- Author, Title (4 points)
- Include any helpful biographical information to help explain aspects of the poem.
- Explain any allusions in the title.
- Identify purpose of the poem.
- Links to other resources.
- Unfamiliar Words (2 points)
- Give line references and contextual clues.
- Basic Content(2 points)
- Review the main thoughts and organizational structure.
- Paraphrase important lines.
- Figurative Elements (6 points)
- Identify emotionally charged words.
- Explain any images/actions that can be interpreted as symbols and defend your choice.
- Explain the use of poetic devices: repetition, couplet, rhyme, simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, juxtaposition, alliteration, irony, stanza, meter, synechdoche, pun, paradox.
- Theme (6 points)
- Write one theme statement, then explain your reasons for arriving at this statement. Offer quotes/details from the poem that support the statement.
- Offer sub-themes and discuss author’s overall purpose, providing quotes/details from the poem in support.
- Personal Evaluation (6 points)
- Offer a personal response to the poem.
- Consider whether the poem fulfilled its purpose as well as your own criteria for good poems.
- Compare/contrast this poem with other poems or other media with similar theme(s).
- Answer Questions (4 points)
- Identify and answer appropriate questions raised by yourself, teacher, text, class discussion.
- “Quotable Quotes” (4 points)
- Provide a list of key quotes.
- Publish Study Guide (6 points)
- Design an appealing layout.
- Attend to details that enhance the document.
- Master key functions of productivity software.