Warm Up

1. Warm Up What is poetry? Try to come up with a definition of poetry in your own words. Record your definition in a brief paragraph.

2. Learning Goal I will be able to synthesize the meaning and examples of poetic devices in my own words by taking notes and completing practice exercises.

3. Note Taking Format Poetry Unit

4. TERM: Poetry • Writing that creates an intense imaginative awareness of experience in language • Words are chosen and arranged to produce a specific emotional response • Response created through meaning, sound, and rhythm

5. Think of Poetry as Painting with Words

6. Term: Poetic Devices • Strategies that a poet uses to increase the effectiveness of their poetry.

7. Term: Figurative Language • Language that is used imaginatively rather than literally, which can significantly impact the tone, mood and theme of a poem. Figurative language includes one or more figures of speech. • Figures of speech are literary devices that make unexpected comparisons or change the usual meaning of words.

8. Figurative Language Continued • Types of Figurative Language we will focus on: • Simile • Metaphor • Personification • Paradox

9. Synthesize the notes you just took on Figurative Language into your own words. (2 Minutes)

10. Simile • A comparison of two unlike things using the words likeor as. • EXAMPLES: • “She was as beautiful as a diamond.”  • “She ran like a swift and violent wind.” 

11. Metaphor • A comparison of two unlikethings in which no word of comparison (as or like) is used. • EXAMPLES: • “The beautiful woman was a diamond amongst dull stones.”  • “The girl was a violent running wind.” 

12. Synthesize the notes you just took on Simile and Metaphor into your own words.Create your own example of a simile and then change it into a metaphor by removing the words of comparison (like or as). (2 Minutes)

13. Personification • A literary device in which the author/poet speaks of or describes an animal, object, or idea as if it were a person • EXAMPLES: • “The violent wind ran through my bedroom knocking everything in its path to the floor.” • “The car’s engine sang and purred as it accelerated.”

14. Synthesize the notes you just took on Personification into your own words. Create your own example of personification by selecting an object or idea and describing it with human qualities. (3 Minutes)

15. Paradox • A statement, an idea, or a situation that seems contradictory but actually expresses a truth. • EXAMPLES: • “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” • “Youth is wasted on the young.” • “Don’t ride a bicycle unless you know how.” • “Nobody goes to that restaurant because it is too crowded.”

16. Synthesize the notes you just took on Paradox into your own words. Work with your table partner to create an example of paradox. (5 Minutes)

17. Exit Reflection In your own words, define and provide an example of the following poetry terms: • Simile • Metaphor • Personification • Paradox