Amazing Peace an exploration of poetry and language

Amazing Peacean exploration of poetry and languageEnglish for Academic Purposes (Fall 2010)By Amy McWhirtOrganizing principle of a literary work.

Poetry Vocabulary

Two or more lines of poetry that together form a division.

Poetry itself, one line in a poem

Combination of heavily stressed and lightly stressed syllables.

Same or similar sounds at the end of two or more words. stanzaverserhymeformrhythmAccent or emphasis given to each syllable or word to reinforce meaning.

Emphasis given to a syllable or word.Speaker of the poemnot always the author

Definition of a word

Poetry VocabularyImplied meaning of a word or words

accentstresspersonaconnotationdenotation

Maya Angelou-Biographymayaangelou.comMaya Angelou- Amazing Peacehttp://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/maya-angelou-recites-her-christmas-poem/61cvycc?from=sharepermalink

Homework:What represents peace for you?

Kate Thompson By Leslie Opp-Beckman Kate... tall, energetic, happy, intelligent , mother of Danny ,who loves music, books, and fresh air ,who is afraid of President Bush, spiders, and heights, who wants to see Latin America, the end of poverty, and summer,resident of this moment,...Thompson.

Persona PoemSource:http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/bio-poem.htmlPersona Poem Explanation:

8Persona Poem Explanation:

9Create.

concordancerUsing suffixes to increase vocabularyA suffix is a group of letters attached to the end of a word to change its meaning.

title name of the author of the poemLine 1:first name/nickname of the person in the poemLine 2: 4 adjectives which describe the person Line 3: X of Y formula, about an important relationship to the personLine 4: 3 things s/he lovesLine 5:3 things that scare her/him Line 6: 3 things s/he wants to see Line 7: resident of...a place or time or conceptLine 8: last name of the person in the poem

Kate Thompson By Leslie Opp-Beckman Kate... tall, energetic, happy, intelligent , mother of Danny ,who loves music, books, and fresh air ,who is afraid of President Bush, spiders, and heights, who wants to see Latin America, the end of poverty, and summer,resident of this moment,...Thompson. Persona PoemFormat

Homework: Complete your Persona poem and record if for the class on voicethread.

http://voicethread.com/share/1206264/

Submit a written copy of your poem to me in ANGEL.