Poetry
8th Grade English
Definition Jigsaw
 In
your group you each will be assigned a
short list of terms to define, using the
textbook. The majority of your terms can
be found on pages 859-874.
 You will then share your definitions with
the other members of your group.
 If done correctly, everyone will end up
with all of the definitions.
“Casey
at
the
Bat”
page 650-652
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 Number
the stanzas
 While reading the poem, mark and label the
text for the following:
 Imagery= I
 Metaphor= M
 Onomatopoeia= O
 Hyperbole= H
 Repetition= Re
 Rhyme= R
 Approximate Rhyme=AR
 Ticket
out the door!
“A Valentine for Ernest Mann”
Number the stanzas
 Underline and label each of the following:
 Simile= S
 Metaphor= M
 Personification= P
 Complete graphic organizer
Journal Prompt: On the back of your hand-out,
write about an unusual gift you’ve given, or
received.
Ticket out the door!

Poetry Terms 1 Game Review
 You
may not use your notes.
 Try your best.
 If you don’t know one skip it and come
back to it.
“O Captain! My Captain!”
 Define
Elegy
 Number the lines by fives
 Paraphrase each stanza
 Find the extended metaphor by:
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Circle the word that symbolizes something
else then explain, at the bottom of the
page, what each word represents.
 Ticket
out the door!
“Paul Revere’s Ride”
 Number
the Stanzas
 Label the rhyme scheme for the first four
stanzas.

Is there a pattern?
 Paraphrase
each stanza on your own sheet
of paper.
 State (write)the events that occurred in the
beginning, middle, and end of the story.
 Read the poem aloud in your groups. Now
listen to the poem. How did Longfellow
create the rhythm?
 Ticket out the door!
“Cremation of Sam McGee”
 Define
Ballad
 Mark the rhyme scheme for stanzas 1-5.

Underline the internal rhyme of stanzas 6-10.
 Count
out the number of syllables in each
line of stanzas 2-3.
 Define refrain. What is the refrain of this
Ballad?
 Ticket out the door!
Gary Soto: Author biography
and historical context.
 Silently
read the brief biography about
the author/poet’s life.
 Number the paragraphs.
 Underline the answers and label the
question # in the biography.
 Be prepared to share your
markings with the class.
“Oranges” by Gary Soto

Number the lines by 5s. How many lines
are in this poem?
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Circle any words that refer to light.
Underline and label 2 examples of
onomatopoeia.
Place brackets [ ] around the lines that contain
a simile and label it.
Formulate some ideas as to what the images of
light used in the poem might symbolize. Jot
down your ideas at the bottom of the poem.
Analyze the poem’s structure. What type of
poem is “Oranges”? Explain how you know.
Ticket out the door!
Robert Frost: Author biography
and historical context.
 Number
the paragraphs.
 Silently read the brief biography about
the author/poet’s life.
 Circle the years.
 Number important events in Frost’s life
that led him to become a famous
poet.
 Be prepared to share your
markings with the class.
 Complete the questions on his
biography.
“The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost
 Number
the lines .
 Underline the last word in every line. Mark
the rhyme scheme.
 Circle words or phrases that deal with travel
or the road.
 Identify the extended metaphor.
 Be prepared to share your markings with the
class.
 Answer the analysis questions.
 Ticket out the door!
“I Too Sing” by Langston
Hughes
 Read
through the informational text.
Number the paragraphs
 Circle dates
 Underline places
 Box unfamiliar words
 Highlight information relating to
music.
 Answer
the questions about the
informational text with complete
sentences.
“I Too Sing” by Langston
Hughes
 Discuss
why you think
the art and poetry from
Hughes’ setting was
referred to as a
renaissance.
“I Too Sing” by
Langston Hughes
Read the poem again, Answer the questions with
complete sentences and cite examples from the text.
Be prepared to discuss as a class.
 Who is speaking?
 Why is the speaker told to go to the kitchen?
 Why does the speaker laugh at them?
 Describe the relationship between the speaker and
“they.”
 What poetic devices are used in this poem?
 What kind of person is the speaker?
 What type of poem is this?
 What is the author’s tone?
 Do you think the lack of formal structure is
purposeful? Why or why not?

“I Hear America
Singing” by
Walt Whitman
 Number
the lines by fives.
 What type of poem would Whitman’s be?
 What poetic devices are in this poem? Underline
and label the examples you find.
 Who is singing in this poem?
 Why are these people singing?
 What is the tone of “I Hear America Singing”? –
Explain
 Hughes’ poem is in response to Whitman’s. What
do you think he is trying to say to the previous
poet?
Write a two paragraph analysis comparing the tone
and meaning behind these two pieces.
Figurative Language Review
 Link
to prezi
The Sea
 Number
all of the lines.
 Read the poem silently.
 Complete the analysis, using your notes as
needed.
Still I Rise by Maya Angelou
 Number
the stanzas.
 Write the definition of Allusion
 Allusion: a reference to another piece of
literature, history, myths, or religion.
 Mark the text for Simile, Metaphor, Personification,
and Allusion
 Fill in the chart by first defining each term and
giving three examples for each.
“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”
William Wordsworth
 Number
the lines by 5’s
 Mark the rhyme scheme for the entire poem.
 Circle examples of Alliteration and Assonance, and
label them.
 Underline examples of Personification and Simile,
and label them.
 Fill in the chart listing the examples of the poetic
devices you marked on the poem.
 Be
prepared to share you markings.
“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”
William Wordsworth
 Answer
1.
2.
4.
5.
6.
the following questions on the poem page .
Wordsworth compares daffodils to what?
In line 18, what does the word wealth refer to?
3. What does pensive mean in lines 19, 20?
Based on the words used what is the tone of this
poem?
What does the term “inward eye” in line 21 refer to?
What is the poet trying to get the reader to understand
in the second stanza, when he uses the phrase “They
stretched in never-ending line” ?
Independent Poem
Choose
from the poems on the
following pages:
 162
475 562 643 644 658
 Once you have selected a poem,
read it silently and complete the
analysis for it.
 We will be taking Rhyme scheme
quiz 2.
Figurative Language
Illustration
 Look
back through all of our poems.
 Choose an example of Simile, Metaphor, or
Personification.
 Use that piece of figurative language to
create an illustration.
 Write the figurative example on the
illustration, the title of the poem and its
author.
The Poem
of Poop