Poetry

1. Poetry • Figures of Speech- Tools that help to create images in a reader’s mind to help him understand a person or an idea • Devices of Sound- Language tools that poets use to help their writing sound “cool”… also used to help highlight important ideas

2. Simile • Figure of speech • A direct comparison using like or as • Example: Your nose is LIKE a button • Example from a song: You find one

3. Metaphor • Figure of speech • An implied/indirect comparison • Example: Her eyes were a clear, blue sky • Example from a song: You find one

4. Personification • Figure of speech • Human qualities attributed to inanimate objects or animals • Words used to make something that is NOT real SEEM real or alive • Example: The wind bellowed • Example from a song: You find one

5. Hyperbole • Figure of speech • An extreme exaggeration to attain desired effect • Example: My dad had a cow when he saw my grades • Example from a song: You find one

6. Imagery • Use of sensory information to create mental pictures which reinforce common themes • Sight, sound, smell, touch, taste • Often occurs in groups- image clusters • Example: Color imagery, Religious imagery • Example from a song: You find one

7. Symbolism • The use of a concrete object, name, place, event or character to represent an abstract idea • Example: Red rose= love • River= a journey • Example from a song: You find one

8. Irony • When the opposite of what’s expected occurs • Example: You can’t get a job because you have TOO much education • Example from a song: • You find one UGH!

9. Onomatopoeia • Device of sound • a word which sounds like the sound it describes • Example: Buzz, honk, tweet • Example from a song: You find one

10. Assonance • Device of sound • a repetition of a vowel sound • Example: My words like silent raindrops fell • Repetition of long “I” sound • Example from a song: You find one

11. Consonance • Device of sound • a repetition of a consonant sound • Example: Rubber baby buggy bumpers • Repetition of “B” sound • Example from a song: You find one

12. Alliteration • Device of sound • a repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of words • Example: Tangled trail of tears • Repetition of “T” sound • Example from a song: You find one

13. Rhyme • Device of sound • a correspondence of sound • Example: the cat in the hat ate a rat on a mat • Example from a song: You find one

14. We can use these sound devices and their natural stressed • syllables, lack of stress syllables, and pauses to create • rhythm in poetry… one of which is Iambic Pentameter *The most common verse line in English poetry. It consists of five verse feet, with each foot an iamb-that is, an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. Shakespeare’s plays are written almost exclusively in iambic pentameter.