Where does poetry come from?

1. Where does poetry come from?

2. What means something to YOU?

3. Writing Territories • Don’t forget the two rules of topic picking: (1)Pick topics you know a lot about. You can’t write well about something if you don’t know much about it. (2)Pick topics you have strong feelings about. • If you don’t care about the topic, your audience won’t care about it either.!

4. Poetic Devices #1 &2 METAPHORS & SIMILES

5. Simile: a comparison of two different things that have something in common. • A simile always uses the words like or as • EX: Her hair was as soft as silk. • EX: Her hair was like silk. • Metaphor: a comparison of two different things that have something in common. • The comparison is made without the use of like or as. • EX: Her hair was silk.

6. Thing in common with both #1 and #2

7. SIMILES My morning coffee is as strong as superman. My morning coffee is like superman. Thing in common METAPHOR My morning coffee is superman.

8. Thing in common

9. Simile or Metaphor? • Zero was a mole as he dug • his five-foot deep hole.

10. Simile or Metaphor? • Caveman smelled like a skunk • after days of not bathing.

11. Simile or Metaphor? • Stanley Yelnats was happy as a clam • when he found the treasure chest.

12. What is the purpose of using similes and metaphors in writing? Any questions? Let’s see it in action!

13. POET: Langston Hughes • Born 1902 in Missouri, USA • Died 1967 in New York, USA • Langston Hughes was an American poet, novelist, and playwright whose African-American themes made him a primary contributor to the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s.

14. A Dream Deferred, by Langston Hughes • What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over- like a syrupy sweet?Maybe it just sags like a heavy load.Or does it explode? • * deferred: postponed, or put off to another time

15. Dreams by Langston Hughes • Hold fast to dreams • For if dreams die • Life is a broken-winged bird • That cannot fly. • Hold fast to dreams • For when dreams go • Life is a barren field • Frozen with snow.

16. Keep your metaphors and similes fresh, not stale! • He was as fast as a speeding bullet • The sun is a big, orange ball. • This cake tastes as bad as vacuum cleaner fuzz. • Her open eye was like black balsamic vinegar, beading on white china. • Her voice was the rough, grinding moan of the bus grinding its brakes

17. Questions? Your turn! If you need some inspiration…

19. Create similes and metaphors in your own poetry! Create your own poetry!

20. Simile vs. Metaphor Game! • 3 Teams • 3 individuals from each team • Passage flashes on screen. You must wait to shout out the answer until the whole passage is read. • For example:

21. She was as slippery as an eel.

22. Whoever gets it right first gets a point. • Group with the most points at the end wins! • Got it?

23. He was a lion in battle.

24. The striker was a goal machine

25. The moon was a misty shadow

26. The con artist managed to draw in the victim like a fish on a hook.

27. The moon rose above the clouds and was like a galleon tossed upon the sea.

28. Her home was a prison

29. Mom left the air con on so the room was a refrigerator.

30. His deep booming voice was a steamroller driving his point home.

31. The 7th graders ran around like baboons during break time.

32. The rain coming down was like long knitting needles.

33. He's as hairy as a gorilla.

34. My love is like a red, red rose

35. The day was as hot as a chili pepper

36. Johnny is an ape. Last one! …

37. As the sun rose on the first day of school, she was a jumpy bunny all the way to the bus.

38. DONE! Questions? Have a go!