Locust Grove Middle School Trailblazers Poetry in Motion Mr. Wilson’s 7 th grade Language Arts

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Poetry in Motion

Mr. Wilson’s 7th grade Language Arts

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Couplet and Quatrain

couplet a pair of rhyming lines. quatrain a stanza containing four

lines.

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Repetition and all its forms

Repetition AlliterationAssonanceConsonance

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Repeated use Initial sounds Vowel sounds Final consonants

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Repetition

repeated use of sounds, words,

or ideas for effect and emphasis.

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Alliteration

repetition of initial sounds, e.g., picked a peck of pickled peppers.

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Assonance

repetition of vowel sounds, e.g., mad hatter.

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Consonance

repetition of final consonant sounds, e.g., east/west

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Listen for examples

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Popular Children’s Poet:Jack Prelutsky

First U.S. Children's Poet Laureate

Born Sept. 8, 1940 Born in Brooklyn, New York

Click on the picture of Jack for more information See credits for source of picture and information

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Line Structure of a Haiku

Haiku - a 17-syllable,delicate, unrhymed Japanese verse, usually about nature.

five syllablesseven syllablesfive syllables

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Limericks

Limerick: A 5-lined, rhymed, rhythmic verse, usually humorous.

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Elements of a Limerick:

rhyme rhythm meter

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Rhyme

recurring identical or similar final word sounds within or at the ends of lines of verse.

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Rhythm

the recurring pattern of strong and weak syllabic stresses

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Meter

a fixed pattern of accented and unaccented syllables in lines of fixed length to create rhythm.

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What have you learned?What will you choose?

You are going to take a quiz about poetry

You will write a poem The form of poetry is up to you

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Choices of Previous Class

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Poem Choice

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What is a haiku?

A. Two lines of poetry that rhyme

B. Repeating vowel sounds in a stanza

C. A 17 syllable poem

D. A poem with a rhyming pattern of AABBA

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What is a limerick?

A. 17 syllable poem

B. Two rhyming lines in a poem

C. Four rhyming lines in a poem

D. A poem with a rhyming pattern of AABBA

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What is a couplet?

A. 17 syllable poem

B. Two rhyming lines in a poem

C. Four rhyming lines in a poem

D. A poem with a rhyming pattern of AABBA

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What is a quatrain?

A. 17 syllable poem

B. Two rhyming lines in a poem

C. Four rhyming lines in a poem

D. A poem with a rhyming pattern of AABBA

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What is alliteration?

A. The repetition of the same beginning word sound

B. Two rhyming lines in a poem

C. Four rhyming lines in a poem

D. A poem with a rhyming pattern of AABBA

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Credits http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/jack_meet.htm In the Small, Small Pond. Weston Woods

(2001). Retrieved March 15, 2008, fromunitedstreaming: http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/

www.jackprelutsky.com/