PPT-Poetry Terms 2014-15 School Year

Simile Compares two things using like or as This is used to describe something and gives you a visual quickly Simile Examples The lie formed like a blister on his lips Means he lied and it was ugly. ef to in the institute College University has ramined satisfactory Any other information please record Seal and Signature of the Competent Authority h Status of the Institute College University Deemed Affiliated i Whether the candidate has com The SOUNDS of words. Words or portions of words can be clustered or juxtaposed to achieve specific kinds of effects when we hear them. The sounds that result can strike us as clever and pleasing, even soothing. Others we dislike and strive to avoid. . Poetic Devices:. Terms, Definitions & Examples. What is . Poetry. ?. . Take 2 minutes and . brainstorm. a . definition. with your partner, then we will share our definitions as a class.. Are these examples of poetry?. By: Megan McConaghy. I like Poetry, Yes I do!. I like Poetry, How ‘bout you?. POETRY RULES! . As you can see, Poetry is everywhere…. ... In Bumper stickers, songs, nursery rhymes, and plain old silly phrases!. 2012. Lines. Stanzas. Rhyme. Rhythm. Alliteration. Simile. Metaphor. Mood. Onomatopoeia. Couplets. Personification. Poetry Terms. Lines- Poets write in lines instead . of . sentences. Stanza- Groups of lines in . Poetry is using words in a way that helps us see, feel, and hear them. Poetry bounces off your tongue, tickles your ears, and makes you think. Poetry usually has a rhythm or flow. There are many types of poetry and many types of poetic devices, or tools, that poets use. ―. A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom. . – . Robert Frost . ―…the best words in the best . order. . – . Samuel Taylor Coleridge . ―Poetry is the most direct and simple means of expressing . Please have your group’s collage on your table.. I am allowing ten minutes to go about the room and share the collages in preparation for tomorrow.. Then I’m taking up the collages.. Theme Collages . T. S. Eliot’s . “Love Song of J. Alfred . Prufrock. ”. Hamlet Act I. Develop and apply new poetry analysis skills. Understand key terms regarding poetic devices. Application of poetry explication skills. Haiku. Cinquain. . Diamante . Rhyming . Free Verse. Poetic Devices . Alliteration-. the initial sounds of a word, beginning either with a consonant or a vowel, repeated in close succession.. Assonance-. Anglo-Saxon Literature Lyric Poetry Jennifer Bennett, Sanderson High School, Raleigh, NC Narrative poem Tells a complete story Example: Heroic epic (Beowulf) Lyric poem Expresses the observations and feelings of a single speaker Elements of Poetry Poetry is not ____________. Prose is: ordinary ______________ people use in speaking or writing Poetry is: a form of _______________ expression _______________ intense poet. .. Sometimes, poems have rhyming words in them.. Poetry is meant to be read aloud.. Rhyming Words. Some poetry has rhyming words at the end of lines. When words rhyme, they start with different sounds, but sound the same at the end of the words. So ‘cat’ rhymes with ‘bat’ and ‘hot’ rhymes with ‘lot’. . Stanza. – groups of lines in a poem; functions like a paragraph in prose.. couplet. – a stanza with two lines. Tercet. – a stanza with three lines. Quatrain. – a stanza with four lines. Poetry forms.