“ROAR” BY KATY PERRY
AN INTRODUCTION TO POETRY
REVIEW OF TERMS
Alliteration
Repetition
Idioms
Personification
Similes
End rhyme
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Allusion
SCAVENGER HUNT
1. Find four examples of ALLITERATION
2. Find six IDIOMS
3. Find two SIMILES
4. Find two examples of ONOMATOPOEIA
5. Find two ALLUSIONS to famous sports figures (name them)
6. Find two examples of REPETITION
7. Find one example of PERSONIFICATION
8. Find two examples of END RHYME
9. Find two examples of HYPERBOLE
Why do you think the writer chose these
particular words and phrases for this song?
Pre-AP
SCAVENGER HUNT
1. Find two examples of ALLITERATION
2. Find four IDIOMS
3. Find one SIMILE, list the two things being
compared
4. Find two examples of ONOMATOPOEIA
5. Find an ALLUSIONS to a famous sports figures
(identify the person)
6. Find one example of REPETITION
7. Find one example of PERSONIFICATION
8. Find an examples of END RHYME
Why do you think the writer chose these
particular words and phrases for this song?
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IMAGERY AND CONNOTATION
Imagery Activity
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Analyze the imagery in the lyrics for the song “Roar.”
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Circle the lines that produce an image in your mind.
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Are they positive images? Explain.
Write your examples of imagery in the top box provided. Explain your examples in the
bottom box provided.
Diction activity
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Find examples of words that would NORMALLY have either a
positive or negative connotation, but IN CONTEXT, have the
opposite effect.
Write your examples in the boxes provided.
TONE
Syntax and Rhythm Activity
• Analyze the lyrics of the song “Roar” for tone. Circle the
words that help create the tone. Then, rearrange the
words and analyze the effect.
• Answer the following questions in the boxes provided.
1. What kind of tone Is established through the
arrangement of the words and the rhythm of the song?
2. Choose two or three lines from the song and rearrange
the words. Write them in the box provided.
3. How does the tone change in your new arrangement?
Does it keep the same rhythm or develop a new one?
Explain.
POETRY CONNECTIONS
1. Imagery – in “George Gray,” the speaker uses the
image of a boat as a metaphor for life. Explain this
metaphor.
2. In “Roar,” the speaker uses the idiom “rock the
boat.” How does the line in the song lyrics relate
to the metaphor in “George Gray?”
3. What have both speakers learned?
Pre-AP
POETRY CONNECTIONS
Read “See it Through” by Edgar Guest. Compare and contrast it to
the song “Roar.”
How are the themes similar or different?
How is the figurative language similar or different?
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