Blog #8 - Wordle Explained

The concrete poem using wordleI made for my last blog post was about the novel "Feed" by M.T. Anderson.

1. What is the purpose of your poem? What mood, message or point are you trying to make?

I tried to tell my readers about the key elements of the novel. The largest word is feed, which is the title of the poem, thus being the most important. The next largest words are unit and malfunction. These two words are what the story is all about. The characters are "units" and not entirely humans. Malfunctioning is a conflict for the characters throughout the poem. Other words are characters and parts of the setting. In conclusion, the purpose of my concrete poem is to display the key elements of the novel.

2. What did you do to create this purpose? Discuss your word choice and your decision on the size of particular words in comparison to other words.

I created this purpose by including as many words that reveal key elements as possible. The larger words are more important elements of the story. For example, the word Violet, who is one of the main characters of the story, is larger than the word moon, which is only part of the setting during a few chapters of the story.

3. Did you like using Wordle? Come up with other possible uses of Wordle inside and outside of English class.

Wordle is a fun site to use. Outside of English, it could be used to make images for Facebook, blogs, or other websites. It could also be used for finding the key points of presentations or discussions.