Taking Off the Mask: Teaching the Recurring Image in Poetry Writing.

Gorrell, Nancy

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ERIC Number: EJ418049

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Publication Date: 1990

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Taking Off the Mask: Teaching the Recurring Image in Poetry Writing.

Gorrell, Nancy

English Journal, v79 n7 p27-29 Nov 1990

Describes how a teacher uses Stanley Kunitz's poem "The Portrait" to help students write poems full of concrete, sensory images about deeply private experiences. Presents examples of student poems. (RS)

Descriptors: English Instruction, Imagery, Personal Narratives, Poetry, Secondary Education, Student Writing Models, Teaching Methods, Writing Assignments, Writing Instruction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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