Today's English class agenda includes: 1) Journal writing, handing in treasure maps, and completing vocabulary 4 homework for Wednesday 2) Notes on imagery and figurative language, including definitions and an example poem about spring 3) Creating sense poems based on a given formula, with ideas generated using a graphic organizer and the poems due tomorrow.

2. Hand in Treasure Maps

3. Vocabulary 4

4. Notes on Imagery and Figurative Language

6. Notes on Imagery Imagery when writers use words or phrases that appeal to the senses and cause readers to create vivid pictures in their minds or feel sensations SPRING By Edna St. Vincent Millay To what purpose, April, do you return again?Beauty is not enough. You can no longer quiet me with the redness Of little leaves opening stickily. I know what I know. The sun is hot on my neck as I observe The spikes of the crocus. The smell of the earth is good. It is apparent that there is no death. But what does that signify? Not only under ground are the brains of men Eaten by maggots. Life in itself Is nothing, An empty cup, a flight of uncarpeted stairs. It is not enough that yearly, down this hill, April Comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers.

7. Notes on Figurative Language Figurative Language Expressions that are not literally true Used to create fresh and original description Three major types: Simile- Comparison using “like” or “as” Metaphor- Comparison not using “like” or “as” Personification- giving human qualities to inanimate objects

8. Sense Poems Create a sense poem using the formula given. Use the graphic organizer to generate ideas about your subject. Fill in the lines of the poem, then take out the part I’ve given you at the beginning. DUE TOMORROW!