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Your task is to write your own cinquain by October 4, dedicating it to your favorite teacher, and send it to librarians on social networks ( https://vk.com/id229998310 or https://vk.com/id146229856) or bring it in writing to the library! Your syncwines will be published on Teacher's Day in the group In contact with.
What is cinquain?
cinquain(from fr. cinquains, English cinquain) is a creative work that has a short form of a poem, consisting of five non-rhyming lines.
Cinquain is not a simple poem, but a poem written according to the following rules:
1 line- one noun expressing the main theme of cinquain.
2 line- two adjectives expressing main idea.
3 line- three verbs describing actions within the topic.
4 line- a phrase that carries a certain meaning.
line 5- conclusion in the form of a noun (association with the first word).
For example:
Life.
Active, stormy.
Educates, develops, teaches.
Gives you the opportunity to express yourself.
Art.
Compiling a cinquain is very simple and interesting. And besides, the work on its creation develops creative thinking.
We are looking forward to your participation! Please your favorite teachers with creativity from the bottom of your heart!
Sinkwine consists of five lines and, despite the fact that it is considered a kind of poem, the usual components of a poetic text (the presence of rhymes and a certain rhythm) are not mandatory for it. But the number of words in each line is strictly regulated. In addition, when compiling a syncwine, certain parts of speech must be used.
The scheme for constructing a syncwine is:
- the first line is the theme of syncwine, most often one word, a noun (sometimes two-word phrases, abbreviations, names and surnames can act as a topic);
- second line - two adjectives characterizing the topic;
- third line - three verbs(actions of an object, person or concept designated as a topic);
- fourth line - four words, a complete sentence describing the author's personal attitude to the topic;
- fifth line - one word, summing up the syncwine as a whole (conclusion, summary).
Deviations are possible from this rigid scheme: for example, the number of words in the fourth line can vary from four to five, including or not including prepositions; instead of “lonely” adjectives or verbs, phrases with dependent nouns are used, and so on. Usually, the teacher who gives the task to compose a syncwine decides for himself how strictly his wards should adhere to the form.
How to work with the syncwine theme: first and second line
Consider the process of inventing and writing a syncwine using the example of the topic "book". It is this word that is the first line of the future poem. But the book can be completely different, how to characterize it? Therefore, we need to specify the topic, and the second line will help us with this.
The second line is two adjectives. What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of a book? For example, it could be:
- paper or electronic;
- luxuriously bound and lavishly illustrated;
- interesting, exciting;
- boring, difficult to understand, with a bunch of formulas and diagrams;
- old, with yellowed pages and ink marks in the margins made by my grandmother, and so on.
The list could be endless. And here it must be borne in mind that there can be no “correct answer” here - everyone has their own associations. From all the options, choose the one that is most interesting to you personally. It can be an image of a specific book (for example, your favorite children's books with bright pictures) or something more abstract (for example, "books of Russian classics").
Now write down two signs specifically for “your” book. For example:
- exciting, fantastic;
- boring, moralizing;
- bright, interesting;
- old, faded.
Thus, you already have two lines - and you already quite accurately represent the "character" of the book you are talking about.
How to come up with the third line of a syncwine
The third line is three verbs. Difficulties can also arise here: it would seem, what can a book “do” by itself? To be published, to be sold, to be read, to stand on a shelf… But here one can describe both the impact that the book has on the reader and the goals the author set for himself. A "boring and moralizing" novel, for example, might to enlighten, to moralize, to tire out, to put to sleep and so on. "Bright and interesting" book for preschoolers - entertains, motivates, teaches to read. Captivating fantasy story captivates, excites, excites the imagination.
When choosing verbs, the main thing is not to deviate from the image that you outlined in the second line and try to avoid words with the same root. For example, if you described a book as fascinating, and in the third line you wrote that it "captivates" - there will be a feeling that you are "marking time". In this case, it is better to replace one of the words with a similar one in meaning.
We formulate the fourth line: attitude to the topic
The fourth line of the syncwine describes the "personal attitude" to the topic. This causes particular difficulties for schoolchildren, who are used to the fact that attitudes must be formulated directly and unambiguously (for example, “I have a good attitude towards books” or “I find books useful for raising the cultural level”). In fact, the fourth line does not imply evaluativeness and is formulated much more freely.
In fact, here it is necessary to briefly state what is most important to you in the topic. This may be relevant to you personally and your life (for example, " Started reading at age four" or " I have a huge library", or " I can't stand reading"), but this is optional. For example, if you think that the main drawback of books is that they use a lot of paper, for the production of which forests are cut down, you do not need to write “I” and “condemn”. Just write that " paper books - tree graves" or " book production destroys forests”, and your attitude to the topic will be clear enough.
If it’s difficult for you to immediately formulate a short sentence, first put your idea in writing, without thinking about the number of words, and then think about how you can shorten the resulting sentence. As a result, instead of I love so much fantasy novels that I often can't put it down and read them until the morning' might look like this:
- I can read until the morning;
- I often read all night long;
- I saw a book - I say goodbye to sleep.
How to sum up: the fifth line of cinquain
The task of the fifth line is to briefly, in one word, summarize the entire creative work for writing syncwine. Before you do this, rewrite the previous four lines - almost a finished poem - and reread what you have.
For example, you thought about the variety of books, and you came up with the following:
Book.
Artistic, popular science.
Enlightens, entertains, helps.
So different, everyone has their own.
The result of this statement about the infinite variety of books can be the word "library" (a place where many different publications are collected) or "variety".
In order to isolate this "unifying word", you can try to formulate the main idea of the resulting poem - and, most likely, it will contain the "main word". Or, if you are used to writing “conclusions” from essays, first formulate the conclusion in your usual form, and then highlight the main word. For example, instead of " so we see that books are an important part of the culture”, simply write “culture”.
Another common version of the cinquain finale is an appeal to one's own feelings and emotions. For example:
Book.
Fat, dull.
We study, we analyze, we learn.
Classics is a nightmare for every student.
Yearning.
Book.
Fantastic, captivating.
Admires, delays, deprives of a dream.
I want to live in a world of magic.
Dream.
How to learn to quickly write syncwines on any topic
Compiling syncwines is a very exciting activity, but only on condition that the form is well mastered. And the first experiments in this genre are usually difficult - to formulate five short lines, you have to seriously strain yourself.
However, after you have come up with three or four syncwines and mastered the algorithm for writing them, things usually go very easily - and new poems on any topic are invented in two or three minutes.
Therefore, in order to quickly compose syncwines, it is better to work out the form on a relatively simple and well-known material. As a training, you can try to take, for example, your family, home, one of your relatives and friends, a pet.
Having coped with the first syncwine, you can work out a more difficult topic: for example, write a poem dedicated to any of the emotional states (love, boredom, joy), time of day or season (morning, summer, October), your hobby, hometown, and so on. Further.
After you write a few of these "trial" works and learn how to "pack" your knowledge, ideas and emotions into a given form, you can easily and quickly come up with syncwines on any topic.
The role of syncwine in literature lessons
The main task literary education is the development of the child's personality, capable of feeling beauty, experiencing, seeing the world in its unity. Literature should develop and improve the ability for fantasy, creativity, for rich and complex associative thinking.
The ability to summarize information, to express complex ideas, feelings and ideas in a few words is an important skill, it requires thoughtful reflection based on a rich conceptual stock. The word cinquain comes from French word which means "five". Thus, a cinquain is a poem consisting of five lines, which is built according to the rules. With the external simplicity of the form, cinquain is a quick but powerful tool for reflection, synthesis and generalization of concepts and information. It teaches you to use concepts meaningfully and determine your attitude to the problem under consideration, using only 5 lines. It is interesting to use syncwines as a means of creative expression. Sinkwine can be used in literature, Russian language lessons.
Rules for constructing a syncwine:
cinquain- a five-line poetic form that arose in the United States in the early twentieth century under the influence of Japanese poetry.
First line -sequin theme, contains one word - a noun, which denotes the object or subject that will be discussed.
The second line is two adjectives or participles that givedescription of features and propertiesthe subject or object selected in the syncwine.
The third line is formed by three verbs or gerunds describingcharacteristic actionsobject.
The fourth line is a four-word phrase expressingpersonal attitudethe author of the syncwine to the described subject or object.
Fifth line - onesummary wordcharacterizingessencesubject or object.
For example, friendship
strong faithful
unites supports heals
friendship -great power
agreement
In my opinion, cinquain is not only a way to test knowledge. Sinkwine is a way at any stage of the lesson, studying the topic, to repeat what the student has at the level of associations. When I start studying new topic, at the beginning of the lesson I give a syncwine: "What do you already know about this? What do you think?" Analyzing the results obtained, I correct the ideas of the children about this concept while studying the topic. Indeed, in any lesson, students receive information, get acquainted with new terms, learn to draw conclusions, look for relationships. The ability to present information, complex ideas, feelings and ideas in a few words is a very important skill. It requires thoughtful reflection based on a rich conceptual stock and meaning.
In the middle of the lesson, when the guys are tired or the topic is difficult to understand, I offer them a syncwine on some section of the topic under study and find out how the students perceive the new material. Fast way change the type of activity without leaving the study of the topic.
The topic has been completed. The quality, depth and strength of knowledge will be shown by the survey, the final control section. And now, at the end of the lesson - syncwine. A worthy result of studying new material, which will demonstrate not so much knowledge as understanding, value judgments, value orientations of students. In the end, with a detailed analysis of syncwines, you can see how much he managed to achieve the previously predicted result.
Cinquain is a poem that requires the synthesis of information and material in brief terms.
For literature lessons, cinquains are a real Eldorado. Students love these French poems because they are small in size, easy to compose and quite interesting. With the help of syncwine, you can express in a few words the whole essence of a literary hero. At the same time, teachers not only save time, but also check at the same time the readability of the text, the depth of its understanding and the student's ability to correctly express their thoughts. If 45 minutes of the lesson allow only a few essays to be read aloud, then everyone can present their own syncwine, and there will still be time to discuss everything.
Syncwines are a fast and powerful tool for summarizing concepts and information. It is important to do these exercises systematically, purposefully and with clear pedagogical goals.
When I introduce students to cinquains, I first explain to them how such poems are written. Then I give some examples.
On a life topic:
Holidays.
Light, cheerful.
Walk, relax, sleep.
Rest - do not work!
Happiness!
After that, I invite the group to write a few syncwines. For some people, this will be difficult at first. An effective means of introducing syncwines is to divide the group into pairs. I name the theme for cinquain. I give each participant 5-7 minutes to write a cinquain. Then he will turn to his partner and from two syncwines they will make one, with which both will agree. This gives them the opportunity to talk about why they wrote the way they did and to re-examine the topic critically. In addition, this method will require that the participants listen to each other and extract from the works of others those ideas that they can relate to their own. Then the whole group will be able to get acquainted with paired cinquains.
When this is done, teaching and thinking become a transparent process accessible to all. There will be no mysterious or elusive processes that only those who are lucky will be able to notice. When processes become transparent, students not only learn the content, but also learn to learn.
Sinkwine is not only a way to test a student's knowledge, it also has another task, moreover, a more universal one. Sinkwain is a way at any stage of a lesson, studying a topic, to check what students have at the level of associations.Composing a syncwine, everyone realizes their talents and abilities: intellectual, creative, imaginative. If the task is completed correctly, then the syncwine will definitely turn out to be emotional.
The form of syncwine is variable, which contributes to the diverse composition of tasks.
Writing a syncwine is a form of free creativity that requires the author to be able to find the most significant elements in the literary material, draw conclusions and briefly formulate them. For students, compiling a syncwine, a brief summary based on large amounts of information, is useful for developing the ability to analyze text in preparation for writing a creative work. Unlike an essay, a cinquain requires less time, although it has a stricter framework in terms of the form of presentation, and writing it requires the compiler to implement almost all of his personal abilities: intellectual, creative, figurative. Thus, the procedure for compiling a syncwine allows you to combine elements of work with a text - a word - an essay, makes it possible to focus on the most important. It is effective to use syncwines in literature lessons and to summarize the intermediate results of the work passed.
If suddenly there are difficulties associated with the selection of words that are appropriate in syncwine, then the problem is most likely due to the following: either the topic of syncwine is not close (not understood or simply not interesting), or it is necessary to work on expanding vocabulary.
And syncwines are very convenient to use for self-control or for mnemonic purposes. If the students easily composed a poem, then be sure: the topic is well learned. In addition, cinquain contains the quintessence of the material - its emotional perception. And therefore, later this topic can be repeated, just each student remembers his syncwine. Here are examples of some of them:
Petersburg (based on the novel Crime and Punishment)
drunk sultry
suffocates presses oppresses
it's impossible to live here
hopelessness.
or
Oblomovka
lifeless sluggish
sleeping eating lounging
everything seems to be dead
death
As for literature, for it syncwines are even more than a method of control or memorization. Students try to write a cinquain about their favorite book character. And when they select the only true adjectives, verbs and aphorisms for him, they feel how much closer, more understandable and dearer this or that character has become, as if they let the art of the word pass through themselves. And this is exactly the effect that, ideally, the lessons of Russian literature should achieve.
"First Libraries" - Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv. The emergence of the term Sofia library. Literary monuments Ancient Rus'. The first libraries in Rus'. Ancient Treasures of Novgorod. Library of Yaroslav. The first books in Rus'. What did our ancestors read? The development of librarianship.
"Day of Libraries" - It is simply impossible to imagine our life without books and without libraries. The library is popular among young people as a cultural and leisure centre. Libraries of the Republic of Tatarstan. Or focus - Great create. But only on January 10 (24), 1865, the city public library was opened. The second place is occupied by the works of V.I. Lenin, translated into 222 languages.
"The work of the school library" - And one more very important function is assigned to the library: Thus, the library turns into information Center where users can: Sometimes school libraries are called media libraries. School library on the school website: Pechora Linguistic Gymnasium. (A short guide to the school librarian.
"The role of the school library" - Retrieve information on a given problem. Orientation in the specifics of popular science and educational text. Fund of additional literature. Citizenship education. References and citation of sources. junior schoolchildren. Literary reading. Reading. The opportunity to learn. Carry out information processing of the text.
"Book and Library" - Hundreds of scribes copied books on parchment. These were the first books. The first book was printed on March 1, 1564. Noisy modern city and the future of our planet. V.I. Lenin in Moscow. In Egypt, reeds grew on the swampy banks of the Nile. The books were also bound in gold. Letter by letter, line by line, the scribe wrote.
Sinkwine was invented at the beginning of the 20th century by Adelaide Crapsey, an American poetess. Inspired by Japanese haiku and tanka, Crapsey came up with the form of a five-line poem, also based on the syllable count in each line. The traditional one she invented had a syllabic structure of 2-4-6-8-2 (two syllables in the first line, four in the second, and so on). Thus, there should have been 22 syllables in the poem.
Didactic cinquain was first used in American schools. Its difference from all other types of syncwine is that it is based not on counting syllables, but on the semantic meaning of each line.
The classic (strict) didactic cinquain is built like this:
, one word, noun or pronoun;
second line - two adjectives or participles, which describe the theme's properties;
third line - or gerunds, telling about the actions of the topic;
fourth line - a sentence of four words, expressing the personal attitude of the author of the syncwine to the topic;
fifth line - one word(any part of speech), expressing the essence of the topic; kind of summary.
The result is a short, non-rhyming poem that can be devoted to any topic.
At the same time, in didactic cinquain you can deviate from the rules, for example, main topic or a summary can be formulated not in one word, but in a phrase, a phrase can consist of three to five words, and actions can be described as compound ones.
Composing a syncwine
Coming up with syncwines is a rather exciting and creative activity, and it does not require special knowledge or literary talents. The main thing is to master the form well and “feel” it.
For training, it is best to take as a topic something well-known, close and understandable to the author. And start with simple things. For example, let's try to compose a syncwine using the example of the topic "soap".
Respectively, First line- "soap".
Second line- two adjectives, properties of the subject. Soap what? You can list in your mind any adjectives that come to mind and choose two suitable ones from them. Moreover, it is possible to describe in syncwine both the concept of soap in general (foaming, slippery, fragrant), and the specific soap used by the author (baby, liquid, orange, purple, etc.). Suppose, in the end, the soap turned out to be “transparent, strawberry”.
Third line- three actions of the subject. Here, schoolchildren often have problems, especially when it comes to syncwines devoted to abstract concepts. But it must be borne in mind that actions are not only actions that an object produces by itself, but also what happens to it and what effect it has on others. For example, soap can not just lie in a soap dish and smell, it can slip out of your hands and fall, and if it gets into your eyes, it can make you cry, and most importantly, you wash yourself with it. What else can soap do? Recall, and in the end we will choose three verbs. For example, like this: "It smells, washes, bubbles."
Fourth line- the author's personal attitude to the topic of syncwine. Here, too, sometimes problems arise - what kind of personal attitude can there be to soap if you are not a fan of cleanliness, who loves to wash very much or not, who hates soap. But in this case, personal attitude does not mean only the emotions experienced by the author. These can be associations, and something that, according to the author, is the main thing in this subject, and some facts from the biography related to the topic of syncwine. For example, the author once slipped on soap and broke his knee. Or try making your own soap. Or he associates soap with the need to wash his hands without fail before eating. All this can become the basis for the fourth line, the main thing is to put your thought into three to five words. For example: "Wash your hands before eating." Or, if the author ever tried to lick deliciously scented soap as a child and was disappointed, the fourth line could be: "Smell, taste nasty."
And finally last line- a summary in one or two words. Here you can re-read the resulting poem, think about the emerging image of the subject and try to express your feelings in one word. Or ask yourself the question - why do you need this item at all? What is the purpose of its existence? What is its main property? And the meaning of the last line depends heavily on what has already been said before. If the fourth line of the syncwine is about washing hands before eating, the logical conclusion would be “cleanliness” or “hygiene”. And if the memories of the bad experience of eating soap - "disappointment" or "deception."
What happened in the end? An example of a classic didactic syncwine of a strict form.
Soap.
Transparent, strawberry.
Washes, smells, bubbles.
The smell is sweet, the taste is disgusting.
Disappointment.
A small but amusing poem in which all children who have ever tasted soap will recognize themselves. And in the process of writing, we also remembered the properties and functions of soap.
Having practiced on simple subjects, you can move on to more complex, but well-known topics. For training, you can try to compose a syncwine on the theme “family” or a syncwine on the theme “class”, poems dedicated to the seasons, and so on. A cinquain on the theme "mother", composed by schoolchildren lower grades, can be a good basis for a postcard in honor of the holiday of March 8. And the texts of syncwines written by students on the same topic can form the basis for any class-wide projects. For example, for Victory Day or the New Year, schoolchildren can make a poster or a newspaper with a selection of their own written thematic poems.
Why compose syncwine at school
Compiling a syncwine is a rather exciting and creative activity that, for all its simplicity, helps the children themselves different ages develop systemic thinking and analytical skills, isolate the main thing, formulate your thoughts, expand your active vocabulary.
In order to write a cinquain, one must have knowledge and understanding of the subject - and this, plus everything, makes composing poems an effective form of testing knowledge in almost any subject school curriculum. Moreover, writing a syncwine in biology or chemistry will take less time than a full-fledged one. test. A cinquain on literature, dedicated to any of the literary heroes or literary genre, will require the same intense work of thought as writing a detailed essay - but at the same time the result will be more creative and original, fast (5-10 minutes are enough to write a syncwine for children who have mastered the form well) and indicative.
Sinkwine - examples in various subjects
Sincwine in Russian can be dedicated different topics, in particular, you can try to describe parts of speech in this way.
An example of a syncwine on the topic "verb":
Verb.
Reversible, perfect.
Describes the action, conjugates, commands.
In a sentence, it is usually a predicate.
Part of speech.
In order to write such a syncwine, I had to remember what forms the verb has, how it changes, what role it plays in the sentence. The description turned out to be incomplete, but nevertheless, it shows that the author remembers something about verbs and understands what they are.
In biology, students can write syncwines dedicated to certain types of animals or plants. Moreover, in some cases, to write a syncwine in biology, it will be enough to master the content of one paragraph, which allows you to use the syncwine to test the knowledge gained during the lesson.
An example of a syncwine on the theme "frog":
Frog.
Amphibian, chordate.
Jumping, spawning, catching flies.
He only sees what is moving.
Slippery.
Synquains in history and social science allow students not only to systematize their knowledge on the topic, but also to feel the topic more deeply, “pass” it through themselves, and formulate their personal attitude through creativity.
For example, cinquain on the theme "war" could be like this:
War.
Terrible, inhuman.
Kills, destroys, burns.
My great-grandfather died in the war.
Memory.
Thus, cinquain can be used as part of the study of any subject of the school curriculum. For schoolchildren, the composition of thematic poems can become a kind of “creative pause”, introducing a pleasant variety into the lesson. And the teacher, having analyzed the creativity of students, can not only assess their knowledge and understanding of the subject of the lesson, but also feel the attitude of schoolchildren to the topic, understand what interested them most. And, perhaps, to make adjustments to the plans for further classes.
The compilation of syncwines - short unrhymed poems - has become Lately very popular look creative task. It is faced by schoolchildren, and students of advanced training courses, and participants in various trainings. As a rule, teachers are asked to come up with a syncwine on a given topic - to a specific word or phrase. How to do it?
Rules for writing syncwine
Sinkwine consists of five lines and, despite the fact that it is considered a kind of poem, the usual components of a poetic text (the presence of rhymes and a certain rhythm) are not mandatory for it. But the number of words in each line is strictly regulated. In addition, when compiling a syncwine, certain parts of speech must be used.
The scheme for constructing a syncwine is:
- the first line is the theme of syncwine, most often one word, a noun (sometimes two-word phrases, abbreviations, names and surnames can act as a topic);
- second line - two adjectives characterizing the topic;
- third line - three verbs(actions of an object, person or concept designated as a topic);
- fourth line - four words, a complete sentence describing the author's personal attitude to the topic;
- fifth line - one word, summing up the syncwine as a whole (conclusion, summary).
Deviations are possible from this rigid scheme: for example, the number of words in the fourth line can vary from four to five, including or not including prepositions; instead of “lonely” adjectives or verbs, phrases with dependent nouns are used, and so on. Usually, the teacher who gives the task to compose a syncwine decides for himself how strictly his wards should adhere to the form.
How to work with the syncwine theme: first and second line
Consider the process of inventing and writing a syncwine using the example of the topic "book". It is this word that is the first line of the future poem. But the book can be completely different, how to characterize it? Therefore, we need to specify the topic, and the second line will help us with this.
The second line is two adjectives. What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of a book? For example, it could be:
- paper or electronic;
- luxuriously bound and lavishly illustrated;
- interesting, exciting;
- boring, difficult to understand, with a bunch of formulas and diagrams;
- old, with yellowed pages and ink marks in the margins made by my grandmother, and so on.
The list could be endless. And here it must be borne in mind that there can be no “correct answer” here - everyone has their own associations. From all the options, choose the one that is most interesting to you personally. It can be an image of a specific book (for example, your favorite children's books with bright pictures) or something more abstract (for example, "books of Russian classics").
Now write down two signs specifically for “your” book. For example:
- exciting, fantastic;
- boring, moralizing;
- bright, interesting;
- old, faded.
Thus, you already have two lines - and you already quite accurately represent the "character" of the book you are talking about.
How to come up with the third line of a syncwine
The third line is three verbs. Difficulties can also arise here: it would seem, what can a book “do” by itself? To be published, to be sold, to be read, to stand on a shelf… But here one can describe both the impact that the book has on the reader and the goals the author set for himself. A "boring and moralizing" novel, for example, might to enlighten, to moralize, to tire out, to put to sleep and so on. "Bright and interesting" book for preschoolers - entertains, motivates, teaches to read. Captivating fantasy story captivates, excites, excites the imagination.
When choosing verbs, the main thing is not to deviate from the image that you outlined in the second line and try to avoid words with the same root. For example, if you described a book as fascinating, and in the third line you wrote that it "captivates" - there will be a feeling that you are "marking time". In this case, it is better to replace one of the words with a similar one in meaning.
We formulate the fourth line: attitude to the topic
The fourth line of the syncwine describes the "personal attitude" to the topic. This causes particular difficulties for schoolchildren, who are used to the fact that attitudes must be formulated directly and unambiguously (for example, “I have a good attitude towards books” or “I find books useful for raising the cultural level”). In fact, the fourth line does not imply evaluativeness and is formulated much more freely.
In fact, here it is necessary to briefly state what is most important to you in the topic. This may be relevant to you personally and your life (for example, " Started reading at age four" or " I have a huge library", or " I can't stand reading"), but this is optional. For example, if you think that the main drawback of books is that they use a lot of paper, for the production of which forests are cut down, you do not need to write “I” and “condemn”. Just write that " paper books - tree graves" or " book production destroys forests”, and your attitude to the topic will be clear enough.
If it’s difficult for you to immediately formulate a short sentence, first put your idea in writing, without thinking about the number of words, and then think about how you can shorten the resulting sentence. As a result, instead of I love fantasy novels so much that I often can't put it down and read them until the morning' might look like this:
- I can read until the morning;
- I often read all night long;
- I saw a book - I say goodbye to sleep.
How to sum up: the fifth line of cinquain
The task of the fifth line is to briefly, in one word, summarize all the creative work on writing a syncwine. Before you do this, rewrite the previous four lines - almost a finished poem - and reread what you have.
For example, you thought about the variety of books, and you came up with the following:
Book.
Artistic, popular science.
Enlightens, entertains, helps.
So different, everyone has their own.
The result of this statement about the infinite variety of books can be the word "library" (a place where many different publications are collected) or "variety".
In order to isolate this "unifying word", you can try to formulate the main idea of the resulting poem - and, most likely, it will contain the "main word". Or, if you are used to writing “conclusions” from essays, first formulate the conclusion in your usual form, and then highlight the main word. For example, instead of " so we see that books are an important part of the culture”, simply write “culture”.
Another common version of the cinquain finale is an appeal to one's own feelings and emotions. For example:
Book.
Fat, dull.
We study, we analyze, we learn.
Classics is a nightmare for every student.
Yearning.
Book.
Fantastic, captivating.
Admires, delays, deprives of a dream.
I want to live in a world of magic.
Dream.
How to learn to quickly write syncwines on any topic
Compiling syncwines is a very exciting activity, but only on condition that the form is well mastered. And the first experiments in this genre are usually difficult - to formulate five short lines, you have to seriously strain yourself.
However, after you have come up with three or four syncwines and mastered the algorithm for writing them, things usually go very easily - and new poems on any topic are invented in two or three minutes.
Therefore, in order to quickly compose syncwines, it is better to work out the form on a relatively simple and well-known material. As a training, you can try to take, for example, your family, home, one of your relatives and friends, a pet.
Having coped with the first syncwine, you can work out a more difficult topic: for example, write a poem dedicated to any of the emotional states (love, boredom, joy), time of day or season (morning, summer, October), your hobby, hometown, and so on. Further.
After you write a few of these "trial" works and learn how to "pack" your knowledge, ideas and emotions into a given form, you can easily and quickly come up with syncwines on any topic.
