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Comparing Poems

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Young literary analysts compare two poems by the same author. Readers look for slant rhyme, observe the beat and rhythm of each, and search for repeated vowel sounds. After re-reading, they observe the lack of punctuation and the stanza organization. Scholars record the speaker in each and complete a short writing prompt describing evidence that both were written by the same author.

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music beats, stanzas, compare and contrast texts, compare and contrast, text analysis, literature, narrators, poetry, punctuation, reading aloud, vowel sounds

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beat, punctuation, read aloud, rhythm, vowel sounds, Poem, speaker, compare texts, narrator, reread, slant rhyme, stanza, literature, author's word choice, english language arts
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4th - 6th
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English Language Arts
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RL.5.9 RL.5.10 RF.5.4.a W.5.2.a W.5.9.a W.6.9.a

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