Celebrating Our Cultural Identity Consider the E.U. “Cultural identity is determined and influenced by many factors.” Review the literary elements: simile metaphor personification symbol imagery Consider the E.U. “Cultural identity is determined and influenced by many factors.” Review the literary elements: simile metaphor personification symbol imagery

Where I’m From By George Ella Lyon I am from clothespins, from Clorox and carbon-tetrachloride. I am from dirt under the back porch. (Black, glistening It tasted like beets.) I am from the forsythia bush, The Dutch elm Whose long gone limbs I remember As if they were my own. I am from fudge and eyeglasses, From Imogene and Alafair. I’m from the know-it-alls And the pass-it-ons, From perk up and pipe down. I am from clothespins, from Clorox and carbon-tetrachloride. I am from dirt under the back porch. (Black, glistening It tasted like beets.) I am from the forsythia bush, The Dutch elm Whose long gone limbs I remember As if they were my own. I am from fudge and eyeglasses, From Imogene and Alafair. I’m from the know-it-alls And the pass-it-ons, From perk up and pipe down. I’m from He restoreth my soul With a cottonball lamb And ten verses I can say myself. I’m from Aretemus and Billies’ Branch, Fried corn and strong coffee. From the finger my grandfather lost To the auger The eye my father shut to keep his sight. Under my bed was a dress box Spilling old pictures, A sift of lost faces To drift beneath my dreams. I am from those moments- Snapped before I budded- leaf-fall from the family tree.

Culture and Ethnicity poetry writing brainstorming List items you found in the home you remember the best. List things you found in your yard, if you had one. List items found in your neighborhood. List names of friends and relatives that stand out in your memory. List sayings you heard growing up. List foods that you remember from your favorite family meals. Name the places where you kept your memories. Name groups you belonged to or identified with. List items you found in the home you remember the best. List things you found in your yard, if you had one. List items found in your neighborhood. List names of friends and relatives that stand out in your memory. List sayings you heard growing up. List foods that you remember from your favorite family meals. Name the places where you kept your memories. Name groups you belonged to or identified with.

Culture and Ethnicity poetry writing Look at your list of words, phrases, names and images Use your lists to write a poem about your cultural identity and ethnicity that includes items from that list Make sure you use each of the literary elements simile, metaphor, personification, symbol, imagery Look at your list of words, phrases, names and images Use your lists to write a poem about your cultural identity and ethnicity that includes items from that list Make sure you use each of the literary elements simile, metaphor, personification, symbol, imagery