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Poetry/Figurative Language

Poetry/Figurative Language. Simile. A simile is a comparison between two unlike things using “like” or “as”. Example: He was as hungry as a hippo. Example: Her hair was like a flowing waterfall. Metaphor. A metaphor is a comparison between two unlike things NOT using “like” or “as”.

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Poetry/Figurative Language

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  1. Poetry/Figurative Language

  2. Simile • A simile is a comparison between two unlike things using “like” or “as”. • Example: He was as hungry as a hippo. • Example: Her hair was like a flowing waterfall.

  3. Metaphor • A metaphor is a comparison between two unlike things NOT using “like” or “as”. • Example: John was a hog because he ate all of the pizza before we got home. • Example: Jessica is a nerd.

  4. Similes/Metaphors in Music • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esuQIMr8nNw&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1

  5. Simile Examples • You Spin Me Round • Link: • Hot and Cold • Link:

  6. Metaphor Examples • Naturally • Link: • You Make Me Smile • Link:

  7. What is this? • He likes to go as fast as he can when he runs. • Daniel is such a nerd! • She is as cold as a piece of ice. • He works as hard as a Roman soldier. • Laura is a beautiful swan with all of her grace. • Her eyes were like a blue lake.

  8. Personification • Giving human characteristics to a non human thing. • Example: The flag danced in the wind. • Can a flag dance? • Example: The flower waved in her hair as she rode her bike. • Can a flower wave?

  9. Personification • Example: The wind bit my face at the bus stop this morning. • Can the wind bite? • Example: The wave punched me in the stomach. • Can a wave punch you? • Example: The small bench screamed as the large woman sat upon it. • Can a bench scream?

  10. Alliteration • The repetition of sounds at the beginning of words. • Sometimes referred to as a “tongue twister”. • Example: Sally sells sea shells down by the sea shore. • Example: Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

  11. Onomatopoeia • The use of words to imitate sounds. • Examples: Cluck, crash, buzz, screech, hiss, neigh, jingle, bonk, splat, swish. • The bee buzzed around the hive. • The car came to a screeching halt.

  12. Concrete Poetry • See Loiselle’s concrete poetry PPT

  13. Haiku • Three line Japanese poem; usually about nature or beauty. • 5-7-5 • Example: It is cold outside/The leaves are falling again/It’s time for winter

  14. Haiku • Examples: • The leaves are pretty/brown and yellow, orange and red/I adore the Fall • Her eyes are stunning/Beautiful like a glacier/She will be my wife • Haiku’s are easy/Make sure it’s five seven five/ Refrigerator 

  15. Rhyme • Repetition of sounds at the ends of words. • Ex: Cat, hat, bat, sat, mat, rat, fat • Ex: Ring, sing, bling-bling, wing

  16. Rhyme Scheme • Pattern of rhyme in a poem Example: Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall (A) Humpty Dumpty had a great fall (A) All the king’s horses (B) And all the king’s men (C) Couldn’t put Humpty back together again. (C)

  17. Rhyme Scheme • You know you love me, I know you careJust shout whenever, and I'll be thereYou are my love, you are my heartAnd we will never, ever, ever be apartAre we an item? Girl, quit playin'"We're just friends," what are you sayin'?Said "there's another," and looked right in my eyesMy first love broke my heart for the first time

  18. Meter • A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry. • Hickory Dickery Dock

  19. Limerick • Humorous five line poem with a specific meter and rhyme scheme. • Three strong stresses in lines 1, 2, and 5. • Two strong stresses in lines 3 and 4. • Usually begin with, “There once was a ________ from __________”

  20. Limerick Example • A flea and a fly in a flue • Were caught, so what could they do? • Said the fly, “Let us flee” • “Let us fly”, said the flea • So they flew through a flaw in the flue.

  21. Limerick Example • There was an old man from Peru, (A) da DUM dada DUM dada DUM (3 DUMS) • who dreamed he was eating his shoe. (A) da DUM dada DUM dada DUM (3 DUMS) • He awoke in the night (B)da DUM dada DUM (2 DUMS) • with a terrible fright, (B)dada DUM dada DUM (2 DUMS) • and found out that it was quite true. (A) da DUM dada DUM dada DUM (3 DUMS)

  22. Limerick Example • There once was a fellow named Tim (A) • whose dad never taught him to swim. (A) • He fell off a dock (B) • and sunk like a rock. (B) • And that was the end of him. (A)

  23. Limerick Example • There once was a young girl named Jill. Who was scared by the sight of a drill. She brushed every day So her dentist would say, “Your teeth are so perfect; no bill.”

  24. Ballad • A poem that tells a story. Usually put to music. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SgLrFHs0Jk&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1 • http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/robbins-marty/el-paso-11889.html

  25. Sonnet • 14 line poem with a formal tone that follows a specific rhyme scheme. Subjects may vary, but the purpose is to praise. • http://www.cranberrydesigns.com/poetry/sonnet/examples.htm

  26. Ode • Poem with a formal tone written for a single purpose of celebrating or honoring a person, object, or idea.

  27. Narrative Poetry • Tells a story in verse, has elements like a story (setting, plot, and characters)

  28. Fable • A brief tale that teaches a lesson about human nature.

  29. Irony • Contrast between what is expected and what actually happens. • Tammy Wynette’s most famous song was “Stand By Your Man”, but she’s been married six times. • In WWII, bombing raids saved the day. • I’m allergic to shellfish, but I just won 100 lbs of free shrimp.

  30. Stanza • Group of lines in poetry. • Also known as a paragraph of poetry.

  31. Repitition • Repeated use of a word or sound used for emphasis. • “The Raven” Poe • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLSmhpwLdEQ&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1 • http://www.heise.de/ix/raven/Literature/Lore/TheRaven.html

  32. Literal Language • Words that mean exactly what they say. • Ex: Wake up. (And you actually get up) • Ex: Get out of my way. (And you move)

  33. Figurative Language • Writing that is not meant to be taken literally. • Ex: It’s raining cats and dogs. • Ex: Go play in the street. • Ex: He’s on fire!

  34. Idiom • An expression whose meaning is different from the sum of it’s individual words. • Idiom cards

  35. Hyperbole • An extreme exaggeration of a fact. • Ex: She’s as big as a house. Ex: He’s as skinny as a twig. Ex: She’s as mean as a witch. Ex: Joseph is a giant. Ex: Yo mama jokes 

  36. Oxymoron • A group of contradictory words. • Ex: Jumbo Shrimp • Ex: Least Favorite Ex: Alone in a Crowd Ex: Act Naturally Ex: Awfully Good Ex: Bad Luck Ex: Big Sip Ex: Cold Sweat

  37. Analogy • Point by point comparison between two dissimilar things to show their relationship. • Ex: Bird: nest :: bee: hive

  38. Free Verse • A type of poetry that has no formal structure, meter, rhyme scheme, or rhythm. • Ex: Her hair was as beautiful as a daisy in the field/Her skin was like porcelain/Her eyes were the color of a glacier/And I was melting in her love

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