Before taking this assessment, make sure you have attended or watched the LL recordings for the week of 2/26-3/1. The poem assignment below was completed during class using NoRedInk. You are welcome to copy your poem into the box below using the "copy essay" button within NRI. However, make sure to reformat your writing after you cut and paste, so it is a poem with lines and stanzas.
Write a Definition Poem that is modeled after one of the Definition Poems in The Crossover. To earn full credit make sure your poem:
has a title that breaks the word into syllables and provides the pronunciation and part of speech (4 points)
has 4 stanzas (remember, stanza is to poem as paragraph is to essay) (4 points)
Stanza 1 includes the definition of the word
Stanzas 2-4 begin with As in: and provide clear examples
tells a story (1 point)
uses descriptive or figurative language (1 point)
Title: Ap-pari-tion (uh-puh-ri-shun) - Noun
Invisible and ghostly presence,
A haunting image of the past,
A flicker of the mind's essence,
A shadow that will forever last.
As in: A memory like a film reel,
Playing on repeat in the mind,
A phantom of a lost love's feel,
An apparition we can never find.
As in: A whisper on the wind,
A ghostly figure in the dark,
A presence we can never rescind,
An echo of a long-forgotten spark.
As in: A dream that's just out of reach,
A specter in the corner of your eye,
A lesson that life is here to teach,
An apparition that will never die.