Personification Poem – Criteria for Success
Author ______Emotion ______Date ______Per: _____
Your final draft includes…
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Not Yet (NY) / Comments / Peer-Eval
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Not Yet (NY) / Comments
a. Word Choice that creates a mood and images in the reader’s mind.
b. Personification of an emotion. / Emotion:
c. Figurative language (beside personification). / FL types used:
d. Evidence that time was spent working on Word Choice. / Evidence:
e. Lines that begin in a variety of ways.
f. Clauses, phrases, opening adverbs and adjectives, & prepositional phrases.
g. Evidence that time was spent working on Sentence Fluency. / Evidence:
h. Examples of three or more Revision Strategies from the Writing Handbook. / List Strategies used:
i. Voice that reveals the human spirit.
j. Evidence that time was spent working on Voice. / Evidence:
k. A beginning.
l. A middle.
m. An end.
n. Transitions. / List some:
o. Punctuation used purposefully.
p. A creative title. / Title:
q. Typed (or other for effect).
r. An original “character” picture.
s. One page, front only, in length.
Personification Poem – Evaluation
Author ______Emotion ______Date ______Per: _____
Attributes / Exceed5 / Met
4 / Developing
3 / Not Yet
2 / Not Present 0
Word Choice
· Word choice created a mood (feeling) in the audience and created a picture in the reader’s mind of the character and situation (imagery).
· Powerful, stunning verbs & unique phrasing.
· Author used figurative language, including personification.
· Everyday language used in original ways.
· Every word carries its own weight.
· Words capture what is hard to express.
Sentence (Line) Fluency
· Lines began in a variety of ways.
· Writer used clauses, phrases, opening adverbs and adjectives, prepositional phrases in poem.
· Easy to read with inflection that brings out voice.
· Lyrical-dances along like a script, poem, or song.
· Stunning variety in style, length.
· Fragments effective, dialogue authentic/dramatic/performable.
· Makes reader want to say, “Listen to this.”
Voice
· As individual as fingerprints.
· Begs to read aloud-reader can’t wait to share it.
· Uses voice as tool to enhance meaning.
· Passionate, vibrant, electric, compelling.
· Reveals the human spirit.
· Three or more Revision Strategies were evident and used well.
Form
· Lines and stanzas used to make meaning clear.
· Organization (beginning, middle, end, + transitions) aided in understanding the writer’s ideas.
Format
· Typed (or similarly crafted) for effect.
· Original, student-created, “character” art included.
· One page (front only) in length.
· Catches the eye (can’t not look at it).
· Formatting reinforces or adds to meaning.
Purpose – overall effectiveness
· Writer used word choice, fluency, voice, and form to create a character (physically and personality wise) that represented an emotion.
· Writer created a moment-in-time with his or her character that illustrated the emotion.
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