 Today’s
Focus is SOUND DEVICES.
 Use your prior knowledge and your
classmates to complete the notes guide.
You may also use your RJ text if needed.
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Alliteration: repeating the same sound at he beginning of a
series of words
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Assonance: repeating the same vowel sound in the middle of
a series of words
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Onomatopoeia: words that imitate sounds
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Rhythm: the musicality or beat of a poem; found in the
syllables/emphasis in each line – there must be a clear
pattern
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Repetition: repeating words or phrases in poem

Rhyme Scheme: the pattern of end rhyme in a poem; labeled
with letters, such as: AABB CCDD EEFF
Boom-boom base balanced blast,
Pulsating pace, palaver passed,
Click-clack cameras caution cast,
Flick-flack faces flickering fast.
Fat funky fellow’s fox trot fails,
Willy-nilly wallower woefully wails,
Tittle-tattle two-steppers tell tall tales,
Heave ho! Haranguer hackney-cab hails.
Chirpy chirpy cheap chicks cha-cha-cha,
Haughty “Hooray” Henries ha-ha-ha,
Yap-yap yodeller yelps ya-ya-ya,
Tap-dancer taps tat-ta-tat-ta-tat-ta..
Puffing-panting policeman politely prancing,
Chattering champagne Charlie cautiously
chancing,
Everybody elevates, enhancing,
Da-de-da-dar-da-de-do-dar dapper damsel
disco dancing
Haphazard hip-hoppers happily howl,
Flip-flop footballer follows fowl,
Gargling gargantuan grumbles growl,
Plip-plop plumber’s passions prowl.
 Watch
the video --
Summer Skin
Squeaky swings and tall grass
The longest shadows ever cast
The water's warm and children swim
And we frolicked about in our summer skin
I don't recall a single care
Just greenery and humid air
Then Labor day came and went
And we shed what was left of our summer skin
On the night you left I came over
And we peeled the freckles from our shoulders
Our brand new coats so flushed and pink
And I knew your heart I couldn't win
Cause the season's change was a conduit
And we'd left our love in our summer skin
Take out your homework!
Say to them,
Say to the down-keepers,
The sun-slappers
The harmony-hushers.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Rhyme
Rhythm
I see the green sheen of the deep green
sea.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Rhyme
Assonance
The rusty spigot
Sputters,
Utters
A splutter,
Spatters a smattering of
drops,
Gashes wider;
Slash,
a.
b.
c.
d.
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Rhyme
Rhythm
Splatters,
Scatters,
Spurts,
Finally stops sputtering
And plash!
Gushes rushes splashes
Clear water dashes.
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
a.
b.
c.
d.
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Personification
Rhythm