DRIFT D RI F T iction hyme and Rhythm magery orm oneVoice D RI F T iction An authors choice of words In good writing words are not chosen lightly but are carefully selected for their impact including subtle connotations ID: 423830
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Introducing...
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hyme and Rhythm
magery
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one/VoiceSlide3
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ictionSlide4
An author’s choice of words. In good writing words are not chosen lightly but are carefully selected for their impact, including subtle connotations.Slide5
Toboggan Hill
by Gordon Downie
I’m thinking back to when we were young
and eating donutswith a set of plastic vampire teeththat we were passing back and forth.
We weren’t so young as tothink a dog was a horse.Nor were we old enough yet to name
the cold purpose of musical chairs.We were like-minded spiritsekeing out a rhythmwhispering transmissions
through wet woollen mittens.
Growing up on a toboggan hill
nothing was material.
I’m thinking back to when we were young
if only to find out
forensically
what it was
we used to
want.Slide6
Toboggan Hill
by Gordon
Downie
I’m thinking back to when we were young
and eating donutswith a set of plastic vampire teeth
that we were passing back and forth.We weren’t so young as to
think a dog was a horse.
Nor were we old enough yet
to name
the
cold purpose
of musical chairs.
We were like-minded spirits
ekeing
out a rhythm
whispering transmissions
through
wet woollen mittens
.
Growing up on a toboggan hill
nothing was
material
.
I’m thinking back to when we were young
if only to find out
forensically
what it was
we used to
want.Slide7
Each pair/group will use the poems you brought to class today.
Analyze and discuss the voices and diction and write a thesis to show the main differences between your selections to share and discuss. Slide8
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hyme and RhythmSlide9
Rhyme is the author’s use of words with similar or identical sounds.
Rhythm is the author’s control of the flow of sound. This can be achieved through the use of punctuation, line lengths and breaks, syllables, diction, etc. Slide10
Rhyme is used very often in poetry but it’s never quite as obvious as...Slide11
This example is called
True Rhyme. The matching sounds are identical which makes this the easiest rhyme to spot. Slide12
Slant Rhyme (or half rhyme) is where the sounds are similar but not identical.
Example:
I sat in the darknursing my broken heart.Slide13
Eye Rhyme (or sight rhyme) is where the last syllables look alike but sound different.
Example:
have and graveSlide14
Internal Rhyme
links two or more rhyming words within the same line.
Ie. “The bird heard the word of Mr. Graham”Double Rhyme
is a two-syllable rhyme as in “running” and “sunning”Slide15
A Rhyme Scheme is a recurring pattern of rhymed endings repeated regularly in each stanza.
Examples: ABAB, AABB, ABBA, etc.Slide16
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magerySlide17
Descriptive or figurative language used to create word pictures for the reader that can be perceived by any of the five senses. Slide18
The Red Wheelbarrow
by William Carlos Williams
so much dependsupona red wheel
barrowglazed with rainwater
beside the whitechickens.Slide19
T
his Is a Photograph of Me by Margaret Atwood
It was taken some time ago.At first it seems to bea smearedprint: blurred lines and grey flecks
blended with the paper;then, as you scan
it, you see in the left-hand cornera thing that is like a branch: part of a tree(balsam or spruce) emergingand, to the right, halfway up
what ought to be a gentleslope, a small frame house.In the background there is a lake,
and beyond that, some low hills.
(The photograph was taken
the day after I drowned.
I am in the lake, in the centre
of the picture, just under the surface.
It is difficult to say where
precisely, or to say
how large or small I am:
the effect of water
on light is a distortion
but if you look long enough,
eventually
you will be able to see me.)Slide20
D
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ormSlide21
Poetry can take many different forms. Each for comes with its own unique rules and limitations that can affect numerous elements.
Examples: Sonnet, Free Verse, Blank Verse, Haiku, etc.Slide22
D
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one/VoiceSlide23
A writer’s attitude and approach towards his/her subject and/or audience. This attitude can best be discovered through the choice of diction which collectively reveals the tone.Slide24
I don’t want to
because boysdon’t write poetry.
Girls do.- Sharon Creech from Love That Dog