Name: ______________ Per:___

NOUN POEM: INSTRUCTIONS

Use one of the three pictures you brought in OR find a photo from a magazine (choose a person,
place or thing and cut out a picture.)

Then, use the picture as inspiration for a descriptive poem according to the following format.



Line 1: Choose a noun that describes the person, place or thing you have selected.

Line 2: Describe this noun with two adjectives joined by the word and or but.

Line 3: Use a verb (action word) and an adverb (description word ending in ly) to show this noun in a
typical action.

Line 4: Think up a comparison beginning with the word as or like to show a special quality this noun
as.

Line 5: Use a phrase beginning with if only to express a wish regarding this noun.



NOUN POEM: EXAMPLE












By (student) Peggy Reynolds

Officer
Strong and fearless
Fighting courageously
As brave as a gladiator
If only I could be a hero
Name: __________________ Per: _____
Noun Poem Expanded
1. Look at your noun. Determine if the noun you chose is general or specific. If you can be more
specific with your noun choice, replace your noun.
Ex: officer fireman
Music Rock nroll, hip hop, jazz
Bird owl, hummingbird, blue jay
Expression frown, grin

2. Look at the verb/adverb you used to describe your noun. If you can be more specific with
your verb choice, replace your verb.

Ex.
Ran scampered
Said exclaimed
Held gripped
Went scurried
Walked trudged
Saw spied
Opened ripped

3. This time, add a new line using alliteration. Consider: what does your person, place, or
thing sound like, look like, act like, feel like? Use at least two words to form your
alliteration.

Ex:
Looks like: tired and hot from fighting fires
Sweat droplets dripping down his cheeks
Acts like: a hero
Saving small school children

4. Somewhere in your poem use a hyperbole (extreme exaggeration) to describe your
noun. Consider what makes a hyperbole clich versus original. Is your hyperbole
fresh? Is it unique?

Ex.
Feeling the weight of the world on his shoulders (clich)
Hopes and dreams of families all over the city in his hands (better).