Anyone who completes this will be given 100 points and the title of brainliest!! Assessment Instructions
For this assignment, you are going to choose a famous couple from the list below and write a humorous sonnet that one of these individuals would send to the other.
You may write your sonnet with sincerity and affection, or if you are feeling clever or cynical, you may write a parody. A parody uses the form of the original to poke fun. For this assignment, you would write your parody in sonnet form but employ techniques like hyperbole, understatement, or irony to mock the love poem genre, the idea of love in general, or some dynamic of your chosen couple's relationship. Look at another writer's Parody of Sonnet 18 to see if you would like to try it. The choice is yours!
Refer to the assignment rubric to see how your assignment will be evaluated.
Couples to Consider:
Writing Your Sonnet
1. Brainstorm
a. Think about the pair of characters you selected.
b. Jot down all words and phrases you can think of relating to your famous couple. Remember, this is to be a funny sonnet, so think about what is funny about your couple.
c. Decide whether you want to write with sincerity or cynicism.
2. Begin Writing
a. Arranging and rearranging your brainstormed items may give you ideas of how the poem should flow. Then you can add and take away from the words and phrases you have to create a unified poem.
b. Use at least one of the humorous devices we studied in this unit: irony, pun, oxymoron, malapropism, or hyperbole.
c. Remember to structure your sonnet in three quatrains ending with a couplet.
d. Once you have the flow of the poem, work on the rhyme scheme.
e. The English language is prone to iambic pentameter, so do not worry as much about the unstressed/stressed combination. Instead, make sure you have 10 syllables in each line. After all, this sonnet writing exercise is meant to help you gain an appreciation for the talent and creativity involved in this poetic form.
f. The Sonnet Writing Checklist provides you with a checklist of the necessary components of this assignment. Consider having someone else read your sonnet and complete the checklist for you; it is always nice to get a fresh pair of eyes to look at your work! You must also complete it on your own as part of the assessment for this lesson.
3. Publish
a. Construct a creative and meaningful way to display your sonnet. You might make a greeting card, create a PowerPoint presentation, make a colorful document, or choose any other creative way to display your sonnet.
b. There are many 21st century tools available for effective collaboration and communication in the online environment. For more information on tools your school uses, please contact your instructor or visit the Web 2.0 tools area. Note: If you choose a presentation option that requires the use of one of the Web 2.0 tools, please read and accept the Web 2.0 Terms of Use.
4. Reflect on your creative process
a. Write one paragraph to accompany your sonnet. Your paragraph should be at least six sentences in length, and should demonstrate careful thinking, polished writing, and solid insight about the sonnet and the relationship between the characters.
b. In the paragraph, you should reflect on the following items:
• reasons for selecting your famous pair
• reasons for choosing the tone of your sonnet
• your writing process
• what the poem emphasizes about the characters
• use and effect of humorous devices in your poem
• challenges you experienced
• what you enjoyed about the activity

Parody of Sonnet 18
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this and this gives life to thee.

Should I compare you to my ugly cat?

You are more pleasant and more kind to birds

At times my cat can bite just like a bat,

And no one wants to touch her matted furs:

Sometimes I think I ought to wash her more,

And then I grab the bath to kill the fleas;

And every time my cat hears water pour,

She claws my legs and runs right up the trees;

But you would never scratch me with your nail

Nor would you hide my keys while I'm asleep;

And I have never seen you flick your tail

Into my cups of tea each time they steep.

As long as you stay nicer than Miss Paws,

I'll be forever thankful with good cause.

the attachment is for the checklist;