2/27 Warm-up

1. 2/27 Warm-up What do the following questions have in common? A reader would most likely find this article in a book about ____. The photograph is most likely included in this article to _____. DOL Hank and hiz class they is studying about a butterflyslife cycle to.

2. Objectives Students will… Activate prior knowledge about poetic terms by using lyrics as poetry. Become familiar with poetry terms of the unit by creating notes.

3. What do you know about poetry? Using your background knowledge of poetic elements, listen to the song and try and identify as many poetic elements as you can. What are your thoughts about each song? What did the song make you feel?

4. “Replay” Shawty´s like a melody in my headThat I can´t keep outGot me singin´ likeNa nanana everydayIt´s like my iPod stuck on replay replay-ay-ay-ay (2x)Remember the first time we metYou was at the mall wit yo friendI was scared to approach yaBut then you came closerHopin´ you would give me a chanceWho would have ever knewThat we would ever be more than friendsWe´re real worldwide breakin all the rulesShe like a song played again and againThat girl like somethin off a posterThat girl is a dime they sayThat girl is a gun to my holsterShe´s runnin through my mind all day ay Shawty´s like a melody in my headThat I can´t keep outGot me singin´ likeNa nanana everydayIt´s like my iPod stuck on replay replay-ay-ay-ay (2x)See you been all around the globeNot once did you leave my mindWe talk on the phone from night til the mornGirl you really change my lifeDoin things I never doI´m in the kitchen cookin things she likesWe´re real worldwide breakin all the rulesSomeday I wanna make you my wifeThat girl like somethin off a posterThat girl is a dime they sayThat girl is the gun to my holsterShe´s runnin through my mind all day ay

5. Stanza •A unit of lines grouped together •Similar to a paragraph in short stories!

6. Tone- What the author thinks about a subject. Mood & Tone Mood- How you feel when reading the poem. Tone The attitude a writer takes toward his/her subject Mood The feeling a poem creates for the reader

7. Imagery Imagery •Representation of the five senses: sight, taste, touch, sound, and smell •Creates mental images about a poem’s subject

8. Simile And we saw him, or thought we saw him, Dim and gray, Like a shadow against the curtain of Falling flakes. -”The Runaway” By Robert Frost •A simile is a comparison of two unlike things using the words like, as, than, or resembles.

9. Metaphor •A metaphor compares two unlike things without using the words like, as, or other simile words. • Stars are great drops • Of golden dew. • “Harlem Night Song” • By Langston Hughes

10. Rhythm •The rise and fall of our voices as we stress some sounds more strongly than others. You are old, Father William, the young man said.

11. Rhyme Candy the yams and spice the hams… Soggy beans and tangerines… •Rhyme is the repetition of similar sounds.

12. Repetition •Repetition is the recurring use of a sound, a word, a phrase, or a line that emphasizes important ideas. The road was a ribbon of moonlight Over the purple moor, And the highway man came riding- Riding-riding- The highwayman came riding, up to The old inn door. “The Highwayman” By Alfred Noyes

13. Alliteration •Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close together. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A peck of pickled peppers, Peter Piper picked.

14. Onomatopoeia •Onomatopoeia is the use of words whose sounds echo their meaning.

15. Personification •Giving human qualities/traits to an inanimate object.

16. Hyperbole •A hyperbole is an extreme exaggeration.