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 Poetry and Poetic Devices

Guided Notes

Poem Basics Poems can be _____________________ or ______________________.

Poems can be written about _______________________ by _______________________.

Poems consist of ______________________, not _______________________________.

Poems are made up of __________________________, not ____________________________.

Couplet: ______________________ Quatrain: _______________________

Stanzas are separated by ____________________________________________.

Alliteration

Alliteration is when ______________________________________________________________.

What can be alliterative? _________________________________________________________

Write your own example of alliteration:

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Onomatopoeia

Definition: ______________________________________________________________________

Words to describe:

Lightning crashing into tree: ________________________

Glass shattering: ___________________________________

Rhyme

Rhyme is _____________________________________________________________________.

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Repetition

Repetition is _____________________________________________________________________.

Sensory Language

Sensory language is _____________________________________________________________________.

Sensory Images

Sensory images appea to _________________________________________________________________.

Irony in Poetry

Irony can be situational, dramatic, or verbal.

In poetry, irony is _______________________________________________________________________.

Simile and Metaphor

What is the difference?

Personification

Personification is _____________________________________________________________________.

Write an example __________________________________________________________________

Humor in Poetry

Humor in poetry can come from:

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Limerick

What is the structure of a limeric?

Free Verse

What is free verse?

Ballad

What is the structure of a ballad?

Haiku

What is the structure of a haiku poem?

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