Creative Writing Classes Write Poems
Jessica Rish Staff Reporter Mrs. Pappan’s creative writing classes are writing their third poem of the 2nd semester. The poem consists of ten or more lines and must include figurative language that the students have learned about so far. “The past poems have had specific guidelines that we had to follow, but this one is different. We just have to write about whatever comes to our brains with the exception of using the literary terms that we have learned about,” said Sophomore Ally Bates. The poem consists of ten or more lines and must include at least one simile, one direct metaphor, one implied metaphor, one example of personification, one example of enjambment, and one example of either assonance, consonance, or alliteration. This course is a fiction and poetry writing seminar in which creativity and imagination take precedence over mechanics. This course is separated into three units: short stories, poetry, and children’s s...