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The Downsiders Poetry Lesson

Prompt

  • Create your own poem based on the Downsiders.
  • Write from the perspective of a character.
  • OR write about one of the book's themes.
  • OR write about a setting.
  • Include at least TWO examples of figurative language.

What is Poetry?

Themes

Setting

  • Class
  • Xenophobia-fear of strangers or outsiders
  • Friendship
  • Forbidden Love
  • Rebellion
  • The Topside (New York City)
  • The Downside
  • Writing arranged to create a specific emotional response through meaning, sound, and rhythm.
  • There are dozens of forms of poetry, ranging from slam to free verse to ballads

Characters

  • Talon Angler
  • Lindsay Matthias
  • Railborn
  • Gutta
  • Robert Gunderson
  • Alfred Beach
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