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Score |
Comments |
Poetic Voice
- Consistently in first-person or third-person point of view.
- Uses one or more literary devices that create musicality in a poem: alliteration, assonance, consonance, onomatopoeia, rhyme, rhythm, end-stopped lines, enjambment, casura.
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5/5 |
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Imagery
- Vivid images
- Uses senses: sight, sound, touch, taste, smell
- Shows does not tell
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10/10 |
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Word Choice
- Specific nouns
- Action verbs
- Does not use unnecessary words: very, really, always, gotten.
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10/10 |
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Line Breaks
- Occurs at the end of a statement
- Occurs at the end of a phrase
- Occurs where there is punctuation
- Enjambment deliberately chosen
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10/10 |
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Punctuation
- Correctly follow conventional rules
- Punctuation enhances the images and thoughts
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10/10 |
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Format
- Single-spaced
- One white space between stanzas
- Left-justified rather than centered
- Titled included
- Name heading
- 1″ margins
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5/5 |
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