TITLE, LOGLINE AND GENRE EXERCISE
DIRECTIONS:
For each poem, create a Genre, Summary and Logline.
In your summary you will incorporate the RULES OF THE GENRE
to justify your
choices.
Your paper must be
EXAMPLE:
Mary had a
little lamb
Who’s fleece
was white as snow
And everywhere
that Mary went
The lamb was
sure to go
GENRE:
Monster in the House
TITLE:
Following Mary
SUMMARY:
Mary is a cocaine dealer who purposely laced her product with toxins in
order to extend the amount and be
able to sell more. She sells
this tainted cocaine to a teen customer who then shares it with friends.
They kids die from the tainted cocaine and come back to stalk, torture
and ultimately kill Mary.
LOGLINE:
She looks like an angel but deals like the devil. Now there’s hell to
pay.
|
Mary
had a little lamb
Who’s
fleece was white as snow
And
everywhere that Mary went
The
lamb was sure to go |
Hey! diddle, diddle, |
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wal
Humpty
Dumpty had a great fall
All the
king’s horses and all the king’s men
Couldn’t put Humpty together again |
|
Jack and Jill went up the hill, |
Jack be nimble, |
Little Bo-peep has lost her sheep, |
|
Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn. |
Little Jack Horner |
Little Miss Muffet |
|
Mistress Mary, quite contrary, |
Old Mother Hubbard |
Rock-a-bye, baby, |
|
The rose is red, |
There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, |
Three blind mice! See, how they run! |
Genres:
|
Monster
in the House |
Golden
Fleece |
Out of
the Bottle |
Dude
with a Problem |
Rites
of Passage |
|
Buddy
Love |
Whydunit |
Fool
Triumphant |
Institutionalize |
Superhero |