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7 MAY 2018
BELL ACTIVITY:FIND THE POETRY ANTHOLOGY WITH YOUR 3X5 CARD FROM FRIDAY IN IT. THEN READ THROUGH THE POETRY ANTHOLOGY. NOTE THE POEMS YOU LIKE BEST AND RECORD THE TITLES & PAGE NUMBERS OF THE 3 YOU FOUND TODAY THAT YOU LIKE BEST ON YOUR 3X5 CARD.
TODAY WE WILL… IMPROVE YOUR OVERALL WRITING ABILITY THROUGH POETIC LANGUAGE. Slide2
QUICK REVIEW FROM FRIDAY….
Using your notes, TURN TO THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU AND EXPLAIN
IMAGERY AND THE FIRST FOUR TYPES OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGESlide3
Imagery
Imagery
is language written to appeal to one or more of the five senses; to describe how a subject looks, sounds, feels, tastes, and smells.Slide4
Figurative Language
Language that is not meant to be taken literally.
Figurative language is created using one of the following 5 poetic devices:
hyperbole
personification
simile
metaphor
symbolism
The moon in the sky chuckled when the March Hare, who was not the sharpest crayon in the box, figured out why a raven is like a writing desk and exploded with excitement like a British Christmas cracker.Slide5
Hyperbole
Extreme exaggeration that is
obvious & intentional.
Examples:
There are a million people in here!
I could sleep for a year!
I have a ton of homework tonight!
One of the 5 poetic devices that create figurative languageSlide6
Personification
giving a nonhuman object or being, human qualities or characteristics.
EX: The storm clouds cried sharp, penetrating tears, piercing the earth’s tender heart.
One of the 5 poetic devices that create figurative languageSlide7
Simile
An indirect comparison of two seemingly different things using the words
like or as.Her smile was bright like the sun!The peach was as delicious as
a kiss.
My dog is as mean
as
a snake.
One of the 5 poetic devices that create figurative languageSlide8
Metaphor
A direct comparison of two seemingly different things WITHOUT using “as or like”
His face is a puzzle to me, I can never figure out what he is thinking.One of the 5 poetic devices that create figurative languageSlide9
Symbolism
= luck
= America
=Peace
When a person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself also represents, or stands for, something else.
What are some other common symbols in the English language? Slide10
COLORS
ARE USED TO SYMBOLIZE CONCEPTS IN LITERATUREWHITE = PURITY, INNOCENCE
or DEATHGREEN = LIFE, REBIRTH or MAGICBLACK = EVIL, EMPTINESS or DEATHRED = LOVE, PASSION or BLOOD (DYING)YELLOW = SUNSHINE, HAPPINESS or OLD AGESlide11
From:
The Road Not Taken, by Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth;
CLASSIC SYMBOLISM IN A POEM
Two
roads
diverged in a
yellow
wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;Slide12
poetic devices
Which allow us to create music with wordsSlide13
Onomatopoeia
Words that sound like the sound they represent.
SputterSplashBarkMeowSizzleChuckFlapsplatSlide14Slide15
The rusty spigot
sputters,uttersa splutter,spatters a smattering of drops,gashes wider;slashsplattersscattersspurtsfinally stops sputteringand plash!
gushes rushes splashes
clear water dashes.
“Onomatopoeia”
by Eve MerriamSlide16
A
lliterationAlliteration is the repetition of the same
beginning sound in multiple words. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled
p
eppersSlide17
ALLITERATION
MEMORY TIPALLITERATIONA
IS THE FIRST LETTER OF THE ALPHABET.ALLITERATIONSTARTS WITH AN A AND SOUNDS LIKE LETTER IN THE MIDDLE. A - LETTER - ATIONSlide18
COMPANY NAMES
Bed, Bath & Beyond
Best BuyBlue Bottle CoffeeBorders BooksCaribou CoffeeChuckee Cheese
Circuit City
Dunkin Donuts
Coca Cola
Burt’s Bees
EXAMPLES OF ALLITERATION
PRODUCTS
Baby Back Ribs
Captain Crunch
Minute Made
Muscle Milk
Planter’s Peanuts
Tater-Tots
Cartoon Characters
Beetle Bailey
Bruce Banner
Bugs Bunny
Daffy Duck
Donald Duck
Fred
Flinstone
Jane Jetson
Mickey Mouse
Mighty Mouse
Minnie Mouse
Peter Parker
Porky Pig
Road Runner
Spongebob
Squarepants
Other Fictional Characters
Betty
Boop
Captain Kangaroo
Charlie Chan
Daisy Duke
[The
J
olly] Green
G
iant
Lois Lane
Peter Pan
Tony The Tiger
Willy Wonka
Godric
Gryffindor
Salazar
Slytherin
Severus Snape
Luna
Lovegood
Filius
Flitwick
Sayings
Cold as a cucumber
Cream of the crop
Dead as a doornail
Head over heals
Hit the hay
Live and learnPole positionSail into the sunsetSink or swimSuper-SizeThe more the merrierTrash talkTrick or treat
Sports Teams
Buffalo Bills
Boston Bruins
Cleveland Cavaliers
Jacksonville Jaguars
Los Angeles Lakers
Philadelphia Phillies
Pittsuburgh
Penguins
Pittsburgh Pirates
Seattle Seahawks
San Antonio SpursSlide19
To Demonstrate…
V
FOR VENDETTASlide20
Reached this point in block ASlide21
ASSONANCE
…is the repetition of
VOWEL SOUNDS, INSIDE or at the END of words that do not rhyme.EXAMPLEI made my wa
y through the n
eigh
borhood to the l
a
ke .
Fr
e
d s
ai
d, “I hear the mellow wedding bells.Slide22
ASSONANCE
The bloke from Yellowstone, laughed at his own joke, slowed down to catch his breath and then offered me an ice cold Coke.
The bloke from Yellowstone, laughed at his own joke, slowed down to catch his breath and then offered me an ice c
o
ld C
o
ke
. Slide23
A
SSONANCE
MEMORY TIP In the bible the word for donkey is ____ ___ . This term contains assonance.Slide24
A
SSON
ANCE
“Assonance is sw
ee
t and
ea
sy to r
e
member – like m
e
.
How
many v
ow
els c
a
n y
ow
l and h
ow
l n
ow
that the h
ou
r is come and the donkey is in the h
ou
s
e?” says Jack the donkey. Repeated vowel sounds within the words of a line of text. Slide25
Examples of Assonance in
AdverstisingSlide26
Examples of Assonance in
AdverstisingSlide27
Reached this point in Block BSlide28
CONSONANCE
Sam murmured, namely because his memories seemed to be missing. Slide29
CONSONANCE
……is the repetition of
CONSONANT SOUNDS, INSIDE or at the END of words that do not rhyme.EXAMPLEI dropped Mi
ch
aela's
c
rystal
ne
ck
lace into the thi
ck
ooze.The dove moved above the waves.Slide30
CONS
ONANCE
memory clueThere are 6 vowels in the alphabet - a, e, i, o, u, (y). ALL THE REST ARE. CONSONANTs (b,c,d,f,g,h,j…z) Conrad declared loud
ly, “Listen, for the sound insi
d
e the wor
d
!”
Slide31
24 CONSONANT SOUNDS
B J (G) Q X(KS)
C (K)(CH) K (C)(CH) R Y D L S (C) Z F (PH) M T CH G N V TH H P W NGSlide32
Examples of Consonance
Blank and think
Spelled and scald
Laughed and deft
Strong and swing
Trip his Papa in a trap
Bla
nk
and thi
nk
Spe
ll
e
d
an
d
sca
l
d
Lau
ghed
and de
ft
Stro
ng
and swi
ng
Tri
p
his P
ap
a in a tra
pSlide33
He stoo
d
on the roa
d
si
d
e
and crie
d
.
To
ss
the glass, boss.
He stru
ck
a strea
k
of bad lu
ck
.
When Bi
ll
ie
l
ooked at the trai
l
er, she smi
l
ed and laughed.The zoo was amazing, especially the lizards and chimpanzees.I wish
you would heap mashed potatoes in my dish
.
M
a
mm
als na
m
ed Sa
m
are cla
mm
y.Slide34
Reached this point in Block C