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Poetry

Poetry. Revision of: Poetic devices- Alliteration &Personification. Poetic forms- Acrostics and Cinquains Introduction to: Poetic form- Diamante. Alliteration… What is it?. Alliteration: the repetition of the same or very similar initial sounds in words that are close together in a poem.

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Poetry

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  1. Poetry Revision of: Poetic devices- Alliteration &Personification. Poetic forms- Acrostics and Cinquains Introduction to: Poetic form- Diamante.

  2. Alliteration… What is it?

  3. Alliteration: the repetition of the same or very similar initial sounds in words that are close together in a poem.

  4. Write a line of poetry that uses alliteration. E.g. Seashell, seashell by the sea shore.

  5. Acrostic poem… What is it?

  6. Acrostic poems are poems in which special letters spell another word. Most often, the special letters come at the beginning of each line, however, they may be placed  elsewhere too.

  7. Mothers are specialOpen to buy you giftsTuck you inHugs youExcellent momRinses the dishes Notice the word ‘Mother’ down the side. This theme is repeated all the way through the poem. If the word down the side was ‘dogs’ the whole poem would be about dogs.

  8. Write an acrostic poem using the word ‘Mother.’ Remember, ‘Mother’ is your topic… make sure this is repeated throughout the whole poem.

  9. Personification… What is it?

  10. Personification is giving human traits (qualities, feelings, action, or characteristics) to non-living objects (things, colours, qualities, or ideas).

  11. Can you think of a line of poetry that uses personification?

  12. Cinquains… what are they?

  13. An unrhymed poem consisting of five formatted lines.

  14. Diamante A diamante poem is a poem in the shape of a diamond. Each line uses specific types of words like adjectives and –ing words. It does not have to rhyme.

  15. Example Monsters Creepy, sinister Hiding, lurking, stalking Vampires, werewolves, mummies and zombies Chasing, pouncing, eating Hungry, scary Creatures

  16. Example Prime minister Arrogant, proud Wheeling, dealing, promising Leader, winner, opposition, out Pleading, negotiating, begging Worn out, dejected history

  17. The Breakdown Prime minister (noun) Arrogant, proud (two adjectives) Wheeling, dealing, promising (“ing” or “ed” participles describes the noun) Leader, winner, opposition, out (the meaning shifts on the third and fourth nouns) Pleading, negotiating, begging (“ing” and “ed” participles) Worn out, dejected (two adjectives) History (noun showing completed change)

  18. Let’s Give One a Go! http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/diamante/

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