Inspirations from ArtInspirations from Art

99thth Lit Honors Lit Honors

ELACCL9-10W10: Write routinely over … shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks,

purposes, and audiences.

Many poets are inspired by the beauty of what they see. In fact, sometimes art is considered visual poetry.

As you look at the art in the following slides, you will accomplish a variety of tasks inspired by these visuals.

Compose a title for a poem inspired by this art. Incorporate one vocabulary word. Use alliteration.

Use sound imagery to describe this scene; incorporate one vocab word.

Imagine that you are the speaker of a poem inspired by this incident.

Write the first three lines of your poem. Incorporate one vocabulary word and internal rhyme.

Choose one. Use a vocab word:

•Write a simile that would occur in a poem inspired by this visual.

•Write a metaphor that compares the yellow figure to something of your choice.

•Personify this visual.

Write a 5-line poem inspired by this painting by Pablo Picasso.

Use two vocabulary words.

Use assonance and consonance.