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Poetry
English
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Poetry Forms You Will Create!
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Haiku
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Cinquain
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Diamante
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Rhyming
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Free Verse
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Poetic Devices
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Alliteration- the initial sounds of a word, beginning either
with a consonant or a vowel, repeated in close succession.
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Assonance- the close repetition of similar vowels, usually in
stressed syllables, in neighboring words
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Metaphor- is a figure of speech that directly compares
seemingly unrelated subjects
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Poetic Devices
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Onomatopoeia- the use of words whose sounds seem to
express or reinforce their meanings
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Personification- attributing human qualities or actions to
animals, inanimate objects or abstract ideas
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Simile- a comparison in which one thing is identified with
another, linked by the words “like” or “as”
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Poetic Devices to Identify…
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simile
metaphor
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personification
imagery
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onomatopoeia
alliteration
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end rhyme
internal rhyme
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assonance
consonance
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Poetry Book Contents…
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Choose 3 poems by published authors.
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Create 5 original poems- use 5 different types of the poems
types explained in class.
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Link your poems together by theme- theme is a recurring
element or message. What do your poems have in common?
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Label 5 poetic devices found in any of your 8 poems. Write
the definition for each of these terms.
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Include 5 illustrations to highlight theme and meaning in
your poetry book.
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What’s a Footnote?!
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A footnote is additional* information to support the text. It
can be found at the bottom of the page outside of normal
text. A starred marking within the text shows what the
footnote relates to.
*Additional can mean supplementary or extra.
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Footnote Example
A Time To Talk by Robert Frost
When a friend calls to me from the road
And slows his horse to a meaning walk,
I don’t stand still and look around
On all the hills I haven’t hoed,
And shout from where I am, What is it?
No, not as there is a time to talk.
I thrust my hoe in the mellow ground,
Blade-end up and five feet tall,
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And plod: I go up to the stone wall*
For a friendly visit.
*Tall/ Wall- End Rhyme- similar sounding
words at the ends of lines in a poem
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Poetry Book Cover
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Your Name
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Theme/ Recurring Subject
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English, Class Period
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Eye Catching Illustration!
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Table of Contents
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Title this page “Table of Contents.”
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List the poems in order.
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Include page numbers.
Table of Contents
"I’m Not Lonely" -Nikki Giovanni
"Fire and Ice" -Robert Frost
Page 1
Page 3
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Theme?!
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Theme: The central message in a literary work; the author’s
intended message.
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Example Themes-
Love Conquers All
Celebrating Nature
Joy Found in Simple Things
Importance of Friendship
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Poetry Book Rubric
Points Possible
Points Earned
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Table of Contents
10
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5 Illustrations
10
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5 Original Poems
25
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3 Published Poems
20
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Literary terms (Footnotes)
25
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Theme
10
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Total
100
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cinquain
A cinquain is a five-line poem that describes a person, place,
or thing with a focus on syllable structure.
Cinquain poems have the following pattern:
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Line 1………… 2 syllables
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Line 2 ………… 4 syllables
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Line 3 ………… 6 syllables
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Line 4 ………… 8 syllables
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Line 5 ………… 2 syllables
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Haiku
Poetry Pattern:
Example:
1st Line: 5 syllables
Slowly the moon smiles.
2nd Line: 7 syllables
It makes his eyes dance wildly.
3rd Line: 5 syllables
He winks at the stars.
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Diamante
dessert
cold, creamy
a one-word title, a noun
two adjectives
eating, giggling, licking
three -ing participles
cone with three scoops
a phrase
ice cream
a synonym for your title
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Rhyming Poem
“Fire and Ice” by Robert Frost
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To know that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
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Free Verse Poem
“The Red Wheelbarrow” by William Carlos Willams
so much depends
upon
a red wheel
barrow
glazed with rain
water
beside the white
chickens.