Cinquain

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Cinquain

• A cinquain
• is a five-line poem, named from the French word
  for five which is cinq.

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Cinquain

• The format for writing a cinquain is as follows
• Line 1 Write a noun.
• Person, Place, Thing, Idea

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• Line 2 Write 2 adjectives that describe the
  noun. Place a comma between the two
  adjectives.
• What kind? Which one? How many? How much? Whose?

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• Line 3 Write three verbs or verb forms
  that tell what the noun does.
• Place commas between verbs.

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• Line 4 Write a thought about the noun a
  phrase, clause, or sentence.

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• Line 5 Write the noun again OR write a synonym
  for the noun.

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Cinquain Examples

• Commercials
• Clever, stupid
• Amuse, inform, bore
• Refrigerator time
• Commercials

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Cinquain Examples

• Trees
• Shady, bare
• Branching, blooming, growing
• They eat your kites.
• Trees

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• Shopping
• Shopping is boring.
• Shopping is like going to the dentists
• office.
• Shopping is a pain. There are never
• enough parking spaces.
• People crowd the aisles. People fight for
• stuff. People take my money.
• I would rather stay at home.

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• Music
• Music makes me laugh.
• Some music makes me cry.
• Music is a friend to help you through difficult
• times.
• Music makes my feet tap and my hands clap.
• Music is energy when I am tired. Music is the
• school chorus, the church choir, the step team.
• Music is the 330 dismissal bell.

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Present Participles

• Present Participles end in ing.
• Examples
• Chasing the cat, the dog ran down the street.
  Chasing is the present participle of the verb
  chase. The participle modifies the noun dog.

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Diamond Poem

• A diamond poem is a seven-line descriptive poem
  that is formed in the shaped of a diamond.

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Diamond Poem

• Line 1 Write a subject (one or two words).
• Line 2 Write two adjectives describing the
  subject.
• Line 3 Write three participles describing
  actions of the subject.
• Line 4 Write four nouns associated with the
  subject.

• Line 5 Write three participles showing a change
  occurring in the subject.
• Line 6 Write two adjectives describing the
  altered subject.
• Line 7 Write a subject which is the opposite of
  the word in line 1.

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Diamond Poem MODEL

• Vacation
• fun, carefree
• relaxing, traveling, exploring
• friends, family, adventure, holiday
• ending, packing, returning
• routine, normal
• School

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Diamond Poem MODEL

• Summer
• golden, fragrant
• budding, blooming ,bursting
• warmth, flowers, youth, brightness,
• fading, chilling, shrinking
• Winter

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Diamond Poem MODEL

• Moon
• beautiful, bright
• glowing, shining, twinkling
• night, sleep, dreams, stars
• falling, fading, moving
• golden, hot
• Sun