{"id":98,"date":"2020-03-24T04:47:04","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T04:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accintrotocreativewriting\/chapter\/writing-assignment-voice-poem\/"},"modified":"2022-08-19T16:13:03","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T16:13:03","slug":"writing-assignment-voice-poem","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/accintrotocreativewriting\/chapter\/writing-assignment-voice-poem\/","title":{"raw":"Writing Assignment: Voice Poem","rendered":"Writing Assignment: Voice Poem"},"content":{"raw":"<strong>Directions<\/strong>\n\nWrite a first-person poem where you are the speaker writing about some aspect of who you are. This means, you will use first-person pronouns: I, me, my, myself. Here's a list of poem suggestions:\n<ul>\n \t<li>Connect yourself to some aspect of nature like Langston Hughes did in \"Negro Speaks of Rivers.\"<\/li>\n \t<li>Write about a traumatic event that happened in your life like Robert Frost did in \"Home Burial.\"<\/li>\n \t<li>Compare yourself to an inanimate object like a computer, a refrigerator, a violin.<\/li>\n \t<li>Describe a rite of passage in your life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nYou get the idea, right? Brainstorm a list of your own ideas, a variation of one of the above, or use one of the above ideas.\n\n<strong>Show Don't Tell<\/strong>\n\nRemember to use specific nouns and strong action verbs. Remember to use your senses, sight, taste, touch, sound, smell. Of course, poets use less words than fiction writers, too.\n\n<strong>Line Breaks<\/strong>\n\nFollow the traditional line breaks and format that most free-verse poets use. Make line breaks where there is punctuation, an end of a phrase, or the end of a sentence.\n\n<strong>Final Draft Instructions<\/strong>\n\nFollow these instructions for typing the final draft:\n<ul>\n \t<li>The poem must be typed in a Microsoft Word file (.docx).<\/li>\n \t<li>It must have one-inch margins, be single-spaced, and typed in a 12 pt. readable font like Times New Roman, Calibri, or Arial.<\/li>\n \t<li>Don't allow the auto-correct in Microsoft Word to capitalize the first line of each poem. Use conventional English rules to write your lines.<\/li>\n \t<li>In the upper left-hand corner of page 1, type your first and last name, the name of the class, the date the assignment is due, and the assignment name. Example:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\">Jane Doe\nENGL 1465 \u2013 Creative Writing\nDue Date:\nWriting Assignment:&nbsp;Voice Poem<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n \t<li>Be sure to give your&nbsp;poem a title. &nbsp;Do not bold, enlarge, or punctuate the title. 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