Read through your writing notebook, especially focusing on the entries you’ve added in this poetry unit so far. Choose one that you like and spend some time drafting further. Be sure to include at least one sound technique and one of the figurative language techniques we’ve explored in this section. Your poem does not have to be of final draft quality when you submit it, but it must be complete and it must show the techniques you’ve chosen to use. This poem may be one that you choose to include in your final unit project. Once you have a draft ready to submit, write a brief paragraph describing the techniques you used. Answer the following question in your paragraph:

What sound technique(s) did you choose to use?
How did you use it in your poem?
Why did you choose this particular technique, and what effect do you expect it to have on the reader?
What figurative language technique(s) did you choose to use?
How did you use it in your poem?
Why did you choose it — and what effect do you expect it to have on the reader?