This document provides instructions for students to complete Module 1 on poetry. It lists several required tasks, including reading a PowerPoint on poetry elements, defining poetic terms with a partner, and reading selected poems and a textbook section. It explains students should copy definitions to a Word document and add it to a poetry portfolio. It also provides a grading rubric for the module and recommends additional poetry resources.

1. What is Poetry? Instructor: Willony Barclay

2. Welcome! Welcome to Exploring the Elements of Poetry! Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns about this module or the course. May you have a happy journey into becoming future poets!

3. In this Module, To fully complete it, make sure that you: Read Module 1: What is Poetry? (PowerPoint Presentation) Read and review over the "The Language of Literature: Poetry," SlideShare PowerPoint Presentation website. Copy to a Word document, highlight, and review over your own definition and examples, with a partner, of diction, imagery, point of view, figurative language, symbolism, plot events, main idea, tone, mood, syntax, sound, form, and structure of poetry. Add this to your Poetry Portfolio. Read page 525 (Poetry: Introduction) of Scholes, Klaus, Comley, & Silverman's, "Elements of Literature." Read poems on pages 592, 596, 602, 606, 613, 618, 624, and 631 of Scholes, Klaus, Comley, & Silverman's, "Elements of Literature."

4. Read in your Textbook Read and review over the " The Language of Literature: Poetry " SlideShare PowerPoint Presentation website. http://www.slideshare.net/mspata/poetry-powerpoint-1204716

5. “ The Language of Literature: Poetry” Key Outline (In Order, from the Left Column to the Middle, and the Right Column) Allusion Symbolism/ Symbol Paradox Oxymoron Metonymy Limerick Cinquain Diamante (Diamond) Ballad Haiku Stanza Rhyme: End and Internal Rhyme Scheme Labeling Rhyme Scheme Alliteration Assonance Simile Metaphor Personification Onomatopoeia Hyperbole Poets on Poetry Nine Misconceptions of Poetry What is Poetry? Two Types of Language in Poetry Speaker Theme Diction Imagery Meter and Rhyme Verse and Refrain

6. Module 1 Vocabulary Copy to a Word document, highlight, and review over your own definition and examples, with a partner, of the following words: Add this to your Poetry Portfolio. tone mood syntax sound form structure of poetry diction imagery point of view figurative language symbolism plot events main idea

7. Read from your Textbook Page 525 (“Poetry: Introduction”) of Scholes, Klaus, Comley, & Silverman's, "Elements of Literature."

8. Read Poems from your Textbook Pages 592, 596, 602, 606, 613, 618, 624, and 631 of Scholes, Klaus, Comley, & Silverman's, "Elements of Literature."

9. Grading System Unsatisfactory The student does not show a clear understanding of the module 1 requirements; Appropriate headings are missing, Tasks were not submitted by the due date and/or additional requirements were not met (such as did not list partner’s name with Module 1 Vocabulary definitions, Definitions not complete, “Language of Literature: Poetry” Key Outline is not complete, Did not read pages from the textbook and/or PowerPoint Presentation). Satisfactory The student shows a clear understanding of the module 1 requirements; Appropriate headings are found, Tasks submitted by the due date and any additional requirements met.

10. Other Helpful Resources Poets.org PoetryArchive.org for Students Wikipedia – Definition of Poetry