April 26 Poetic Devices

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Poetic DevicesMrs. Wallers English Class


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Poetic Devices:

Objectives:

1. Become familiar with thevarious poetic devices.

2. Create examples of the various

poetic devices.

3. Use this new knowledge toidentify the poetic devices used in

the poems. 4. Have fun with poetry!


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Alliteration(Sound) The repetition of the first

consonant sound in a word. Sally sold seashells by the seashore.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled

peppers. Which of the images below does not fit?

A B C D


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Alliteration

When the first sounds in words

repeat.

Examples

Welurklate. Weshootstraight.

Students: Any more examples?


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Assonance(Sound) The repetition of vowel sounds in

a series of words. The fat cat was wearing a miniature

hat as he lay down on the mat.

Mike rides his bike to the store for abag of rice.

Which of the images below does not fit?

A B C D


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Consonance

When consonants repeat in the middle orend of words.

Vowels: a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y.Consonants: all other letters.

Examples

Mammels named Samare clammy.

Curse, bless me now! With fierce tears I pray.


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Rhyme(Sound) The repetition of ending sounds in

words. What luck Chuckhad that he didnt

wreck his truck.

Thad was a very sad lad. Which of the images below does not fit?

A B C D


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Rhyme

When words have the same end sound.Happens at the beginning, end, or middle of

lines.

Examples

Where

Fair

Air

Bear

Glare

Students: How about more exam les here?


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Onomatopoeia(Sound) The use of words which imitate

sound. Crack, pop, buzz, fizzle

When writing, italicize onomatopoeiaswhen you want them to represent thesound.

Honk! Beep! Jan placed her hands over herears while her mother drove through thetraffic, so she wouldnt have to listen to the

harsh sounds of car horns.


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Onomatopoeia

When a words pronunciation imitates its

sound.

Examples:

Buzz Fizz Woof HissClink Boom

Beep Vroom Zip

Students: add more examples to this list!


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Simile(Figurative Language) A comparison between two

objects using "like", "as", or"than.

Todd was like a bull in a china shop.

Amy was as quite as a mouse. Dennis is quicker than a cheetah.

Can you write a simile about yourself?


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Metaphor(Figurative Language) A comparison between two

dissimilar objects. Usually thewords is, are, or was are

used.

The track coach complained thatTara was a turtle and shouldnt be on

the team.

You are no Van Gogh, my art

teacher said to me. Can you write a metaphor of your own?


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Personification(Figurative Language) Giving inanimate or non-living

objects human characteristics. The trees danced in the wind.

The wind spoke to me and told me

that rain was on the way. Write a sentence using personification.


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Idiom(Figurative Language) An expression that is particular to

a group of people or culture.Idioms are NOT literal.

Its raining cats and dogs.

Why the long face? Break a leg.

If you jump the gun, youre going to

get shot in the foot.

Can you name another idiom? Helpful idiom site:

http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/.
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Hyperbole(Figurative Language) A hyperbole is an exaggeration or

overstatement. It is often meantto be humorous.

I caught a fish that was as big as me!

He inhaled the sandwich. FYI: Yo Mama jokes are hyperboles!


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Understatement(Figurative Language) Downplaying a situation.

Understatement is the opposite ofhyperbole.

Jan reassured her mother that thegaping wound on her leg was just a

scratch.


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Oxymoron A figure of speech that combines

two words with oppositemeanings.

Even the word oxymoron is an

oxymoron: oxyis Greek for sharpand moronis Greek for dull.

Jumbo shrimp, act naturally, calmstorm, cold sweat, good grief

Can you think of an oxymoron? http://www.oxymoronlist.com/
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Imagery Eliciting images in the readers

mind through sensory andconcrete details.

The young freckled boy creeps

through the freshly mown yard withhis sleek, black Colt BB gun inhopes of shooting the plump blue jaysitting on the log fence.
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Repetition The technique of repeating

important lines, words, or phrasesof a poem for effect.

It is similar to a refrain in a song.

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Repetition

Repeating a word or words for effect.

Example

Nobody

No, nobodyCan make it out here alone.

Alone, all alone

Nobody, but nobody

Can make it out here alone.


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Rhythm

When words are arranged in such a waythat they make a pattern or beat.

Example

There once was a girl from Chicago

Who dyed her hair pink in the bathtub

Im making a pizza the size of the sun.

Hint: hum the words instead of saying

them.

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Structure Line: similar to a sentence in

poetry. Stanza: a group of lines

separated from other lines by

breaks in the poem. Similar to aparagraph.

Meter: Using a set number of

syllables in each line.

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Practice QuizIll put some lines of poetry on the board.

Choose which techniques are used:A. Alliteration

B. consonance

C. rhythmD. rhyme

E. onomatopoeia.

Some poems use more than onetechnique.

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The cuckoo in our cuckoo clock

was wedded to an octopus.

She laid a single wooden egg

and hatched a cuckoocloctopus.


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They are building a house

half a block down

and I sit up here

with the shades downlistening to the sounds,

the hammers pounding in nails,

thack thack thack thack,and then I hear birds,

and thack thack thack,


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The whiskey on your breath

Could make a small boy dizzy;But I hung on like death:Such waltzing was not easy.

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Homework! Oh, homework!

I hate you! You stink!I wish I could wash youaway in the sink.

Answers


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Answers

1. Repetition, rhythm, rhyme,

consonance, and lightalliteration.

2. Onomatopoeia, consonance,

repetition3. Alliteration, repetition

4. Rhythm, rhyme, light alliteration

5. Repetition, rhyme, rhythm

Poetry Fun


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