sabato 10 marzo 2012

Freytag’s Pyramid- Story analysis

Freytag’s Pyramid

Freytag proposed a graphic form for the analysis of a plot  known as Freytag’s Pyramid(Freytag’s Pyramid is a modification of Aristotle’s structure that in his book Poetics stated that the unified plot structure of a drama is formed like a basic triangle), he described  five distinct sections or acts :  exposition; rising action; climax, falling action, denouement.
Freytag ha proposto una forma grafica per l'analisi della trama, conosciuta come la piramide di Freytag, egli ha descritto cinque distinte sezioni o atti.

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/plot-structure-literary-elements-904.html
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/plot-diagram/
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How to build a literature pyramid
http://www.fayette.k12.il.us/isbe/English-LangArts/stageF/engla2AF.pdf

sabato 12 novembre 2011

Geometric Poetry

How to create "geometric" poems using online tools ?
Come creare poesie "geometriche usando strumenti online? 
This is an interesting tool: an automatic  square generator, six lines with six words based on Lewis Carrol's style, CLICK AND TRY


My Square Poem


I
often
play
Candy Crush
I
curse it
often
hate
wherever
I
saw it
first
play
wherever
stupid
really
such
game
Candy Crush
I
really
feel
imprisoned
in it
I
saw it
such
imprisoned
be kind
free
curse it
first
game
in it
free
me




POEM COLLAGE

Poem Collage is a tool that gives you the opportunity to write your 

own poem and then clicking  on the GENERATE button to obtain 

a series of draggable lines you can rearrange as you want. You can 

also use it to recreate a poem.

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.