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Form: The way a poem looks on paper
Line: A verse of Poetry
Stanza: Lines of a poem arranged in a group
Structured Form: Poem has a regular repeated
pattern of rhyme and/or rhythm
“Messy Room” by Shel Silverstein
Whosever room this is should be ashamed!His underwear is hanging on the lamp.His raincoat is there in the overstuffed chair,And the chair is becoming quite mucky and damp.His workbook is wedged in the window,His sweater's been thrown on the floor.His scarf and one ski are beneath the TV,And his pants have been carelessly hung on the door.His books are all jammed in the closet,His vest has been left in the hall.A lizard named Ed is asleep in his bed,And his smelly old sock has been stuck to the wall.Whosever room this is should be ashamed!Donald or Robert or Willie or--Huh? You say it's mine? Oh, dear,I knew it looked familiar!
“Fire And Ice” – Robert Frost
Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate
To know that for destruction ice Is also great
And would suffice.
“I Cry”by Tupac Shakur
Sometimes when I'm aloneI Cry,
Cause I am on my own.The tears I cry are bitter and warm.They flow with life but take no form
I Cry because my heart is torn.I find it difficult to carry on.
If I had an ear to confiding,I would cry among my treasured friend,
but who do you know that stops that long,to help another carry on.
The world moves fast and it would rather pass by.Then to stop and see what makes one cry,
so painful and sad.And sometimes…
I Cryand no one cares about why.
Have A Nice dayBy: Spike Milligan
'Help, help, ' said a man. 'I'm drowning.''Hang on, ' said a man from the shore.
'Help, help, ' said the man. 'I'm not clowning.''Yes, I know, I heard you before.
Be patient dear man who is drowning, You, see I've got a disease.
I'm waiting for a Doctor J. Browning.So do be patient please.'
'How long, ' said the man who was drowning. 'Will it take for the Doc to arrive? ''Not very long, ' said the man with the disease. 'Till then try staying alive.'
'Very well, ' said the man who was drowning. 'I'll try and stay afloat.By reciting the poems of Browning
And other things he wrote.''Help, help, ' said the man with the disease, 'I suddenly feel quite ill.'
'Keep calm.' said the man who was drowning, ' Breathe deeply and lie quite still.''Oh dear, ' said the man with the awful disease. 'I think I'm going to die.'
'Farewell, ' said the man who was drowning.Said the man with the disease, 'goodbye.'So the man who was drowning, drowndedAnd the man with the disease past away.
But apart from that, And a fire in my flat,
It's been a very nice day.
Presenting evidenceBe specific when presenting text evidence:
Direct Quote:1. Use quotation marks. 2. Begin with phrases such as:
The author says...The text states…For example, the author says...
Paraphrase: • Describe what is in the text in your own words. Be sure to
describe something specific in the text.
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Direct quotesDirect Quote:Use quotation marks when you repeat a sentence, phrase, or even
unique words from the text. author says...Examples:
• She asserts that “life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.”
• She urges her son not to “set down on the steps…”
• “Tacks” and “splinters” and “torn up” are images of pain.
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ParaphrasingRestate a relevant part of the text in your own words. Make sure
that you are referring to something specific in the text.author says...
Examples:
The staircase represents life because the speaker keeps talking about climbing stairs throughout the poem as she talks about life.
In the final stanza, the speaker tells her son that it is important to keep climbing and never sit down just because life is hard.
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Analyze and explain evidenceExplain how the quote or paraphrased evidence supports your idea. Begin
with signal phrases such as: This shows…. This means…
This reveals…This illustrates…
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Evidence
According to the speaker, her staircase in life has had “tacks” and “splinters” and “boards torn up” and “no carpet.”
Explanation
This description of the speaker’s life in terms of a rundown staircase suggests that she has struggled in life. “Tacks” and “splinters” and “torn up” are images of pain. The lack of carpet implies poverty. The metaphor suggests that the speaker is as worn down from the trials of her life as a wooden staircase that has not been cared for.
Free Verse: Poem has no pattern of rhyme or
rhythm
“In the Inner City”by Lucille Clifton in the inner cityor like we call ithomewe think a lot about uptownand the silent nightsand the houses straight asdead menand the pastel lightsand we hang on to our no placehappy to be aliveand in the inner cityor like we call ithome
“Free Verse” by Robert GravesI now delight
In spite Of the might And the right
Of classic tradition, In writing
And reciting Straight ahead,
Without let or omission, Just any little rhyme
In any little time That runs in my head;
Because, I’ve said, My rhymes no longer shall stand arrayed
Like Prussian soldiers on paradeThat march,
Stiff as starch, Foot to foot, Boot to boot, Blade to blade,
Button to button, Cheeks and chops and chins like mutton.
No! No! My rhymes must go Turn ’ee, twist ’ee,Twinkling, frosty,
Will-o’-the-wisp-like, misty;
“Addiction To Reality” - by: Cindy Anne Fairey TV shows
Reality
Illogically
Over the top
Yet
Attracting the viewer
To strange worlds
Many times
Promised
Deluding and imbecilic
So I won't
An onset of ad's
Powerfully detested
So I surf to non-infectiousness
It catches your eye
Little interest at first
Then it flourishes
An extraordinary voice
Angelic while vigorous
A partnership of dance
Intense Waltz's, alighting Samba's
Housemate's feud & vote
Always playing the game
Darn it!
I promptly slap myself
The channel goes back
The head beached with the urge
For brainier preferences
The heart, ever grasped
By who is going or staying
I frankly can not deny
Next week, I will lurk
Back to realities murky waters
Once more
ParagraphMy sister is like a dark cloud. She
storms out of her bedroom every morning when Mom wakes her up, and casts a dark shadow over the breakfast table. Often, she rains tears down in angry bursts. My sister is like a dark cloud.
Free verseMy sister is like a dark cloud. -line She storms out of her bedroom every morning when Mom wakes her up, and casts a dark shadow over the breakfasttable. -stanza
Often, she rains tears down in angry bursts. My sister is like a dark cloud.
Take this paragraph and write it in poetry form
A gentle breeze carries the scent of apples from the orchard. I can imagine the sweet, syrupy taste of the overripe apples that lay beneath heavy trees. When I was too little to pick an apple from the branch, I would sit in the shade and pick from the fallen fruit on the ground. Such a delicious memory of my boyhood.
A gentle breeze carries the scent of apples from the orchard. I can imagine the sweet, syrupy taste of the overripe apples that lay beneath heavy trees. When I was too little to pick an apple from the branch, I would sit in the shade and pick from the fallen fruit on the ground. Such a delicious memory of my boyhood.
Entry 8: Life’s Code (10 lines/ 100 words
What is your life’s code?
-These lines can be written in paragraph, structured, or free verse form.
-Think about what is important to you. What do you value? What do you stand for? How do others view you as a person?
Tone: Writer’s attitude toward subject. Is he serious, sarcastic
or playful? How does the writer feel about his subject?
What is his purpose for the poem?
Tips for Identifying Tone
• Try to put yourself in the poet’s shoes – look for clues as to when, where, why the poet is writing this poem
• Read between the lines – is the poet sincere or sarcastic with their remarks?
• Consider word choice – are there generally a lot of positive or negative words used in the poem?
“O Captain! My Captain!” – Walt Whitman
O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done;The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won;The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring: But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead.
O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills; For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths—for you the shores a-crowding;For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning; Here Captain! dear father! This arm beneath your head; It is some dream that on the deck, You've fallen cold and dead.
My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;From fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won; Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells! But I, with mournful tread, Walk the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead.
“This is Just to Say” By William Carlos William I have eatenthe plums that were inthe icebox and whichyou were probablysavingfor breakfast forgive methey were deliciousso sweetand so cold
“My Papa’s Waltz”by Theodore Roethke
The whiskey on your breath
Could make a small boydizzy;But I hung on like death:Such waltzing is not easy.
We romped until the pansSlid from the kitchen shelfMy mother’s countenanceCould not unfrown itself.
The hand that held my wristWas battered on one
knuckle;At every step you missedMy right ear scraped a
buckle.
You beat time on my headWith a palm caked hard by
dirt,Then waltzed me off to bedStill clinging to your shirt
Entry 9: Tone Poem (10 lines/100 words)
Write a ten line poem (structured or free verse) with a particular tone. We will share and identify tone in your poems. Some possible tones include angry, excited, sad, frightened, sarcastic, loving, proud or patriotic. Be prepared to share so that others can identify the tone.
Some Possible Ideas:•Angry (maybe about punishment you thought was unfair)•Sarcastic (maybe about how much you love English class!)
Speaker: Voice of poem; it may be the poet or a character he or she creates.
“I Never Said I wasn’t Difficult”By Sara Holbrook I never said I wasn’t difficult,I mostly want my way.Sometimes I talk back or pout and don’t have much to say. I’ve been known to yell, “So what,”when I’m stepping out of bounds.I want you there for me and yet,I don’t want you around. I wish I had more privacyand never had to be alone.I want to run away.I’m scared to leave my home.
I’m too tired to be responsible.I wish I were boss.I want to blaze new trails.I’m terrified that I’ll get lost. I wish an answer cameevery time I asked you, “Why?”I wish you weren’t a know-it-allWhy do you question when I’m
bored?I won’t be cross-examined.I hate to be ignored. I know,I shuffle messages like cards,some to show and some to hide.But, if you think I’m hard to live withyou should try me inside.
“Little Sister”by Nikki Grimes
little sisterholds on tight.My hands hurtfrom all that squeezing,but I don’t mind.She thinks no one will bother herwhen I’m around,and they won’t if I can help it.
And even when I can’t I try‘cause she believes in me.
“Mother to Son”by Langston Hughes Well, son, I’ll tell you.Life for me ain’t been no crystal
stair.It’s had tacks in it,And splinters,And boards torn up,And places with no carpet on the
floor-Bare.
But all the timeI’se been a-climbin’ on,And reachin’ landin’s,And turnin’ corners,And sometimes goin’ in the darkWhere there ain’t been no light.So boy, don’t you turn back.Don’t you set down on the steps‘Cause you finds it’s kinder hard.Don’t you fall now-For I’se still goin’ honey,I’se still climbin,And life for me ain’t been no
crystal stair.
Entry 10: Speaker (10 lines/100 words
Put yourself in someone else’s shoes:
Write ten lines (structured or free verse) from the point of view of one of your role models i.e., parent, sibling, celebrity, teacher, coach, etc. We will share poems and discuss the speaker of your poem and what we can tell about him or her.
MoodDefinition: The overall feeling or emotion created by the author’s words. Ask yourself: how does the work make you feel? Happy? Uplifted? Sad? Fearful? On edge?
Example: The fast paced, danger filled scenes at the end of Jurassic World provide a suspenseful and thrilling mood.
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Brainstorm: Come up with methods creating mood. Think Pair Share.
• How is mood established in film/TV? • How is mood established in music?• How is mood established in art?• How is mood established in writing?
Mood: listen to the following songs and think of the best adjective to describe the mood: uplifting, happy, optimistic, hopeful, pessimistic, gloomy, mournful, suspenseful, eerie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRAkjXqrxv8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3bzXdW-7AQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Cx7EnymyxM
Mood in Film: lighting, sound, setting
Mary Poppins trailerhttp://www.youtube.com/movie/mary-poppins Mary Poppins trailer recut as a horror filmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T5_0AGdFic
Forrest Gump trailerhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPIEn0M8su0
Forrest Gump trailer recut as a horror filmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paXCXnaiUlA
Mood in literature: words!
• Bouncing into the room, she lit up the vicinity with a joyous glow on her face as she told about her fiancé and their wedding plans. Mood?
• Bursting through the door, the flustered mother screamed uncontrollably at the innocent teacher who gave her child an F. Mood?
Mood: Write ten lines to describe the following
• Being home alone in a thunderstorm when the lights go out
• A small child lost in a crowded train station in New York City
• Food fight in the cafeteria when the principal walks
• The last day of middle school
Be prepared to share and discuss the mood of your poem!
Theme: An idea that is expressed through a work of art.
-A landscape painting might express beauty.
-A song might be about love. -The story “Three Little Pigs”
expresses the authors view of honesty.
Possible literary subjects• Ambition • Death• Peace• War• Friendship• Jealousy • Beauty • Loneliness • Betrayal • Love • Loss
• Courage • Loyalty • Perseverance • Fear • Prejudice • Freedom • Suffering • Happiness • Truth• Duty • Patriotism
Theme is never one word!BeautyPossible themes:• Beauty is in the eyes of the
beholder• Beauty cannot last forever• Inner beauty is far more
important than outer beauty
“Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost Nature's first green is gold,Her hardest hue to hold.Her early leaf's a flower;But only so an hour.Then leaf subsides to leaf.So Eden sank to grief,So dawn goes down to day.Nothing gold can stay
“Sympathy” by Paul Laurence Dunbar
I know what the caged bird feels, alas!When the sun is bright on the upland
slopes;When the wind stirs soft through the
springing grass,And the river flows like a stream of glass; When the first bird sings and the first
bud opes,And the faint perfume from its chalice
steals--I know what the caged bird feels!I know why the caged bird beats its wing Till its blood is red on the cruel bars;For he must fly back to his perch and
clingWhen he fain would be on the bough a-
swing;
And a pain still throbs in the old, old scars
And they pulse again with a keener sting--
I know why he beats his wing!I know why the caged bird sings, ah
me, When his wing is bruised and his
bosom sore,--When he beats his bars and he would
be free;It is not a carol of joy or glee,But a prayer that he sends from his
heart's deep core,But a plea, that upward to Heaven he
flings--I know why the caged bird sings!
Theme: -Write a ten line poem (structured or free verse) that explores any of the following topics for themes: peace, friendship, jealousy, loneliness, love, courage, learning, prejudice, truth, equality, growth.
-Place your name, period, and date in the upper left-hand corner of your paper-Title the poem, “Theme Poem”-Write the theme statement before you write the poem (NOT ONE WORD!)-Write a poem that is at least 100 words (10 words a line)
Describe and compare themes of “Video” and “I Don’t Want to Be.” Use two examples from EACH song to support your opinion.
Ten Things My Students Say…• I wasn’t talking.• Are we doing
something fun today?
• I didn’t know there was a test today!
• That’s not fair!• I left it in my
locker.
• What number are we on?
• Can I get a drink?• I already handed
that in• What period is
this?• When is this class
over?
Imagery and Figurative Language: Similar to special effects in a movie, they grab attention and help create mental pictures and moods. Poems rich in imagery appeal to the senses to help the reader experience the text.
Imagery
Sensory Details: Words and phrases that appeal to one or more of five senses
Image: Picture or sensation reader forms in his or her mind
Imagery: Collection of sensations or images.
ImageryDefinition: Words that appeal to the five senses and enhance the reader’s experience.
Example: Ernestine (a dolphin) nuzzled in beside me and laid her pectoral fin on my back. I couldn’t resist her. Without conscious thought, my hand reached up and stroked her side. It felt smooth, soft, and firm, like the inside surface of a hard-boiled egg.
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What sense is this imagery appealing to ?
Ernestine (a dolphin) nuzzled in beside me and laid her pectoral fin on my back. I couldn’t resist her. Without conscious thought, my hand reached up and stroked her side. It felt smooth, soft, and firm, like the inside surface of a hard-boiled egg.
What sense is this imagery appealing to ?
None of the divers had air tanks. Each diver breathed through a thin yellow air hose leading up to the surface, where it was plugged into a brass outlet on an air compressor. I noticed the strange shape of the bubbles as they left my regulator and wobbled to the surface. They were not round but dome-shaped, flat on the bottom, and they changed as they rose toward the mirrorlike surface twenty feet above.
What sense is this imagery appealing to ?
I heard the crash of the surface as it broke apart and thumped shut above me…As the dolphin charged, I heard a roar of cavitation (the sudden formation of bubbles) as the very water tore, breaking into hydrogen and oxygen…heard the klonk that I knew signaled aggression.
Write a paragraph rich with imagery
Row A and B: Appeal to sense of sight
Row C: Appeal to sense of sound
Row D: Appeal to sense of touch
Row E: Appeal to sense of smell
Row F: Appeal to sense of taste
Describe this picture using imagery:
Write a sentence for each sense: sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch (5 sentences!)
“Preludes” excerptBy T.S. ElliotThe winter evening settles down With the smell of steaks in passageways. Six o'clock. The burnt-out ends of smoky days. And now a gusty shower wraps The grimy scraps Of withered leaves about your feet And newspapers from vacant lots; The showers beat On broken blinds and chimneypots, And at the corner of the street A lonely cab-horse steams and stamps. And then the lighting of the lamps.
“A Dream Deferred”By Langston Hughes What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry uplike a raisin in the sun?Or fester like a sore--And then run?Does it stink like rotten meat?Or crust and sugar over--like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sagslike a heavy load. Or does it explode?
Figurative LanguageDefinition: This cannot be taken literally because it is written to create a special feeling or effect. The most common figures of speech are simile, metaphor, hyperbole, and personification.
Describe this photousing one of the above forms of figurative language.
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Literal language
Words that are used according to their dictionary definition.
Examples:I graded papers on Saturday.My grandma bakes delicious cakes.Grammar exercises are great fun.
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Figurative Language
Words used in imaginative ways to express ideas by comparison or suggestion rather than literal, concrete meanings.
Examples of figurative language:SimilesmetaphorsHyperbolePersonification
Simile
Imaginative comparison using like or as.Examples:• The lanterns bobbed like lightning bugs in
the wind.
• The teacher was like a broken record because he kept repeating himself.
“Be Like the Bird”By Victor Hugo Be like the bird, whoHalting in his flightOn limb to slightFeels it give way beneath him,Yet singsKnowing he hath wings
Personification: A description of an object, animal, place or idea, as if it were human or had human qualities
• “ Sleeping in the Forest” by Mary Oliver• • I thought the earth• remembered me, she• took me back so tenderly, arranging• her dark skirts, her pockets • full of lichens and seeds. I slept• as never before, a stone on the riverbed, nothing• between me and the white fire of the stars • but my thoughts, and they floated• light as moths among the branches • of the perfect trees. All night• I heard the small kingdoms breathing• around me, the insects, and the birds• who do their work in the darkness. All night• I rose and fell, as if in water, grappling• with a luminous doom. By morning • I had vanished at least a dozen times• into something better.
“The City is So Big”By Richard Garcia The city is so bigIts bridges quake with fearI know, I have seen at night The lights sliding from house to houseAnd trains pass with windows shiningLike a smile full of teeth I have seen machines eating houses.And stairways walk all by themselvesAnd elevator doors opening and closingAnd people disappear.
HyperboleDefinition: An exaggeration used to emphasize
a point.
Example: I am so hungry, I could eat a whale.I’m so exhausted I could sleep for a week!
Hyerbole Jeopardy: Yes or No?http://www.superteachertools.com/jeopardy/ergames/Nov201144/game1320160231.php
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Task:
• Six Flags Great Adventure is opening a new rollercoaster. Name it and describe it in terms of hyperbole. (5-7 lines)
MetaphorDefinition: A comparison of two unlike thingsthat does NOT use the words “like” or “as.”
Example: “Greta is a ray of sunshine.”“After lunch, John is a sleepy bear.”“Without coffee in the morning, I’m a
zombie”
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Metaphors are everywhere!In Poetry• Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul… Excerpt from “Hope” by Emily Dickinson
In Art
Your Heart
Your heart
Even in speech!http://blog.flocabulary.com/extended-metaphor/
Metaphors are everywhere!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQL-wEe03hc
Task: Create an unusual metaphor and avoid worn out comparisons.
Cliche: The rain came down like cats and dogs.
Fresh: The rain came down in harsh, exploding capsules.
The sun =
Your enemy’s heart =
Dress =
A face =
Piece of fruit or an body part
A landscape
Any sound
Household appliance or machine
Some inspiring examples
The sun = piece of fruit or body partThe sun glared at me, a critical eye following me down the
street, making me want to hold my head down to avoid the scrutiny.
A friend or enemy’s heart = a landscapeHis heart was a lifeless desert after the loss of his wife, a
barren hopeless place.
Dress = a soundSarah’s gaudy prom dress shouted across the room at me, its
brash colors screaming all at once for my attention.
A face = household appliance or machineI stare at my girlfriend’s face, trying to figure her out, but she
is a wall clock that is too far away to read.
ExamplesThe sun glared at me, a critical eye following me down
the street, making me want to hold my head down to avoid the scrutiny.
His heart was a lifeless desert after the loss of his wife, a barren hopeless place.
Sarah’s gaudy prom dress shouted across the room at me, its brash colors screaming all at once for my attention.
I stare at my girlfriend’s face, trying to figure her out, but she is a wall clock that is too far away to read.
• “Ode to enchanted light” by Pablo Neruda• • Under the trees light• has dropped from the top of the sky.• light• like a green• latticework of branches,• shining • on every leaf,• drifting down like clean • white sand.• • A cicada send• its sawing song• high into the empty air• • The world is a glass overflowing with water.•
Extended metaphor: Metaphor that is extended through a stanza or entire poem, often by multiple comparisons of unlike objects or ideas
• “Scaffolding” by Seamus Heaney• • Masons, when they start upon a building,• Are careful to test out the scaffolding;• • Make sure that planks won’t slip at busy points,• Secure all ladders, tighten bolted joints.• • And yet all this comes down when the job’s done• Showing off walls of sure and solid stone.• • So if, my dear, there sometimes seem to be• Old bridges breaking between you and me• Never fear. We may let the scaffolds fall• Confident that we have built our wall.
“Identity”by Julio Noboa Polanco
Let them be as flowers,always watered, fed, guarded, admired,but harnessed to a pot of dirt.
I'd rather be a tall, ugly weed,clinging on cliffs, like an eaglewind-wavering above high, jagged rocks.
To have broken through the surface of stone,to live, to feel exposed to the madnessof the vast, eternal sky.To be swayed by the breezes of an ancient sea,carrying my soul, my seed,beyond the mountains of time or into the abyss of the bizarre.
I'd rather be unseen, and ifthen shunned by everyone,than to be a pleasant-smelling flower,growing in clusters in the fertile valley,where they're praised, handled, and pluckedby greedy, human hands.
I'd rather smell of musty, green stenchthan of sweet, fragrant lilac.If I could stand alone, strong and free,I'd rather be a tall, ugly weed.
Rhyme: Repetition of identical or similar sounds
Rhyme Scheme: Pattern of rhyme in a
poem. Assign each line of a stanza a letter of the alphabet, starting with “a” for the first line; assign the same letter to lines that rhyme.
There was an old man who supposed aThat the street door was partially closed; aBut some very large rats, bAte his coats and his hats, bWhile that futile old gentleman dozed. a
“The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow woodAnd sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I
couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth;Then took the other, as just as fairAnd having perhaps the better claim,Because it was grassy and wantedwear;Though as for that the passing thereHad worn them really about the
same,
And both that morning equally layIn leaves no step had trodden black.Oh, I kept the first for another day!Yet knowing how way leads on toway,I doubted if I should ever come
back.I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood, and I
—I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the
difference.
Onomatopoeia: The use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning like buzz, hiss, and clap
“The moan of doves in immemorial elms,
And murmuring of innumerable bees.”
(From “The Princess: Come Down Oh Maid” by Tennyson)
The rusty spigotsputters,uttersa splutter,spatters a smattering of drops,gashes wider;slash,splatters,scatters,spurts,finally stops sputteringand plash!gushes rushes splashesclear water dashes.by Eve Merriam
Alliteration: The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
AlliterationHip-Hop Alliteration Example:
“I’m a twenty ton terror on top of Tokyo towers with two titanium tentacles” –NoCanDo
“Furious, phat, fabulous, fantastic/flurries of funk felt feeding the fanatics”" -Blackalicious
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvPnM2Q1nwU
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Task
• If you were a musical artist, how would you describe yourself? Write two lines that feature alliteration.
• Now create two lines of music that feature alliteration to describe your favorite celebrity.
Have fun and be prepared to share!
Imagery: creates strong mental pictures
"It's only fair to warn I was born with a set of horns And metaphors attached to my darn umbilical cord The warlord of rap that'll bash you with a 2x4 board And smash into your Honda Accord with a 4-door Ford But I'm more toward dropping an a capella To chop a fella to mozzarella worse than a helicopter propeller!“
Sound: consonance and assonance
We touch I feel a rushWe clutch it isn't muchBut it's enough to make me wonder whats in store for usIt's lust, it's torturous You must be a sorceress 'cause you justDid the impossibleGained my trust don't play games it'll be dangerous
From “Space bound” by Eminem
The use of simile
“…some of us cannibalsWho cut other people open like cantaloupes…”
“The Real Slim Shady”
By Eminem
The use of metaphor
“…maybe our relationship isn’t as crazy as it seemsmaybe that’s what happens when a tornado meets a volcano…”
“Love the Way you Lie” by Eminem
