Introduction to Poetry – 6 - PowerPoint Presentation

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Introduction to Poetry – 6th grade

Created by: Jacob Sowell

6

th

grade teacher

Millbrook Middle SchoolSlide2

It is a form of writing that uses not only words, butForm

Imagery

Patterns of soundFigurative language… to share strong feelings or a powerful message/ theme.

What is poetry?Slide3

A poem’s form is its shape or what it looks like.Poems are divided into

lines

.Lines are usually grouped into stanzas.Stanzas function like paragraphs in a story.

Poetic FormSlide4

Poets use words that appeal to the reader’s senses – sight, sound, smell, touch and taste – to paint a picture in the reader’s mind.

ImagerySlide5

AlliterationRhymeRhythm

Repetition

Patterns of soundSlide6

The repetition of beginning consonant sounds of a series of words.

P

eter Piper picked a peck of

p

ickled

p

eppers.

AlliterationSlide7

She left the Heaven

 of 

Heroes and came downTo make a man to meet

 the 

mortal

 need

A 

man

 to 

match

 the 

mountains

 and the seaThe friendly welcome of the wayside well 

Lincoln, the Man of the People

by Edwin MarkhamSlide8

The repetition of same or similar sounds, usually in stressed syllables at the end of a line.

RhymeSlide9

Uses the letters of the alphabet to represent sounds to be able to visually “see” the pattern

Are labeled according to their rhyme sounds (

aabbcc

)

1

st

rhyme sound in a poem is “a” and each time the 1

st

rhyme sound is heard, it is “a”

2

nd

rhyme sound in a poem is “b” and each time the 2

nd

rhyme sound is heard, it is “b”

The pattern continues with “c”, “d”, etc.

Rhyme SchemeSlide10

I Like My NoseSlide11

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—

    While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,

As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.“’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door—

            Only this and nothing more.”

The Raven by Edgar Allan PoeSlide12

The pattern of stresses or beats in a poem.Poets use patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables to create a musical rhythm in a poem.

Poets often use rhythm to create a certain mood.

RhythmSlide13

Hickory, dickory, dock,

The mouse ran up the clock.

The clock struck one,The mouse ran down,Hickory, dickory, dock.

Hickory

Dickory

DockSlide14

The repeating of certain sounds or words to create a certain effect.

Poets often repeat words to emphasize their importance.

RepetitionSlide15

Hickory, dickory, dock,

The mouse ran up the clock.

The clock struck one,The mouse ran down,Hickory, dickory, dock.Slide16

SimilesMetaphorsOnomatopoeia

Personification

Figurative LanguageSlide17

The comparison of two unlike things using the words like or

as

.SimileSlide18

My mom is like a fire.

She's always warm, but sometimes she gets too hot.

My brother is like a tornado.He always moves fast and spreads destruction wherever he goes.

My sister is like a snowstorm.

She's pretty to look at and icy at times, but with a little bit of sunshine, that iciness melts.

Together we are like a partly cloudy day.

We have our moments of darkness and gloom, but the sun always peeks through.

My FamilySlide19

The comparison of two unlike items by saying one item is the other.

MetaphorSlide20

 The wind is now

a roaring, smashing

monster of destruction,raking all man's workfrom the valleys,from the vales,

and sends them spinning,

broken flying -

Peace

by Star FieldsSlide21

A word that resembles the sound it represents.Crash!

Bang!

Boom!Thud!OnomatopoeiaSlide22

Over the cobbles he clattered and 

clashed

 in the dark inn-yard,He tapped with his whip on the shutters, but all was locked and barred; Tlot

tlot

,

tlot

tlot

!

 Had they heard it? The horse-hooves, ringing clear;

Tlot

tlot, tlot tlot,in

the distance! Were they deaf that they did not hear?

The Highwayman

by Alfred Noyes Slide23

Gives human characteristics to animals, objects, etc.

Winter

With his icy fingers he stole my smokey breath,

laid a sheet of slippery freezing cold by my feet

and then whispered in my ear right to the drum

that echoed in my brain with excruciating pain.

PersonificationSlide24

Types of PoemsSlide25

Written without rhyme or rhythm

Is very conversational – sounds like someone talking with you

Some do not use punctuation or capitalization, or other ways of breaking the rules of grammar.

A more modern type of poetry

Use your “senses” when writing

Free VerseSlide26

I DREAM’D in a dream I saw a city

invincible to the attacks of the whole of

the rest of the earth,

I

dream’d

that was the new city of Friends,

Nothing was greater there than the quality of robust love, it led to rest,

It was seen every hour n the actions of the men of that city,

And in all their looks and words.

by Walt Whitman

I

Dream’d

in a

DreamSlide27

A

Snowy Day

A

snowy day is white

A snowy day is snowmen and snow angels

A snowy day is sledding

A snowy day is cold

Cold

Wear

your coat, hat, gloves and scarf.

See your breath.

My teeth shiver.

Listen to the wind blow.

The cold smells like frozen snow.Slide28

Our class made a pancake

with finely-ground flour

and cheese and tomatoes

wrapped in it.

It had a crinkly edge

with lots of little holes

for the steam to escape.

Then Billy knocked the whole lot over

but our teacher rescued it

Then we cooked it under a flame

And put it in the fridge for later.

It was a real work of art.

It was our

milled, filled, frilled, drilled, spilled, grilled, chilled, skilled, pancake.

PancakeSlide29

Couplet

Examples:

Chocolate candy is sweet and yummy

It goes down smoothly in my tummy!

Make that chili good and hot

Cook it in a Texas pot!

Definition

:

A

unit of verse consisting of

2 lines

that usually

rhyme

A couple = 2 people, 2 things, 2 of everything

May be humorous or serious

Can be song lyrics, jokes, Dr. Seuss books, etc.Slide30

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,

How I wonder what you are,

Up above the world so high,

Like a diamond in the sky

Then the traveler in the dark

Thanks you for your tiny spark;

How could he see where to go,

If you did not twinkle so?

- Mother GooseSlide31

In winter I get up at night

And dress by yellow candle-light.

In summer quite the other way,

I have to go to bed by day.

I have to go to bed and see

The birds still hopping on the tree,

Or hear the grown-up people’s feet

Still going past me in the street.

And does it not seem hard to you,

When all the sky is clear and blue,

And I should like so much to play,

To have to go to bed by day?

-Robert Louis Stevenson

Bed in SummerSlide32

The lyrics and words in songs are poetry

The poem is a song once it’s put to music

Listen to your favorite song. Then read the lyrics. See if you can find a poem hiding in the song.

How is song a form of poetry?Slide33

If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe

I’d been married long time ago

Where did you come from where did you go

Where did you come from Cotton-Eye Joe

-

Rednex

Song CoupletSlide34

Acrostic Poetry

Definition:

The

first letters of each line form a word or message relating to the subject

The letters of the subject written vertically

Each line begins with a word or phrase that starts with that letter

Does not have to rhyme

Simple, based upon one word

Example:

Music

M

y head is full of rhythm

U

ntil

I can barely sit still

S

ee

me move to the beat

I

t does the same for others

C

an you feel the magic of music?Slide35

T

akes

time to listen

E

ach student is important

A

lot of patience

C

ares

about learning

H

as all the answers (or will look it up!)

E

ach day a new adventureR eally organized (most of the time!)

TeacherSlide36

M

y heart beats inside of me

E

very second of the day and night!

Me