4 MAY 2015
BELL ACTIVITY: WRITE YOUR FIRST NAME OR INITIALS AT THE TOP OF
THE POST NOTE ON YOUR DESK.
BROWSE THROUGH THE BROWN POETRY ANTHOLOGY ON YOUR DESK
UNTIL I ASK YOU TO STOP. IF THERE IS A 3X5 CARD IN THE ANTHOLOGY
LISTING POEMS FROM LAST YEAR, CHECK THOSE OUT POEMS OUT FIRST.
RECORD THE TITLE AND PAGE NUMBER OF THE POEMS YOU LIKE ON
YOUR POST IT NOTE.
TODAY’S AGENDA:
USING POETIC DEVICES IN WRITING
JOURNALS DUE WEDNESDAY: 12 ENTRIES
Feb 4, 5, 11, 17; March 3, 18, 30;
April 14, 27, 30; May 5, 6
NOTES……
IT IS A CORNELL DAY!!
Write your name and date on a blank sheet of paper.
Title across the top: POETIC DEVICES
Create 2 vertical columns: one for notes and one for
your own comments, questions and original examples.
POETIC DEVICES
Which allow us to
paint with words.
Imagery
Imagery is language written to appeal to one or
more of the five senses; to describe how a
subject looks, sounds, feels, tastes, and smells.
Figurative Language
Language that is not meant to be
taken literally.
Figurative language is created using one
of the following 5 poetic devices:
hyperbole
personification
simile
metaphor
symbolism
The moon in the sky chuckled when the March Hare,
who was not the sharpest crayon in the box, figured
out why a raven is like a writing desk and exploded
with excitement like a British Christmas cracker.
Extreme exaggeration that is
obvious & intentional.
Examples:
There are a million people in here!
I could sleep for a year!
I have a ton of homework tonight!
One of the 5 poetic devices that create figurative language
Personification
giving a nonhuman object or being,
human qualities or characteristics.
EX: The storm clouds cried sharp,
penetrating tears, piercing the
earth’s tender heart.
One of the 5 poetic devices that create figurative language
• An indirect comparison of two
seemingly different things using the
words like or as.
Her smile was bright like the sun!
The peach was as delicious as a kiss.
My dog is as mean as a snake.
One of the 5 poetic devices that create figurative language
• A direct comparison of two seemingly
different things WITHOUT using “as or
like”
• His face is a puzzle to me, I can never
figure out what he is thinking.
One of the 5 poetic devices that create figurative language
Symbolism
When a person, place, thing, or event that has meaning
in itself also represents, or stands for, something else.
= luck
= America
=Peace
COLORS ARE USED TO
SYMBOLIZE CONCEPTS IN
LITERATURE
WHITE
GREEN
BLACK
RED
=
=
=
=
PURITY, INNOCENCE
LIFE, REBIRTH
EVIL
LOVE, PASSION
or
or
or
or
DEATH
MAGIC
DEATH
BLOOD (DYING)
Simile or Metaphor????
• The baby was like an octopus, grabbing at all the
cans on the grocery store shelves.
• As the teacher entered the room she muttered under
her breath, "This class is like a three-ring circus!“
• The giant’s steps were thunder as he ran after Jack.
• The pillow was a cloud upon which I floated after a
long day.
figurative language
Simile or Metaphor????
• I feel like a bicycle tube after a ride through a field of goat
heads.
• The twin was a mirror reflection of his brother.
• She was a single daisy in a field of crab grass.
• The bar of soap was like a slippery eel during the dog’s
bath.
• Ted was as nervous as a cat with a long tail
in a room full of rocking chairs.
figurative language
classic examples of
PERSONIFICATION
• A smiling moon
• Oreo: Milk’s favorite cookie
• My computer hates me, but the camera loves me.
• Opportunity knocked at the door.
• Winter tucked the city in that night under a snowy white
blanket.
• Trees danced in the wind.
• The stream murmured softly as it rushed downhill.
One of the 5 poetic devices that create figurative language
STOP AND
CHECK
NOTE QUIZ
POETIC DEVICES
Which allow us
to create the
music with
words
Alliteration
Alliteration is the repetition of
the initial sound (consonant or
vowel) of two different words.
Peter Piper picked a peck of
pickled peppers
ALLITERATION
MEMORY TIP
ALLITERATION
A IS THE FIRST LETTER
OF THE ALPHABET.
ALLITERATION
STARTS WITH AN A
AND SOUNDS LIKE LETTER IN THE MIDDLE.
A - LETTER - ATION
To Demonstrate…
V
FOR
VENDETTA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM417Thsng
Wow! That’s a lot of V’s!
"Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast
vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes
of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is it
vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished, as the
once vital voice of the verisimilitude now venerates
what they once vilified. However, this valorous
visitation of a bygone vexation stands vivified, and has
vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin
vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious
and voracious violation of volition. The only verdict is
vengeance; a vendetta held as a votive, not in vain, for
the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate
the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of
verbiage veers most verbose vis-à-vis an introduction,
and so it is my very good honor to meet you and you
may call me V."
Alliteration Examples
• down in the dumps
• do or die
• right as rain
• sink or swim
• pay the price
• back to the basics
• green as grass
ASSONANCE
He received three emails today.
The sailor said ‘hey’ to Mae in
passing –
What is ASSONANCE?
ASSONANCE is the repetition of inner or
end VOWEL sounds of nearby words that
do not rhyme.
EXAMPLE
I made my way through the
neighborhood to the lake .
Fred said, “I hear the mellow
wedding bells.
ASSONANCE
MEMORY TIP
YOU CAN FIND ASSONANCE
IN THE BIBLICAL SYNONYM
FOR DONKEY.
“Assonance is sweet
and easy to remember
– like me.
How many vowels can
yowl and howl now
that the hour is come
and the donkey is in
the house?” says
Jack the donkey.
Repeated vowel sounds within the words of a line
CONSONANCE
Sam murmured, namely
because his memories
seemed to be missing.
What is
CONSONANCE?
CONSONANCE is the repetition
of the inner consonant sounds of
nearby words that do not rhyme.
EXAMPLE
I dropped Michaela's crystal
necklace into the thick ooze.
The dove moved above the waves.
CONSONANCE
MEMORY TIP
THE REPETITION OF THE
CONSONANT
SOUND
CONRAD’S DAD DECLARED,
“LISTEN, INSIDE THE WORD, SON!”
CONSONANCE
THE IS VERY LITTLE CONSONANCE
AMONG THE NAMES OF THE 7 CONTINENTS!
24 CONSONANT SOUNDS
B
C (K)(CH)
D
F (PH)
G
H
J (G)
K (C)(CH)
L
M
N
P
Q
R
S (C)
T
V
W
X(KS)
Y
Z
CH
TH
NG
Onomatopoeia
Words that sound like the
sound they represent.
Sputter
Splash
Bark
Meow
Sizzle
Chuck
Flap
splat
“Onomatopoeia”
by Eve Merriam
The rusty spigot
sputters,
utters
a splutter,
spatters a smattering of
drops,
gashes wider;
slash
splatters
scatters
spurts
finally stops sputtering
and plash!
gushes rushes splashes
clear water dashes.
DOMINO READ!!!!
PREPARATION:
Each of you will be given a separate flavor to practice
saying.
Find your flavor on your copy of the poem and mark it
for later.
Listen for your flavor on the video version.
Practice it out loud several times.
Ask if you are unsure of pronunciation.
PERFORMANCE:
Read along on the main copy.
When your turn comes be ready so the poem flows
quickly
Parallelism
• The purposeful repetition of words,
phrases, or grammatical structures in
poetic language.
I like popcorn!
I like candy!
I like chips!
I like ice cream!
I need to brush my teeth!
The Gettysburg Address is one of the greatest examples of
PARALLELISM in American Literature.
By Shel Silverstein
Than one old wet picture puzzle piece.
Nothing has more possibilities
of a tear that runs down an angel's face.
It might be a shadowy trace
as she melted to smoke.
of the Witch of the West
It might be a bit of the cloak
of Bobo the Bear.
on the big bouncy belly
It might be a small tuft of hair
Or a bottle with some evil genie inside.
It might be the veil of a bride
gave to Snow White.
of the apple her stepmother
It might be the one little bite
velvet robe of a queen.
or a fold in the red
It might be a magical bean,
who lived in a shoe.
on the coat of the woman
It might be a button of blue
soakin' in the rain.
one picture puzzle piece
lyin' on the sidewalk,
One picture puzzle piece
Picture Puzzle Piece
Draw arrows between 4 sets of
end rhymens.
Highlight 4 instances of
consonance
Underline 4 instance of assonance
Circle 4 instances of alliteration
An “instance” of a poetic sound
device is composed of three or
more occurrences within 1 to 2
lines.
Picture Puzzle Piece
By: Shel Silverstein
One picture puzzle
piece
Lyin' on the sidewalk,
One picture puzzle
piece
Soakin' in the rain.
It might be a button
of blue
On the coat of the
woman
It might be the veil of
a bride
Who lived in a shoe.
It might be a magical
bean,
Or a fold in the red
Velvet robe of a queen.
It might be the one
little bite
Of the apple her
stepmother
Gave to Snow White.
POETIC DEVICES
Which help us to
create rhythm
with words
Poetic Structure devices
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•
•
•
•
•
Stanzas
Couplets
Tercets
Quatrains
Emjambment
Free verse
Stanzas
• A Group of lines in traditional poetry.
What Bugs Me
When my teacher tells me to write a poem.
When my mother tells me to clean up my room.
When my sister practices her violin while I’m watching TV.
When my father tells me to turn off the TV and do my homework.
When my brother picks the fight and I have to go to bed early.
When my teacher asks me to get up in front of the class and read
the poem I wrote on the school bus.
In essays we have paragraphs,
in poetry we have stanzas.
stanza
Stanza types
• Couplet = 2 lines
• Tercet or triplet = 3 lines
• Quatrain = 4 lines
Enjambment
Enjambment is about the white space of a poem,
the spaces in between and at the end of
lines.
Formal definition: when a poet stops a line and
starts a new line, without regard for punctuation.
Check out page 16 in the poetry anthology.
“The Question Mark”
Free Verse
• Poems that do NOT follow a fixed pattern,
format or scheme. Typically free verse
poetry lacks rhyme or a fixed rhythm.
PARALLELISM:
“…But, in a larger sense, we can not consecrate, we can not
dedicate, we can not hallow this ground. …..”
“….and that government of the people, by the people, for the
people shall not perish from the earth.”
From The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln
Quick You-tube Review
Poetry
• Poetry is literature which uses fewer words
to communicate; emphasizing emotions,
and images through poetic devises.
• Most poems were written to be read aloud.
• Poems may or may not rhyme.
• Poems may or may not follow a formal
structure.
“INSTRUCTIONS FOR A BAD DAY”
BY SHANE KOYCZAN.
This is a form of poetry called, “Performance or Spoken
Poetry” .
The poet does not write the poem down for publication.
The written form in the youtube video is because someone
else listened and transcribed the poem.
The poem contains excellent instances of parallelism,
imagery and simple rhymes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXbPQi_xNiU