PPT-Literary Techniques in Poetry

Word Choice Word Order and Tone Word Choice Diction 4 an authors choice of words Poetic Diction use of elevated language instead of ordinary language Formal Diction dignified impersonal and . Poetry. Noun. Literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm;.... A quality of beauty and intensity of emotion regarded as characteristic of poems: "poetry and fire are nicely balanced in the music".. EOCT Vocabulary. Allegory. Allegory. . Allegory. . communicates its message by means of symbolic figures, actions or symbolic representation. . Alliteration. Alliteration is the repetition of identical beginning consonant sounds.. New Criticism. ENGL 3370: Modern American Poetry. New Criticism. Where are the lions?. Lions in Sweden. No more phrases, Swensen: I was once. A hunter of those sovereigns of the soul. And savings banks. Fides, the sculptor’s priz,. ―. 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 . Literary: anything having to do with written works (books, poems, stories…). Literary Genres. Literary: anything having to do with written works (books, poems, stories…). Genres: this is where books are sorted and divided by different topics, areas, departments, subjects or . What are STRUCTURES of poetry?. Structures refer to . TYPES. of poems.. Just like the structure of a building, the structure of the poem is its . framework. .. Limerick. Limerick – . a humorous verse of three long and two short lines rhyming . What are STRUCTURES of poetry?. Structures refer to . TYPES. of poems.. Just like the structure of a building, the structure of the poem is its . framework. .. Limerick. Limerick – . a humorous verse of three long and two short lines rhyming . 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-. WHAT IS. A reference to a historical figure, place, or event?. A reference to a historical figure, place, or event.. ALLUSION . The teams competed in a David and Goliath struggle. .. ALLUSION . WHAT IS. Poetry is a literary form characterized by a strong sense of rhythm and meter and an emphasis on the interaction between sound and sense. . The study of the elements of poetry is called . prosody. .. of fiction. Review: Literary Devices of Fiction. ELEMENTS. Setting. Mood. Plot. Flashback. Foreshadowing. TECHNIQUES. Allusion. Figurative Language. Simile. Metaphor. Imagery. Alliteration. Personification. 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 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’. .