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Creative Writing Imagery, Diction, and Figures of Speech Week 4 Performance Task ORIGINAL POEM (30 PTS.)

This document provides a performance task and rubric for a creative writing assignment. Students are asked to compose an original free verse poem using appropriate diction and at least three examples of figures of speech. Their poem must show creativity and emotional depth through imagery. The rubric evaluates the poem's idea and organization, use of figures of speech, and grammar. A high-scoring poem will present a fresh, focused idea using logical organization and vivid sensory details and figurative language that contribute to the meaning. It will have no errors in mechanics, usage, grammar or spelling.

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Creative Writing Imagery, Diction, and Figures of Speech Week 4 Performance Task ORIGINAL POEM (30 PTS.)

This document provides a performance task and rubric for a creative writing assignment. Students are asked to compose an original free verse poem using appropriate diction and at least three examples of figures of speech. Their poem must show creativity and emotional depth through imagery. The rubric evaluates the poem's idea and organization, use of figures of speech, and grammar. A high-scoring poem will present a fresh, focused idea using logical organization and vivid sensory details and figurative language that contribute to the meaning. It will have no errors in mechanics, usage, grammar or spelling.

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Name: _______________________________________ Grade 12: Erudite Score: ____________________

CREATIVE WRITING
Imagery, Diction, and Figures of Speech
Week 4 Performance Task
Most Essential Learning Competency: Use imagery, diction, and figures of speech to evoke meaningful
responses from readers (HUMSS_CW/MP11/12-Id-4)
ORIGINAL POEM (30 pts.)
Compose an original free verse poem on a subject of your choice. In finalizing your poem, you should:
 use appropriate diction,
 use three different examples of figures of speech in your poem, for example a metaphor, simile, and
personification. Underline each example in the poem and identify what it is and;
 your poem must show creativity and emotional depth through the use of imagery.
RUBRIC FOR POEM
(10) (8) (6) (4)
Overall Idea Presents a fresh, Focuses on an idea, Idea may be Idea is unclear or
and original focused idea, feeling, or experience. understandable, but is unfocused. May include
Organization feeling, or experience. Uses a logical, still fuzzy. random ideas.
Poem uses effective Organization is Organization is
organization to organizational logical. illogical, or not evident. 
interpret idea strategy.
creatively and
effectively
Use of figures of Sensory details and Sensory details and Sensory details and There is no use—or
speech figurative language figurative language figurative language consistently confusing
create vivid images contribute to the may be overused, or inappropriate use—
that contribute meaning of the poem; underused, or of sensory details,
significantly to the used 4 different inappropriate to the figurative language, or
meaning of the poem; figurative language subject; used 3 sound devices. Used 2
used 5 different devices identified and different figurative different figurative
figurative language labeled language devices language devices
devices identified and identified and labeled identified and labeled
labeled
Grammar, There are no errors in There are some errors The poem is difficult The poem is
Usage, mechanics, usage, in mechanics, usage, to understand at times consistently difficult to
Mechanics, and grammar, or spelling. grammar, or spelling. because of errors in understand because of
Spelling mechanics, usage, errors in mechanics,
grammar, or spelling. usage, grammar, or
spelling.
Comment:
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________
(Title of your poem)
Prepared by:
Ms. Roxanne Lomandas

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