Works Cited

Some of you asked for this.
Here's the works cited page I created for my poetry anthology.
The works cited page has examples of citing your own work and citing a song from an album.

Oh, & Moriah, I got a few things wrong in the anthology citation:

Last name, First name. "Title of Essay." Title of Collection. Ed. Editor's Name(s). Place of Publication: Publisher, Year. Page range of entry. Medium of Publication.

Here are a few sources. Thanks to Purdue University.
MLA Works Cited Page: Book
MLA Works Cited Page: Electronic Sources
MLA Works Cited page: Other Common Sources

Introduction Example

Here's a link to the title page, introduction, and table of contents for the poetry anthology I created for the AP Lit teacher class I took several years ago. In the introduction I tried to suggest the significance of the theme itself and (briefly) the relationship of the poems to the theme. A good introduction will clearly set forth the theme, its significance, and say a something about the poems' relationship to the theme. A strong introduction will pique the reader's interest in the theme, perhaps suggest some of the complexity and variations within the theme; and suggest -- but not necessarily flesh out -- nuances and surprises in the poems' take on the themes.

Bring a typed poem of your own to class tomorrow (Friday 2/11)

We spent class time talking about how to go about doing translations but in case you want some help writing the other poems here are a few ideas.

Writing a poem on your theme using an allusion.
An allusion is an implied or direct reference to an event, literary work, myth, or work of art. An allusion does not explain at length the connection to the place, event, text, myth, or art; this encourages the reader to interpret the nature and meaning of the link.

An idea:
• Choose a well-known event, story, myth, song, etc. related to your theme. (If the theme is tragic love you might begin with Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet. If the topic is the ocean you might begin with Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey. If your anthology is focused on birth you might begin with the Botticelli’s painting the Birth of Venus.)
• Free-write for five minutes about whatever you’ve picked.
• Write a poem in which you transfer some of the details from your free-write into a new situation. (Imagine Romeo and Juliet at Gloucester High School. Imagine a Gloucester fisherman experiencing his own “odyssey” on his way home from the Grand Banks. Imagine your own birth taking place in the manner of Botticelli’s Venus.) This is a technique used in most of the Icarus poems we studied.

If you think your allusion might not be clear enough include a footnote in your anthology.

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Write a poem on your theme using a traditional or invented form.

Idea #1: For traditional forms look at the directions for the project or click here. Make sure you produce at least twelve lines of poetry. That's a minimum. You might try to excel in terms of quality, quantity, and/or formal rigor.

Idea#2 To invent your own form here are the guidelines for this assignment.
Make sure you have at least three rules or constraints. Rules/constraints could include:
* The use of particular words in particular places as with the sestina.
* The use of rhymes (or other sound techniques) in a particular pattern as with sonnets, ballads, terza rima, etc.
* The use of stressed and/or unstressed syllables in a particular pattern as with sonnets, ballads, blank verse, etc.
* The repetition of certain phrases, as with poems that use anaphora and epistrophe.
* The use of acrostics, double acrostics, or mesostics.
* The shaping of words on the page to form representative images or to achieve other effects.
* The omission of certain letters, such works are called "lipograms". (A novel called La Disparicion by George Perec is written using only words that do not contain the letter "e". The English translation by Gilbert Adair is called A Void and also uses no "e". Perec also has a novella in which all the words contain no vowels other than "e".)
* Oulipo is a loose gathering of writers who have come up with some very interesting constraints (including lipograms). A reasonable list of these constraints can be found here.
* What other rules or constraints can you think of?

Make sure you have at least twelve lines. That’s a minimum. Go above and beyond with quality, quantity, and/or the rigor of the constraints. If you invent your own poem make sure you include the rules in your anthology.

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Write a poem on your theme in any form or style you want. (Free Verse! Free Verse! Free Verse!)

Idea: Free-write for five minutes about your theme. Circle fifteen words or word clusters (no longer than four words in a row). Make sure you have fifteen (15). Give yourself fifteen minutes to write a fifteen line poem in which you use one of the fifteen words or word clusters in each line. Make sure you use all fifteen words or clusters. For your title tweak (revise, change) a common expression related to your theme. (If your theme is the "fear" you might use the expression "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself" but change it to "The Only Ring You Have to Wear is Fear of Self".)

Variations: You might restrict your free-write to concrete images only or a list of abstract nouns linked to concrete nouns (for politics: "the celebration of manure" "the vulnerability of starmoles" "the ubiquity of loosestrife," etc.) or a list of verbs related to your theme around which you will build each section of the poem...


Idea #2:

Independent Reading Project Proposal

Independent Reading & Research Project Proposal

Write a proposal letter in which you explain the idea for your project. The paragraph should include (1) the relationship of what you’re going to read to what you’ve already read, (2) what you plan to read during term three, (3) the central question that you are exploring (or if already have a thesis you might include a bold, insightful assertion instead of an exploratory), (4) the approximate number of pages in the books you plan to read during term three. Plan to read between 500 and 1000 pages.

Example

During second term I read Paradiso by Jose Lezama Lima, which has been described as a Cuban A Portrait of the Artist. I would like to read other books that are influenced by Joyce’s bildungsroman; I would also like to read literary criticism that analyzes the influence of A Portrait. The first work of criticism I’m interested in reading is From Modernism to Neobaroque: Joyce and Lezama Lima, which I found through Google Books. After reading the work of criticism I plan to read Fun Home, a graphic novel by Alison Bechdel. (The first chapter is called “Old Father, Old Artificer,” words taken from the end of A Portrait.) Finally I plan to read The Dalkey Archive by Flann O’Brien in which a fictionalized Joyce is a speaking character. The question I’m interested in exploring is “How did subsequent writers make use of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man?” (The three books are approximately 800 pages in length.)

Turn in the proposal letter by class time on Monday, February 7, 2011.

Poetry Anthology Project

AP English Literature and Composition

Personal Poetry Anthology
1. Email me your theme.
2. Bring typed copies of seven of the fifteen poems to class on Friday, February 4

3. Bring a draft of one of your own poems to class on Friday, February 11
4. Bring a draft of the introduction to class on Monday, February 14
5. Completed project is due Friday, February 18(no extension letters will be accepted)

Theme: ___________________________________

For this assignment, you will prepare a poetry anthology. For our purposes, poetry will include song lyrics. The anthology will be unified by a common theme, and must consist of the following minimal requirements:

Criteria Title of Poem (Author of Poem)

1. A late sixteenth or seventeenth

century poem (Elizabethan,

Metaphysical, Cavalier)

2. A nineteenth century poem

(Romantic, Gothic, Victorian)

3. A twentieth century poem

(modern or post-modern)

4. A twenty-first century poem

(post-modern)

5. Lyrics to song

6. A sonnet (or poem written in

another traditional form: sestina,

terza rima, rondeau, villanelle, etc.)

7. A poem translated

from another language

8. A poem that you have written

containing an allusion

9. A poem that you have written

using a traditional or invented form

10. A poem that you have written

that is a strict, loose, or homophonic translation

11. A poem that you have written

in any form

12. Free choice

13. “ “

14. “ “

15. “ “

You must include

a. A title page with MLA information (See Compass page 55.)

b. A dedication and epigraph page

c. An introduction (300-500 words introducing the theme, briefly explaining the relationship between the poems and the theme, and reflecting upon the theme.)

d. A table of contents with titles, authors, and the criteria fulfilled by each poem

e. A minimum of fifteen (15) separate poems/songs. You are expected to type the poems. Do not copy and paste. I can often tell.

f. A Works Cited page, including discography (MLA format See Compass page 56-58) Five or more of the cited sources must be books.

You may include:

a. More of your own poems, more translations, more poems in any category

b. Illustrations and/or photograph (Art taken from other sources much be cited)

c. More than one song lyric

d. A mixed-CD/mixed-tape with the song(s) and poems

The Midyear Exam and How to Prepare for It

1. Literary Vocabulary (Click here for 2011 definitions and examples. Click here for 2010 definitions and examples. Click here for 2009 definitions and examples. Click here for 2008 definitions and examples.)

2. Poetry Memorization and Analysis.

Click here for the poems we've been studying in class. Memorize one of them. (If you choose to memorize "The Sick Rose" you will also need to memorize "Ah! Sunflower".)

On the exam you will be given a prompt asking you to analyze how the poet uses literary techniques to convey and embody meaning. For help with writing poetry analysis essays: Click here for three poetry analysis essays from the 2009 AP exam. The first earned a 9, the second earned a 6, and the third earned a 4. You'll also see the scoring rubric and a paragraph explaining the score for each essay. The essays analyze an excerpt from Shakespeare's Henry VIII; click here and you'll find the excerpt on page 2.

3. AP English Literature and Composition reading comprehension multiple choice questions. (Click here and turn to page 14 to see what these questions look like.)

Midyear Exam Literary Vocabulary

Post clear, thorough definitions & clear, appropriate examples of the terms you have been assigned -- offer an explanation if necessary -- by class time January 10.

Sonnets & Poetry (21)
English (Shakespearean) Sonnet, Italian (Petrarchan) Sonnet, Iambic Pentameter, Meter, Iamb, Rhyme Scheme, Volta, Alliteration, Assonance, Consonance, Stanza, Octet, Sestet, Quatrain, Couplet, Enjambment, End rhyme, Full rhyme, Near/Off/Half/Slant Rhyme, Sonnet Sequence/Sonnet Cycle/Corona/Crown of Sonnets, Blank Verse

Other Types of Poems (5)
free verse, villanelle, sestina, terza rima, ballads

Other Poetic Techniques (3)
anaphora, epistrophe, inversion

Figurative Language (16)
figurative language, simile, metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, personification, apostrophe, conceit, hyperbole, pun, double entendre, rhetorical question (=erotema), oxymoron, paradox, synesthesia, denotation, connotation

Irony (4)
irony, verbal irony, situational irony, dramatic irony

Narration (5)
narration, first person narration, third person limited narration, third person omniscient narration, stream of consciousness

Writing Style (9)
style, voice, diction, syntax, tone, mood, dialect, colloquialism, vernacular

Character (13)
characterization, direct characterization, indirect characterization, dynamic character, static character, round character, flat character, foil, protagonist, antagonist, tragic hero, antihero

Plot & Events (10)
Plot, exposition, inciting action, rising action, climax, denouement (resolution), flashback, foreshadowing, internal conflict, external conflict,

Other Literary Terms from First Semester (4)
motif, symbol, epigraph, epiphany