Aley

I want to keep Norma. She's adorable

Hey guys, I'm wondering if maybe I should try to turn us into a clique like the Dragons Guild. As we ponder our existence together, let's try to get rid ...

Thank you @reikann, you're wonderful!

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THIS IS! The last call I'm sending out for reminders on the thread before I start organizing it tomorrow. [in 2 hours.]

This should only have 3 minutes before it's up and going!

P oetry W ars Last Week's Results Last week two poems fought viciously for your approval, and in the end morning has wrung out her sleeves by Pompadour won! This ...

Summary Some of the ways that emotion in poetry can be expressed include using specific types of language and adding details about certain situations. Develop an understanding of how you ...

Adding Emotion to a Poem The above sections are all about how to find emotion in poetry and what some of the different tools are that you can use to ...

"You're Not The Boss of Me" Test This test (YNTBoM) is geared towards discovering imperative language and assumptions in poetry by reading the poem and, after each line, filling in ...

Preaching in Poetry One of the hazards of writing poetry is that you may end up becoming "preachy." This is mostly because as a writer you want to say me, ...

Clichés Clichés phrases that everyone is already familiar with or words being used in familiar, worn-out ways. As a new writer or someone who doesn't read much, these will be ...

Specificity A trick in poetry is being specific enough for readers to see and feel the events of the poem while avoiding being too specific, to the point where the ...

Loaded Language Along with button words comes loaded language. This is language that evokes one of the five senses: sight, smell, touch, hearing, or taste. To get these senses tingling, ...

Button Words Button words are words that create an emotional response from the reader automatically because of our connotations with the word. This could be something positive, such as "patriotic ...