November 4th-5th- Treasure Cannonier
During this week we learned about poems and more on the writing process. Each of these topics were in the form of PowerPoint presentations. 4th November Poems are writing pieces that are structured to take the nature of both speech and song that is nearly always rhythmical and usually metaphorical. This presentation led to the discussion of various types of poems such as wish poems, formula poems, free verse poems, acrostic poems, ode poems and haikus. I am familiar with free verse poems which I came across in high school. Free verse poems are simply poems that have no regular rhythm and do not follow a set of rules. Haiku poems were new to me and really intrigued me. These type of poems seem to have originated in Japan and they consist of three short lines that do not rhyme. 5th November In today's class, the lecturer presented on the stages of the Writing Process which includes: 1. Prewriting- choose a topic, gather and organize ideas, consider the potential audience, identify th...