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Poetry TerminologyPresented by: Mrs. Dunn
Goals and Goals and ObjectivesObjectives
Content Objective: Students will be able to
2.01- analyze informational materials; 5.01- study the characteristics of literary genres; 6.01- demonstrate an understanding of written and spoken expression
Language Objective: Students will
share opinions about poetry by answering questions on an anticipation guide
take notes on poetry terminology
write for 3 minutes about the characteristics about of similes
use the sentence frames “as ______________ as ___________________”, and “_____________________ like ___________________”
TERMSTERMS
Alliteration
Assonance
Hyperbole
Imagery
Irony
Metaphor
PersonificationOnomatopoeiaOxymoronRepetitionRhymeSimile
ALLITERATIONALLITERATION
Repetition of the same, initial consonant sounds
EXAMPLES: Soft Sighing of
the Sea
ASSONANCEASSONANCE
The repetition of the vowel sounds followed by different consonants in two or more stressed syllables.
EXAMPLE: As high as a kite in a bright sky
HYPERBOLEHYPERBOLE
A bold, deliberate overstatement not intended to be taken seriously. The purpose is to emphasize the truth of the statement.
EXAMPLES:
He weighs a ton.
I could eat a horse.
IMAGERYIMAGERY Usually these words or phrases create a
picture in the reader’s mind. Some imagery appeals to the senses (hearing, touch, taste, smell).
EXAMPLES: Sight – smoke mysteriously puffed out from his ears Sound – he could hear a faint but distant thump Touch – the burlap wall covering scraped his skin Taste – a salty tear ran down his cheek Smell – the scent of cinnamon floated into his nostrils
IRONYIRONY
the literary technique that involve differences between appearance and reality, expectations and result, or meaning and intention.
EXAMPLE: It was ironic that the police station was robbed. It was ironic that the Olympic swimmer drowned in
the bathtub. It was ironic that the soldier survived the war and
then was shot on his own front porch after returning home safely.
METAPHORMETAPHOR
A figure of speech in which one thing is spoken as though it were something else, a direct comparison of two unlike things.
EXAMPLE:
It is raining cats and dogs.
The clouds are marshmallows today.
PERSONIFICATIONPERSONIFICATION
a nonhuman object is given human characteristics
EXAMPLE:
The wind spoke her name.
The rain danced across the window.
ONOMATOPOEIAONOMATOPOEIA
The use of words that imitate sounds.
Buzz, Thud, Hiss, Woof, Quack
OXYMORONOXYMORON
The junction of words which, at first view, seem to be contradictory, but surprisingly this contradictions expresses a truth or dramatic effect.
EXAMPLES: Pretty ugly, Icy hot, civil war
REPETITIONREPETITION
The use, more than once, of any element of language – a sound, a word, a phrase, a clause, or a sentence.
EXAMPLE: By Edgar Allan Poe
By the sinking or the swelling in the anger of the bells
Of the bells
Of the bells, bells, bells, bells
RHYMERHYME
Word endings that sounds alike
EXAMPLES:
Time, Slime, Mime
cat, fat, rat
SIMILESIMILE
A comparison using like or as.
EXAMPLES:
As brave as a lion
Dumb like an ox