Free Verse Assignments
- Assignment #1: Using ALLITERATION and CAREFUL WORD CHOICE, create a poem about something that brings you joy. Feel free to use additional figurative language.
Assignment #2: Using ASSONANCE, WORD CHOICE, WORD ORDER, and SIMILE create a poem about any "issue" that is important to you. Feel free to use additional figurative language.
Assignment #3: Using WORD CHOICE, WORD ORDER, PERSONIFICATION AND EITHER ANAPHORA OR EPISTROPHE create a free verse poem about something you miss from your childhood. Feel free to use additional figurative language.
Assignment #4: Using WORD CHOICE, WORD ORDER, SYNESTHESIA and IMAGERY create your last free verse poem about any ONE of the following:
- A particular color
- Falling asleep or waking up
- The feeling of getting lost in a book
- A bad dream
- An important life choice you've made
- The ocean
- Your grandmother's hands
- A favorite food and a specific memory of eating it
- An imaginary city
- A superstition you have