Good afternoon!
• Please grab a worksheet on your way
in.
• Make sure that you have your
vocabulary book with you.
• HW: Vocab 4 is due Friday and quiz
is on that day!!!
-Please place this in the
Poetry section of your binder
-Take notes as we go along!
Figures of speech
• An expression that creates an image in
your mind
Literal Language:
• The actual, dictionary definition of
a word; language that means what
it appears to mean
What do you see?
Figurative Language:
• Language used in a special way
to create a special effect
• Example: “Put your heads
together”
Simile:
• Comparison of 2 unlike things
using like or as
• Example: “His hoof beats were like
miniature thunder”
Metaphor
• A comparison between two unlike
things not using like or as
• Example:
“Morning is a new sheet of paper to
write on”
Personification
• Giving human traits to inanimate objects, animals, or
feelings.
• Example: “The sun smiled on the happy walkers”
Rhyme
•Repetition of the SAME
sounds
•Example: hat and cat
Rhyme Scheme
• The pattern of end rhyme
marked by letters
• Example: ABBA
Repetition
• Repeating a word or lines in a poem
• Example:
• “And miles to go before I sleep
And miles to go before I sleep”
Refrain
• The repetition of one or more
lines or phrases in a poem
(like a chorus of a song)
Alliteration
• The repetition of the first sound or letter in two or
more words. This is done for effect.
• Example: “Slithery Snake”
Onomatopoeia
• The sound of a word matches its meaning
• Example: “snap, crackle, pop”
Stanza
• A group of lines of a poem that fit together
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Imagery
• Word or phrase that appeals to
the senses and creates a
picture in the mind.
• Example: “The fluffy white clouds
resembled cotton candy, as they
slowly drifted through the summer
sky.”
Rhythm
• The pattern determined by accented
and unaccented syllables; the beat
• Example: “I wandered lonely as a
cloud”
“City on Down” by O.A.R.
• Song/poetry interpretation