CriteriaforExcellentPoetry

Pointsfrom1to5(excellent)

1.Possessesawritersobservanteye.

Createsavividawarenessofplacecreatesdistinctsensoryimagescreates
characterswhohavetheflavorofreallifetellsarealisticstory.

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2.Choosestopicsthathaveprofoundmeanings.

Catchesthereaderunaware,byshowingeverydaysituationsinsurprising
waysleadsthereadertoimportantrealizationsopensthereadertonew
methodsofobservingorinterpretinglifetruststhereadertointeractwiththe
poemandtocreatetheirownpersonalmeaningsskillfullyarousesanarrayofemotions.

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3.Understandsthegenreofpoetry.

Attemptsseveraltypesofpoetry,includingfreeverse,prosepoetry,
endrhyme,dialogue,concrete,etc.playfullymanipulateslanguagetoachieve
anintendedeffectastutelydevelopseachpoemtoachieveasenseofbeauty
(althoughnotnecessarilyinthetraditionalsense)understandstherhythms
andinnerharmoniesofwordsandphrasesorganizeswordsandlinessothat
thereaderiscaughtupinanawarenessofsoundinthebestcases,connects
useofsoundwithmeaningsofpoems.

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4.UsesLanguageWell.

DemonstratesconfidenceinthecorrectuseofstandardwrittenEnglish,
includingspelling,grammar,punctuation,mechanicsanduseofadvanced
sentencestructureandparagraphsdoesnotviolatetheseconventionswithout
aspecificclearjustificationorrationale,withaconsistentapplicationofthe
alternativelanguagerules.

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5.Demonstratesawarenessofthepersonalartisticprocess.

Clearlyexplainstheprocessused,whatitwashopedeachpoemwould
explain,whetherornotthepoemshaveachievedtheirpurposes,andwhat
concreterevisionswouldbemadeiftimeallowedorganizespoemswithan
observablepurposecreatesapublicationreadyfinalproduct.

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2522=A

2118=B
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