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Composition & Literature 2A

Your Name: Raphael Baptista de Carvalho Souza

School: Colégio Notre Dame Campinas

Classroom Teacher’s Name: Bruce McCalman

Date: 08/12/2021

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Comp & Lit 2A

Lesson 7 Writing Assignment

“Where I’m Going” Poem:

Write a poem that answers the question, “Where am I going?” Use two
different sound devices and two different types of figurative language in your
poem.

Part A: Brainstorm

First, let’s brainstorm ideas. As you did with the “Where I’m From” poem, make
this poem creative and fun, filled with your unique personality.

Fill out as many lines on the brainstorming chart below that you can think of to
help you gather ideas for your poem. I have included some ideas to help jog your
memory. You do not have to fill out every line in this chart! Just fill out the ones
that seem the most interesting to you.

“Where I’m Going” Brainstorming Chart

Category Details/Hopes/Ideas/Feelings

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Where I might live (specific place; Near a forest

general location, such as by the
beach)

What I might do (job, hobbies, travel) Be a florist

Who I might share life with (specific Friends and beloveds

person, type of person, children,
animals)

What type of person I want to be Peaceful and wise.

(honest, loyal, hardworking)

Memories I might make (family

vacations, first day of job)

What I might hear (applause after a The song of the thrush birds, and
performance) the croaking of the frogs

What I might see (gray cubicle walls) The colors of the orchids and the
green of the trees.

What I might taste (mom’s home Cornmeal cake and chicken soup.
cooking when you visit)

What I might smell (roses The smell of the wet plants.

transplanted from your grandma’s
house)

What I might touch (your child’s soft The soft ground.

hair)

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Part B: Prewrite
Use this outline template to organize your ideas
for your “Where I’m Going” Poem.

Choose a few of your ideas from the chart above and form phrases
using sound devices: alliteration (the repetition of beginning
consonant sounds in words that are close together in a sentence or
line), assonance (the repetition of vowel sounds in words close
together in a sentence or line), or onomatopoeia (when a word
describes a sound that sounds like what it means). You don’t have to
use all of the sound devices, but remember that your poem needs to
include at least two different types of sound devices.
Example: I will be living with the love of my life (alliteration with the
consonant “L”).

Sound Devices

Alliteration
When I turn old I will hear Ribbit ribbit
In a rythm way, ribbit ribbit
Until my wrinkles go away.

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Assonance

When I turn old I will hear Ribbit ribbit

In a rythm way, ribbit ribbit
Until my wrinkles go away.

Onomatopoeia
I gonna turn old and I will hear Ribbit ribbit
In a rythm way, ribbit ribbit
Until my wrinkles go away.
Ribbit and happy I will stay.

Choose a few of your ideas from the chart above and form phrases
using figurative language: simile (uses words such as like or as to let
readers know that two things are being compared or contrasted),
metaphor (a comparison between two unlike things, without using

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the words “like” or “as”), personification (a comparison of two types

of things by giving human characteristics to something nonhuman),
hyperbole (a type of figurative language that uses exaggeration for
emphasis or effect). You don’t have to include examples of every
type of figurative language, but remember that your poem needs to
include at least two different types of figurative language.

Simile
And I will be as happy as a hummingbird

Metaphor
I’m going to be a wise tree

Personification

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And the sun will smile until the moon starts to sing.

Hyperbole

The mountainous river that flows.

Decide How to End: come up with a reason you wrote about all of
these things, or decide on another satisfying way to end your poem.

I gonna turn old and I will hear Ribbit ribbit

In a rythm way, ribbit ribbit
Until my wrinkles go away.
Ribbit and happy I will stay.

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Title: You may choose “Where I’m Going” or another title that makes
sense for your poem.
Where I’m Going

Part C: Draft
Use your prewriting to a complete poem of at least 12 lines.
Remember to use at least two different sound devices and at
least two different types of figurative language throughout
your poem. As you write, also play with the rhythm and
placement of phrases to see how the lines sound with
different meters and in different spaces within the poem.

Ideas for how to begin your lines:

I will be….
I’m going….
You will find me….

WHERE I’M GOING

I’m going to a peaceful place

sanctuary in this world’s rush

Not as big as a palace

But I will hear the thrushs

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There is going to have a lake

And I will swim on it every day

And not a single day a break I will take

And to happiness, this is the way

I gonna turn old and I will hear Ribbit ribbit

In a rhythm way, ribbit ribbit

Until my wrinkles go away.

Ribbit and happy I will stay.

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Part D: Review
Ask a teacher, learning partner, or friend to read your work.
Show them the rubric. Ask the learning partner to give you
advice about how to improve your poem. Make necessary
changes to your draft.

Part E: Revise
Use what you learn from the review to make thoughtful
changes to your work. Keep revising until your poem is just
the way you want it.

Part F: Edit
Correct grammar and spelling errors. Ask for help if you need
it.

Part G: Publish
When you finish revising and editing, write your final draft in the
space below.

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WHERE I’M GOING

I’m going to a peaceful place

sanctuary in this world’s rush

Not as big as a palace

But I will hear the thrush’s

There is going to have a lake

And I will swim on it every day

And not a single day a break I will take

And to happiness, this is the way

I gonna turn old and I will hear Ribbit ribbit

In a rhythm way, ribbit ribbit

Until my wrinkles go away.

Ribbit and happy I will stay.

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Part H Reflect:
Answer these questions in full, thoughtful sentences:

1. What are your two examples of sound devices?

2. What are your two examples of figurative language?
3. Which was the most difficult part of writing your poem?
4. What are you proudest of about your work?

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1 my two examples of sound devices are the rhymes that I

made with “rush and thrush”. And the onomatopeia that I used “ribbit”.
2 the two examples of figurative language are the hyperbole
of “ and I will swim on it every day” and the simile of “not as big as a palace”
3 the most difficult part was the end.
4 the thing I’m most proud of is the fact that I could put my
ideas in the poem and still rhyme.

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