Purpose:
to build descriptive writing skills in the context of our shakespeare unit.
hints and tips:
create a word palette of 50 adjectives to get you started!
- use the senses - what can you see? what can you hear?
- use descriptive language (expressive adjectives, powerful verbs, alliteration),
success criteria grade 8-9:
writing and its register is convincingly matched to the purpose, audience, form
a range of compelling, convincing and complex ideas.
ofing of yocabulary (9+ choices) and linguistic devices (6

Read the stanza below from the poem “tattoo” by gregg shapiro and answer the question that follows. if i could trade places with him i would pad the rest of his days wrap him in gauze and velvet absorb the shocks and treat his wounds i would scrub the numbers from his flesh extinguish the fire and give him back his life what does shapiro use to create the conceit in the lines above? a) he carries one line of poetry onto the next. b) he paints vivid word pictures that trigger the imagination by appealing to the five senses. c) he directly expresses a metaphor using like, as, or than. d) he uses physical protection to represent emotional protection.

Seven pleiades entranced in heaven, form in the deep another seven: endymion nodding from above sees in the sea a second love. how do the ideas in the excerpt compare to poe’s ideas in "the poetic principle"? this celebration of love offers the “lessons of truth” that poe encourages. this scientific reference relates to the “precepts of duty” that poe praises. this reflection of the night sky offers a “contemplation of the beautiful” that poe encourages. this image of heaven encourages the “incitements of passion” that poe praises.

Which pair of words has similar denotation but different connotations?