1 / 14

Poetry Vocabulary

Poetry Vocabulary. Poetry. Poetry is literature that uses a few words to tell about ideas, feelings and paints a picture in the readers mind. Poems may or may not rhyme. They are meant to be read aloud. Poetry Form. Form- the way it looks on the page.

gates
Download Presentation

Poetry Vocabulary

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Poetry Vocabulary

  2. Poetry • Poetry is literature that uses a few words to tell about ideas, feelings and paints a picture in the readers mind. • Poems may or may not rhyme. • They are meant to be read aloud.

  3. Poetry Form • Form- the way it looks on the page. • LINE - a group of words together on one line of the poem. • STANZA - a group of lines arranged together The Night Before Christmas ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; Stanza

  4. Sound Devices • Elements of poetry that use one type of sound related characteristic. • Rhyme • Rhythm • And more…..

  5. Rhyme • Sounds that are alike at the end of words, such as mouse and house. • Near rhyming words- the words do not exactly rhyme. • As dry leaves that before • the wild hurricane fly, When they meet with an obstacle sky; • .

  6. Rhythm • The beat of the poem. • These are made up patterns of strong and weak syllables.

  7. SAMPLE RHYME SCHEME • The Night Before Christmas • ‘Twas the night before christmas, • when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; a b c b

  8. Figurative Language and other poetic devices • Figurative language • Simile • Metaphor • Personification

  9. Figurative Language • Words and phrases that help the reader picture things in a new way. Example: More rapid than eagles

  10. Imagery • Helps you paint a picture or imagine what is happening or what the poet is feeling. Example: The children were nestled all snug in their bed……

  11. Simile • A comparison of two things using the words like or as. Example: His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!

  12. Metaphor • A comparison of two things WITHOUT using “as or like” Example: The clouds are fluffy pillows.

  13. Personification • Giving an animal or an object human qualities. Example: The house glowed with happiness.

  14. Practice • Split into groups of two • Read a poem • Try to find examples of the following: • Rhyming words • Imagery • Simile • Metaphor • Personification

More Related