Download The Tattoo or Blue Skin of the Sea Poetry Slam Evidence

The Tattoo or Blue Skin of the Sea Poetry Slam Evidence
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative
meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how
it sets a formal or informal tone).
Submit the following chart with your final copy of your poem and rubric. Be sure you provide enough evidence and explanation to demonstrate your
understanding of the literary devices used in your poem and the context for these literary devices.
Line from your poem that uses a
literary device used in your own
poem. Include line number.
Example: Your verbal punches
relentlessly strike, constantly
knocking me against my mental
ropes (line 5)
What literary device is used?
Include definition.
HOW did you use this device?
Evidence from the text to support your use of
this device or CONTEXT (reference).
Metaphor-direct comparison
between two unlike things
Compared words to punches, in a
boxing match.
“My father was no southpaw. Straight up,
classical boxer. Jab, jab, overhand right. Jab,
double left hook, K.O., right hook” (p.16). Ken
compares his dad to a boxer.