POETRY. What is poetry? Ancient Greek – ποιεω (poieo): I create A literary work in which...

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POETRY

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What is poetry?

Ancient Greek – ποιεω (poieo): I create

A literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm

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The Language of Poetry

Alliteration

Allusion: reference to a person, place, thing, or event that is known from literature, history, or other aspects of culture

Imagery: language that speaks to the senses

Metaphor: comparison between two unlike things without using connective words

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The Language of Poetry

Meter: the alteration of stressed and unstressed syllables; beat

Onomatopoeia: the use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning

Personification

Rhyme: repetition of final sounds in two or more words

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The Language of Poetry

Simile: a comparison between two unlike things by using a connective word such as like or as

Stanza: a group of consecutive lines in a poem that form a single unit

Syllable

Tone: the attitude a writer takes toward the reader, subject, or a character

Verse: another word for “poetry”

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How do I become a great poet?

Read all types of poetry in your head AND aloud

Keep an image journal

Brainstorm

Write, write, revise, and revise

Share your work with others

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Read this in your head...

Last night, while I lay thinking here,

some Whatifs crawled inside my ear

and pranced and partied all night long

and sang their same old Whatif song:

Whatif I'm dumb in school?

Whatif they've closed the swimming pool?

Whatif I get beat up?

Whatif there's poison in my cup?

Whatif I start to cry?

Whatif I get sick and die?

Whatif I flunk that test?

Whatif green hair grows on my chest?

Whatif nobody likes me?

Whatif a bolt of lightning strikes me?

Whatif I don't grow talle?

Whatif my head starts getting smaller?

Whatif the fish won't bite?

Whatif the wind tears up my kite?

Whatif they start a war?

Whatif my parents get divorced?

Whatif the bus is late?

Whatif my teeth don't grow in straight?

Whatif I tear my pants?

Whatif I never learn to dance?

Everything seems well, and then

the nighttime Whatifs strike again!

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Read this aloud...Last night, while I lay thinking here,

some Whatifs crawled inside my ear

and pranced and partied all night long

and sang their same old Whatif song:

Whatif I'm dumb in school?

Whatif they've closed the swimming pool?

Whatif I get beat up?

Whatif there's poison in my cup?

Whatif I start to cry?

Whatif I get sick and die?

Whatif I flunk that test?

Whatif green hair grows on my chest?

Whatif nobody likes me?

Whatif a bolt of lightning strikes me?

Whatif I don't grow talle?

Whatif my head starts getting smaller?

Whatif the fish won't bite?

Whatif the wind tears up my kite?

Whatif they start a war?

Whatif my parents get divorced?

Whatif the bus is late?

Whatif my teeth don't grow in straight?

Whatif I tear my pants?

Whatif I never learn to dance?

Everything seems well, and then

the nighttime Whatifs strike again!

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Write it all down...

Write down the very first food you think of

Write down everything about it Go eat it!

Use your senses No erasing No changing your mind

JUST SPIT IT ALL OUT!