Discover the
Music…
in poetry
By: Sarah Hornsby
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The Objective:
 Given
this PowerPoint, students will identify the
significance of poetry
 Students will identify poetry terms.
 Students will take a quiz, and be expected to score
at least an 80%.
Audience
 High
school
 Grades 9-12
 Designed for students who are in
advanced courses
Learning Environment
 Individually
 Completed
at a computer
 In a classroom setting
Video
A
video will be played once the student
has completed all three sections
 Motivate the students
 Relate how poetry is important to
everyone’s life
Evaluation
 Students
will take a quiz
 Required to score at least an 80%
Directions
 Read
each slide carefully with information
about poetry.
 Once
you’ve read the information for
each slide, click the “next arrow” to go to
the next page. Don’t forget, there’s a
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 After
finishing every slide, take the quiz.
The Objective:
 Given
this PowerPoint, students will identify the
significance of poetry
 Students will identify poetry terms.
 Students will take a quiz, and be expected to score
at least an 80%.
Before we begin, let’s recall a little
basic information about poetry…
 What
o
is a poem?
Writing concerned with the number and
variety of accented and unaccented
syllables.
Basic Information
In the modern times that definition doesn’t
work well.
Poetry can be made in free verse, a
composition NOT in metrical writing.
 Poetry can be written in prose

o
Prose=the ordinary language of writing and
speaking
What do you want to
explore?
The Elements
of Poetry
The Music
of Poetry
Mix it Up:
Little bit of
everything
Done with all 3
sections: click
here to watch the
video.
Let’s learn about…
The elements of poetry!
Lines

Begin on the left side of the page and end
somewhere on the right.

Contains commands on how it is to be read.
Stanzas
 The
grouping of lines together.
Meter
A
regular pattern of accented and
unaccented syllables.
Rhythm
A
recognizable pattern of strong and
weak elements in a poem.
 Can
vary in patterns.
Well I gotta go now.
Okay, see you later.
Sure, pal. So long.
See you. Take care.
Bye bye. Bye bye.
Symbols
 Acts,
o
sounds, or objects…
That signify something other than
themselves.
Diction
 The
choice of words themselves.
Syntax
 The
way that words are put together to
form phrases in a sentence.
Practice!
This is an example
of two lines.
a.
b.
True
False
Practice!
Correct!
False. It’s an
example of two
stanzas.
Good job!
Practice!
Oops!
Remember, a
stanza is the
grouping of lines
together.
Keep Trying!
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to question
Let’s Learn About…
A little bit of everything!
Enjambment
 The
breaking of a syntactic unit between
two verses
"Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove"
-William Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 116”
Couplet
A couplet is two lines of verse that
are connected in some way.
Silly Sally
When Silly Sally irons her clothes, they come out looking awful.
She did not read the label and her iron was meant to waffle.
by Denise Rodgers
I am a yellow dog
who wishes he was
a purple-spotted frog.
A quatrain
is a group
of four lines
of poetry.
A tercet
is a group
of three lines.
The sense of danger must not disappear:
The way is certainly both short and steep,
However gradual it looks from here;
Look if you like, but you will have to leap.
-- W.H. Auden
Similes
A
figure of speech that states a likeness
between two unlike things.
 Usually
o
o
o
with words such as…
“like”
“as”
“seems”
Personification
 The
awarding of human attributes to a
nonhuman thing.
Metaphor
A
figure of speech in which a word or
phrase that ordinarily denotes one thing is
applied to something else in order to
suggest an analogy or a likeness between
two things.
Pun
A
play on the multiple meanings of a
word.
A
pun is its own reword.
Irony
 The
incongruity between the way things
appear and the way they actually are.
Tone
 The
style & manner of expression.
Practice!
The text, “Slope,
issue 25.” is
displaying
enjambment.
a.
b.
True
False
Practice!
Correct!
True.
Nice Job!
Practice!
Oops!
Enjambment is
when there is a
breaking of a line
in the middle.
You’ll get it right next time!
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to question
Practice!
This is an example
of a couplet.
a.
b.
True
False
Practice!
Correct!
False.
Great job!
Practice!
Oops!
Remember, a
couplet only has 2
lines. This is an
example of a
quatrain because it
has 4 lines.
Keep Trying!
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to question
Practice!
This picture
represents the
TONE of a sad
poem.
a.
b.
True
False
Practice!
Correct!
True.
Keep it up!
Practice!
Oops!
Remember, tone is
the style & manner
of expression.
Good luck next time!
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to question
Let’s Learn About…
The music of poetry!
Rhyme
A
correspondence of sound in two or
more words.
Rhyme Scheme
A
purposeful arrangement of rhyming
words at the end of each line.
Internal Rhyme
 Occurs
 “I
within a single line of poetry.
can’t wait to be late for my date.”
 Used
a lot in hip-hop.
Alliteration
 Refers
to the repetition of initial consonant
sounds.
Assonance
 The
repetition of vowel sounds without the
repetition of similar end consonants.
 “Jolt
of coke.”
Practice!
This is an example
of assonance.
a.
b.
True
False
Practice!
Correct!
True. There is a
repetition of the
vowel “i.”
Awesome!
Practice!
Oops!
Remember,
assonance is the
repetition of vowel
sounds without the
repetition of similar
end consonants.
Don’t Give Up!
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to question
Video
You’ve completed all 3
sections. It’s time for the quiz!
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Question 1
What is the ordinary language of
writing and speaking?
a. Lines
b. Prose
c. Diction
d. Rhyme
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answer.
Correct!
Congratulations! You are on
your way to becoming an expert
in prose!
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with quiz
Before we begin, let’s recall a little
basic information about poetry…
 What
o
is a poem?
Writing concerned with the number and
variety of accented and unaccented
syllables.
Return to
question
Question 2
_____ is the way that words are put
together to form phrases in a
sentence.
a. Syntax
b. Personification
c. Meter
d. Stanzas
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answer.
Syntax
 The
way that words are put together to
form phrases in a sentence.
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question
Correct!
Congratulations! You are a
syntax genius!
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with quiz
Question 3
What is this an example of?
I can’t wait to be late for my
date.
a. Internal Rhyme
b. Alliteration
c. Pun
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answer.
Internal Rhyme
 Occurs
 “I
within a single line of poetry.
can’t wait to be late for my date.”
 Used
a lot in hip-hop.
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question
Correct!
Congratulations! You’ve been
listening to some hip-hop,
haven’t you?
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with quiz
Question 4
What is this an example of?
Let’s think
for a moment.
a. Simile
b. Rhyme
c. Tercet
d. Couplet
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answer.
Couplet
A couplet is two lines of verse
that are connected in some way.
Silly Sally
When Silly Sally irons her clothes, they come out looking awful.
She did not read the label and her iron was meant to waffle.
by Denise Rodgers
Return to
question
Correct!
Congratulations! A couplet has 2
lines! Way to know your poetry!
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with quiz
Question 5
True or False – A pun is a play on
the multiple meanings of a word.
a. True
b. False
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answer.
Pun
A
play on the multiple meanings of a
word.
A
pun is its own reword.
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question
Correct!
Congratulations! You know how
to recognize puns!
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with quiz
Question 6
What is the style and manner of
expression defined as?
a. Diction
b. Tone
c. Assonance
d. Meter
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answer.
Tone
 The
style & manner of expression.
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question
Correct!
Congratulations! You know your
poetry! Keep it up!
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with quiz
Question 7
What is a breaking of a line in the
middle?
a. Irony
b. Meter
c. Enjambment
d. Stanza
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answer.
Enjambment
 The
breaking of a syntactic unit between
two verses
"Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove"
-William Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 116”
Return to
question
Correct!
Congratulations! You are an
expert when it comes to this stuff!
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with quiz
Question 8
What is the grouping of lines
together?
a. Rhyme Scheme
b. Quatrain
c. Stanzas
d. Couplet
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answer.
Stanzas
 The
grouping of lines together.
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question
Correct!
Congratulations! You are on
your way to becoming an expert
in poetry!
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with quiz
Question 9
True or False – Irony is the
incongruity between the way
things appear and the way they
actually are.
a. True
b. False
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answer.
Irony
 The
incongruity between the way things
appear ad the way they actually are.
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question
Correct!
Congratulations! Keep it up!
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with quiz
Question 10
What is the correspondence of
sound in two or more words?
a. Symbol
b. Alliteration
c. Metaphor
d. Rhyme
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answer.
Rhyme
A
correspondence of sound in two or
more sounds.
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question
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Congratulations! You know how
to rhyme!
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You’ve finished the quiz! Awesome job!
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Comic117.jpg
http://poetrykih.blogspot.com/2011/05/meter.html
http://annie-poetry-blog.blogspot.com/2011/04/symbol.html
http://creativewritingcat.tumblr.com/
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http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/p/poetic_justice.asp
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http://thinksmart.typepad.com/headsup_on_organizational/2004/03/post_1.html
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http://www.angelfire.com/ct2/evenski/poetry/rhythm.html
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http://www.funny-poems-for-free.com/couplet-poems.html
http://www.uni.edu/~gotera/CraftOfPoetry/tercet.html
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