporate into your project. Please take a moment to
highlight them now.
Allegory, Alliteration, Allusion, Anaphora, Diction, Assonance, Atmosphere, Tone, Figurative Language, Imagery,
Metaphor, Onomatopoeia, Personification, Hyperbole, Repetition, Symbolism, Simile, Parallel Structure, Rhyme,
Oxymoron
2. Define the terms in your own words in a full sentence. (Bonus: You now know 10/20 terms for our literary devices
quiz) Exemplar of a definition in my own words: “A metaphor is often used in literature to make a direct comparison
between two different things without using the words ‘like’ or ‘as.’”
3. Practice creating literary devices that relate to and express details about you and your life. Exemplars: “I am a torn
leaf, floating down the rivers, drinking in water” or “Reading is my breath, without it, I would surely not survive.”
4. Construct a poem using your 10 literary devices. Using the examples of prominent poetry read in class as a guide,
create a meaningful poem with your words to express your life. Identify the tone and voice to your poem so the
devices are connected through meaning and not disjointed examples. Develop your poem by experimenting with
elevated language choosing words with purpose.
5. Provide an informative full sentence description of how each of these literary devices applies to your life.
Exemplar: “Reading is my breath, without it, I would surely not survive.” is a metaphor used to demonstrate how
avidly I read. I am making the comparison between breathing and reading to convey its importance to my life.
6. Create an aesthetically pleasing method to display your poem in a way that represents who you are. Using fonts,
colour, paper shape, and design, you will visually compliment the essence of your poem. You must include an
image that signifies a relationship to the poem on your display. Your image can be hand-drawn, a published piece
of art, a personal photograph, a graphic image, etc… Exemplar: As an English teacher, I may choose to include a
picture of me as a child reading my first novel and design my font and page to look like an old favourite book.
7. Attach this sheet to your assignment and hand in on ____________________________.
You will receive 1 mark for each accurately used literary device within your poem.
You will receive 1 mark for each complete sentence describing the device choices you made.
High Degree (Level 4)
Considerable (Level 3)
Some (Level 2)
Limited (Level 1)
Little to No
Evaluation of “My Life in Literary Terms”
Literary Devices
Absent
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
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0 2 4 6 8 10
Visual Criteria
You will receive up to 5 marks for artistic choices that creatively and aesthetically display your
poem.
You will receive up to 5 marks for an image that relates to your poem in a meaningful way.
0 1 2 3 4 5
0 1 2 3 4 5
Quality of Poem
You will receive up to 5 marks for a poem that demonstrates a clear voice and consistent use of
tone.
You will receive up to 5 marks for your use of elevated language and meaningful word choice.
Total
Specific Feedback:
0 1 2 3 4 5
0 1 2 3 4 5
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