dialogue

Two brothers sitting in a local pub discussing the local football team over a glass of beer and a chess board. One brother said to the other that the local football team was looking for a new head coach and the other brother said that he was not interested in the job. The first brother said why not you were the star wide recevier when we went to college in the early 80s. The second brother said no I still can't do it because of the years sitting in the pub drinking and not focusing on my health. The first brother said thats ok the current head coach has been here with you for the  last year. The second brother said you are correct you should get out there and coach the team. The two brothers finished their beers and their chess game and wheeled their wheel chairs out the door and headed towards the street which lead to the local nursing home, where they lived and they had the same room.

test prep #2

personification
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZHKsTN2lc4

what is a personification?
A. a statement that on the surface that it possibly cannot be true
B. a use of language that is elevated
C. a word that invokes a range of additional meanings
D. a type of metaphor in which human characterisics are to given to something inanitmate, animal or abstract.

review for test

Onomatopoeia
Here is a youtube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1b5kCvVBo8
Is a term referring to the use of a word that resembles the sound it denotes?
A. simile
B. metaphor
C. onomatopoeia
D. oxymoron

howl imitation

Looking back at the younger generation is

 Like looking at a spring flower bed

Many have bloomed with beautiful

 Flowers of red, yellow and white

Many still are in their buds of green

 And a few have wilted and died

All around the beautiful flowers is

The warm black soil with its many attributes

There are of course the weeds and drugs

 Of misfortune that rear their heads

The bugs of despair in the form of

Alcohol and smoke that chew on their leaves

Most of them still become the beautiful adults

 Of summer with all their flaws

imagery poem

wrecking
sliding across the double yellow
watch out for the ditch

sestina

The Religious Leader

# Stanza 1
we have cherished the honor
we expect the integrity
we all have courage
we all expect trust
we are one large happy family
all because of faith
# Stanza 2
many great leaders have used  faith
they all have a higher honor
because of the aspect of family
and the expectation of integrity
they have earned our trust
because of their courage
# Stanza 3
some have died because of courage
they all had a strong faith
in the name of trust
and the promise of honor
and integrity
they left their family
# Stanza 4
we all need family
to support our courage
and strenghten our integrity
and our faith
to keep our honor
we need the trust
# Stanza 5
you can fell the trust
in the family
there will always be honor
when you have courage
and a strong faith
with integrity
# Stanza 6
with all of the integrity
you can build trust
that will support the faith
and the family
through the courage
and the promise of  honor
# Envoi (includes two keywords per line!)
the integrity of the family
has built the trust and courage
of the leaders of the faith and the people's  honor