Poetry and Figurative Language

Poetry and Figurative Language Literary Devices

Written Response #1 Your kitten just ran in this haunted house. You must go inside to find him and take him home. Describe what it’s like going inside this house.

Literary Terms • Imagery - the use of words and phrases that appeal to the five senses. • Writers use sensory details to help readers imagine how things look, feel, smell, sound, and taste. Loneliness seems golden yellowLike the hazy colors fall days bringI see the leaves of redI hear the birds announce themselvesI smell burning leaves that signal the endI touch no one, for I stand aloneI taste the salt of my tears

Your Turn to Practice Imagery • Autum: • Looks like… • Smells like… • Sounds like…. • Tastes like… • Feels like…

Written Response #2 :Your Turn to Practice Imagery STOP PERIOD 4 • Imagery is not only used in poetry, it is used in all types of writing. Go back to written response #1 from today. Rewrite your entry adding words to created tone and mood. Remember: Appeal to the 5 senses • Looks like… • Smells like… • Sounds like…. • Tastes like… • Feels like… When you are finished, Highlightthe words that Add imagery to your writing.

Practice With Imagery Writers use imagery to appeal to the senses. They do this by adding details about color, texture, scent, and so forth. The same idea can often be presented in different ways, to appeal to different senses. The sentence below gives a straightforward description of an event. As the snow fell, she walked down the street with a cup of hot chocolate. Rewrite the sentence 5 times, using words that appeal to each of the 5 senses: hearing, smell, touch, taste, and sight.

Literary Terms • Figurative language – expressions that are not literally true. • Simile • Metaphor • Personification

Literary Terms • Simile – comparing two things using the "like" or "as” Flint An emerald is as green as grass,A ruby red as blood;A sapphire shines as blue as heaven;A flint lies in the mud. A diamond is a brilliant stone,To catch the world's desire;An opal holds a fiery spark;But a flint holds a fire. Christina Rossetti 1830-1894

Literary Terms • Metaphor - a comparison between two things that are unalike but have some quality in common. "Life is a journey, travel it well."(United Airlines)

Brainstorming: • Complete the phrase: 1. Friendship is like a 2. Friendship is like a These are examples of _______________ Now remove “like” 3. Friendship is What have you created ___________________

Literary Terms • Personification- a figure of speech where animals, ideas or objects are given human characteristics. The Cat & The Fiddle Hey diddle, Diddle,The cat and the fiddle,The cow jumped over the moon;The little dog laughed To see such sport,And the dish ran away with the spoon. By Mother Goose Write your own example of personification 

Literary Terms • Finding examples of figurative language in poetry • Simile • Metaphor • Personification • Fill in the table with examples of figurative language • List three examples of imagery

Your Assignment – write three poems 1.) Free verse with imagery Free Verse is poetry where lines can rhyme or be unrhymed. For example: Loneliness seems golden yellowLike the hazy colors fall days bringI see the leaves of redI hear the birds announce themselvesI smell burning leaves that signal the endI touch no one, for I stand aloneI taste the salt of my tears

Your Assignment – write three poems 2.) Emotion Poem Words that could be used are: love, hatred, injustice, anger, sadness, joy, happiness, insecurity, peace, jealousy, pride, anxiety, hope fear, loneliness, or any other emotion you may think of. For example: Love is _____________Love smells like_______________________Love tastes like________________________Love sounds like_______________________Love feels like_________________________Love looks like________________________Love is _________________

Your Assignment – write three poems 3.) Metaphor Poem Write using a comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout the poem. For Example: Achievement is a bed Warm and comforting After a hard day’s work Achievement is a magnet Sticking with you After a hard day’s work Achievement is a blanket It covers you Surrounds you And makes you feel safe After a hard day’s work

Poetry and Figurative Language