Remembrance Day Poetry - I am Poems

In ELA, our next topic is focusing on elements of poetry.  We will be using Remembrance Day and it's significance for our inspiration. Remembrance Day takes place in Canada every year on November 11th. By writing poems from the perspective of soldiers, children, parents, poppies, crosses and other symbols of Remembrance Day, we will make connections to our country and the world around us.  Personification, similes and metaphors will also used in our poems to create a deeper connection for the audience.  Here is a quick definition of those terms . . . 

Personification: 

per·son·i·fi·ca·tion

pərˌsänəfəˈkāSH(ə)n/

noun

1. the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

Example:

sim·i·le

ˈsiməlē/

noun

1. a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox ).

Example:

met·a·phor

ˈmedəˌfôr,ˈmedəˌfər/

noun

1. a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
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Here is the template we will use for our poems.  You will be following the same format to write your own, but first we will write one together.