Poetry Essay Analysis Writing Mechanics- Part 1

Poetry analysis essays do not use the ACE format.

• True

• False

The topic sentence is the first sentence of the paragraph.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

The topic sentence should include the title of the poem and the author.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

The topic sentence SHOULD NOT reveal what the paragraph is about.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

A poem title is in quotation marks.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

A quote cannot stand by itself with no other words in the sentence.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

The first letter of a quote should be lower case.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Punctuation goes INSIDE of the quotes.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Line numbers should be in quotation marks at the end of a quote for proper citation.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

If multiple lines are used they should all be listed. (ex: 1-4)

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9