Delving into Poetic Devices

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2. Cornell Notes • Topic: Poetic Devices • EQ: Can you list the poetic devices used by poets?

3. Poetic Devices • Poetic devices are tools that a poet can use to create rhythm, enhance a poem's meaning, or intensify a moodor feeling. • These devices help piece the poem together, much like a hammer and nails join planks of wood together. • Some of these devices are used in literature as well, but for the sake of clarity, we will look at all of these devices through the lens of poetry.

4. Rhyme • When words have the same end sound. • Happens at the beginning, end, or middle of lines. Examples Where Fair Air Bear Glare

5. Rhyme scheme • Rhyme scheme is a poet's deliberate pattern of lines that rhyme with other lines in a poem or a stanza. • The rhyme scheme, or pattern, can be identified by finding the end words that have the same sound.

6. Rhyming • Can you think of any pairs of words that rhyme? • In your groups, come up with as many pairs of rhyming words that you can! You have 60 seconds… • GO!!!

7. Rhyme Scheme (4 lines) A There once was a big brown cat. That liked to eat a lot of mice. He got all round and fat. Because they tasted so nice. Do you know the rhyme scheme to this poem? B

8. Try this one on your own… (4 lines) Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; All the king's horses and all the king's men Couldn't put Humpty together again. AABB A simple hint is to match up the words and assign them letters…

9. Warm-up: Identify the Rhyme Scheme I Miss You I miss you in the morning;I miss you late at night.Just to think about youIs my joy and my delight. I can't wait to see you;Please hurry and come back.You always make me happy;You have that special knack!

10. Alliteration – What is it? • When the first sounds in words repeat. • The repetition of the beginning sounds of words, Examples: • Long-lived, lefty Larry. • “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,” • “The fickle finger of fate.”

12. More, more, MORE!!!! • She sells seashells by the seashore • Carrie’s cat clawed her couch, creating chaos • Quincy’s quilters quit quilting quickly • Walter walked wearily while wondering where Wally was

13. Let’s Alliterate, Baby!!! • First, let’s brainstorm together… • Now, you try it in your groups. The group with the most amount of alliterated words in a sentence will win!!! • You have 2 minutes, GO!!! Teeny Timmy’s tinkled toilet.

14. Warm Up • Create a sentence with as much ALLITERATION as you can! • EXAMPLE: Theodore Thought The Thing was Thor!

15. What Is Onomatopoeia? • Onomatopoeia - A word which imitates a natural sound. • Chirp • Crash • Swoosh • Honk • Meow • Zoom

16. Warm Up • Give one example of hyperbole and one example of onomatopoeia.

17. Repetition Repeating a word or words for effect. Example Nobody No, nobody Can make it out here alone. Alone, all alone Nobody, but nobody Can make it out here alone.

18. Rhythm When words are arranged in such a way that they make a pattern or beat. Example There once was a girl from Chicago Who dyed her hair pink in the bathtub I’m making a pizza the size of the sun. Hint: hum the words instead of saying them.

19. Consonance When consonants repeat in the middle or end of words. Vowels:a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y. Consonants: all other letters. Examples Mammals named Samare clammy. Curse, bless me now! With fierce tears I prey.

20. Practice Quiz- I’ll put some lines of poetry on the board. On a separate sheet of paper… • Number 1-10 • Read the poem. Then, answer the question. Which techniques (devices) are used? Select all that apply. Alliteration, consonance, rhythm, rhyme, and onomatopoeia. (Some poems use more than one technique.)

21. 1. Read the poem. Then, answer the question. Which techniques (devices) are used? Select all that apply. A) AlliterationB) ConsonanceC) RhythmD) RhymeE) OnomatopoeiaF) Repetition The cuckoo in our cuckoo clock was wedded to an octopus. She laid a single wooden egg and hatched a cuckoocloctopus.

22. 2. Read the poem. Then, answer the question. Which techniques (devices) are used? Select all that apply. A) AlliterationB) ConsonanceC) RhythmD) RhymeE) OnomatopoeiaF) Repetition They are building a house half a block down and I sit up here with the shades down listening to the sounds, the hammers pounding in nails, thackthackthackthack, and then I hear birds, and thackthackthack,

23. 3. Read the poem. Then, answer the question. Which techniques (devices) are used? Select all that apply. A) AlliterationB) ConsonanceC) RhythmD) RhymeE) OnomatopoeiaF) Repetition I'll swing by my ankles. She'll cling to your knees. As you hang by your nose, From a high-up trapeze. But just one thing, please, As we float through the breeze, Don't sneeze. – The Acrobats by Shel Silverstein

24. 4. Read the poem. Then, answer the question. Which techniques (devices) are used? Select all that apply. A) AlliterationB) ConsonanceC) RhythmD) RhymeE) Onomatopoeia F) Repetition “I am a teapot Short and stout; This is my handle And this is my spout. When the water’s boiling Hear me shout; Just lift me up And pour me out”

25. 5. Read the poem. Then, answer the question. Which techniques (devices) are used? Select all that apply. A) AlliterationB) ConsonanceC) RhythmD) RhymeE) Onomatopoeia F) Repetition Homework! Oh, homework!I hate you! You stink!I wish I could wash youaway in the sink.

26. Answers 1. Repetition, rhythm, rhyme, consonance, and light alliteration. 2. Onomatopoeia, consonance, repetition 3. Alliteration, repetition 4. Rhythm, rhyme, light alliteration 5. Repetition, rhyme, rhythm A) AlliterationB) ConsonanceC) RhythmD) RhymeE) Onomatopoeia F) Repetition

27. Poetry… …is amazing.

28. Figurative Language Figuring it Out

29. Cornell Notes – • Topic: Figurative Language • EQ: How can I classify various types of figurative language in a poem?

30. Figurative and Literal Language Literally:words function exactly as defined The car is blue. He caught the football. Figuratively: figure out what it means I’ve got your back. You’re a doll. Figures of Speech

31. *Tips for reading poems* Figurative language • Figurative language is language that is not intended to be taken literally. • It sets up comparisons that help readers see things in new ways. • It helps form vivid mental picture of something. • When you come across this, think of what the writer is trying to show you.

32. simile • Simile – a figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared using the word “like” or “as” • She is as busy as a bee! • My Dad is blind as a bat. • Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get. • I am as happy as a clam!  • They fought like cats and dogs.

33. Important! Using “like” or “as” doesn’t make a simile. A comparison must be made. Not a Simile:I like pizza. Simile:The moon is like a pizza.

34. How many similes do you see? Flint An emerald is as green as grass, A ruby red as blood; A sapphire shines as blue as heaven; A flint lies in the mud. A diamond is a brilliant stone, To catch the world’s desire; An opal holds a fiery spark; But a flint holds a fire. –Christina Rossetti

35. Let’s “Simile-IZE” Let’s brainstorm together! Now, in your groups, come up with as many similes as you can,

36. What is a metaphor • Metaphor - a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literal in order to suggest a comparison without using “like” or “as”

37. Metaphors- Two things are compared without using “like” or “as.” • You have a heart of gold. • You are my sunshine. • It’s raining cats and dogs! • He is my rock. • My brother is a pig when he eats!

38. How many metaphors? Metaphors I'm a riddle in nine syllables. An elephant, a ponderous house, A melon strolling on two tendrils. O red fruit, ivory, fine timbers! This loaf's big with its yeasty rising. Money's new-minted in this fat purse. I'm a means, a stage, a cow in calf. I've eaten a bag of green apples, Boarded the train there's no getting off. Sylvia Plath

39. Let’s “Metaphor-ize!” Let’s brainstorm together! Now, in your groups, come up with as many metaphors as you can,

40. Personification • Personification - the attribution of human nature or character to animals, or inanimate objects. • In other words… Giving human traits to objects or ideas. • EXAMPLE: • The lawn mower ate the grass as the boy pushed it through the yard. • The 18-wheeler screamed as it went through the tunnel. • The ocean licked the side of the boat. • The flower danced in the gentle breeze.

41. Matching Quiz • You will now generate a quiz to exchange with a partner. • Your quiz must include at least ONE example of PERSONIFICATION, SIMILE, AND METAPHOR. • EXAMPLE: • a) Personification • b) Simile • c) Metaphor B ___1. He is as cunning as a fox. ___2. The bird sang a glorious tune. ___3. He is a bull in a china shop. A C

42. What is Hyperbole? • Hyperbole – A figure of speech when exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect. • The building was so tall it went up to the moon. • I could smell that pizza from a mile away! • She has a million pairs of shoes in her closet. • Mr. Jones has been teaching here since the Stone Age. • My feet are killing me.

44. Now you try! In your group, create a sentence that contains HYPERBOLE. Now, come up with as many words of Onomatopoeia that you can! Independently, create a sentence that contains both devices.

45. Understatement Expression with less strength than expected. The opposite of hyperbole. I’ll be there in one second. This won’t hurt a bit.

46. Quiz On a separate sheet of paper… • Number 1-10 • I will put an example of figurative language on the board. • You will determine which figurative language element each sentence best illustrates. • You can use your notes.

47. Read the following sentence carefully, then determine which figurative language element each sentence best illustrates. Choose from the list below. • He drew a line as straight as an arrow. • Knowledge is a kingdom and all who learn are kings and queens. • Can I see you for a second? • The sun was beating down on me. • A flag wags like a fishhook there in the sky. Hyperbole Metaphor Personification Simile Understatement

48. Read the following sentence carefully, then determine which figurative language element each sentence best illustrates. Choose from the list below. • He drew a line as straight as an arrow. • Knowledge is a kingdom and all who learn are kings and queens. • Can I see you for a second? • The sun was beating down on me. • A flag wags like a fishhook there in the sky. Hyperbole Metaphor Personification Simile Understatement

49. 6 I'd rather take bathswith a man-eating shark,or wrestle a lionalone in the dark,eat spinach and liver,pet ten porcupines,than tackle the homework,my teacher assigns. • Read the following sentences carefully, then determine which figurative language element each sentence best illustrates. Choose from the list below. • Hyperbole • Metaphor • Personification • Simile • Understatement

50. 7 • Read the following sentences carefully, then determine which figurative language element each sentence best illustrates. Choose from the list below. • Hyperbole • Metaphor • Personification • Simile • Understatement Ravenous and savagefrom its longpolar journey,the North Windis searchingfor food—