Taylor Mali

1. Taylor Mali "Speak with Conviction"

2. Figurative LanguageSensory LanguageSound DevicesPoetry

3. Definition Figurative language is the opposite of literal language. The words go beyond what they exactly mean for a special effect.

4. Simile • Definition: • A comparison of unlike things that uses like or as • Example: • Mrs. Buckley was as angry as a hornet. • NOT: Mrs. Buckley was as angry as Mrs. Sabelhaus.

5. Metaphor • Definition: • A comparison of unlike things • Usually uses a linking verb • Subject = something you normally wouldn’t call the subject • Example: • The boy was a tiny mouse squeaking in the corner.

6. Twenty years now, where’d they go?Twenty years, I don’t knowI sit and I wonder sometimeswhere they’ve goneAnd sometimes late at night, oohhh when I’m bathed in the firelightthe moon comes callin’ a ghostly way, and I recallI recallLike a rockStandin’ arrow straightlike a rockchargin’ from the gatelike a rockcarryin’ the weightlike a rockoohhh like a rockthe sun upon my skinlike a rockhard against the windlike a rockI see myself againlike a rock • Like a Rock • By: Bob Seger Stood there boldly, sweatin’ in the sunfelt like a million, felt like number oneat height of summer, I’d never felt that strongLike a rockI was eighteen, didn’t have a careworkin’ for peanuts, not a dime to sparebut I was lean and solid everywhereLike a rockMy hands were steady, my eyes were clear and brightmy walk had purpose, my steps were quick and lightAnd I held firm, to what I felt was rightLike a rockLike a rockI was strong as I could belike a rockNothin’ ever got to melike a rockI was somethin’ to seelike a rockAnd I stood arrow straightunencumbered by the weight of all these hustlers and their schemesI stood proud I stood tall high above it allI still believed in my dream

7. Onomatopoeia • Definition: • A word that sounds like the noise it describes. • Example: • The car vroomed down the quiet street. • “Bark! Bark!” said the beagle.

8. Personification • Definition: • Describing something that isn’t living (inanimate) as if it was living • Example: • The sun smiled down on the city as a new day began. • The ice angrily beat against the windows.

9. Hyperbole • Definition: • Exaggeration • Example: • Jill was furious. When she yelled at Jack, astronauts in outer space could hear every word!

10. Allusion • Definition: • A reference to a famous person, place, event, literary work, myth, or work of art • Example: • That boy is always in love, so we call him Romeo. • Romeo – romantic boy, from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet • He was a natural Babe Ruth and led the team to the championship with his home runs. • Babe Ruth – excellent baseball player • George is a Scrooge even at Christmas time. • Scrooge – stingy person, from Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol

11. Figurative Language Pop-Up

13. What type of figurative language is this? Personification Oreo: Milk’s favorite cookie

15. What type of figurative language is this? Simile The bottom of the bathtub was a slippery as ice.

17. What type of figurative language is this? Onomatopoeia With the click of the mouse, I deleted the entire project.

19. What type of figurative language is this? Hyperbole He was so thirsty that John thought he might drink an entire lake.

21. What type of figurative language is this? Personification My computer hates me.

23. What type of figurative language is this? Metaphor Her eyes were glistening jewels.

25. What type of figurative language is this? Simile While I was walking through the field, I found a ring as shiny as a star.

26. Your Homework for Tonight: • You have a choice! • Option 1: Make a simile poem for yourself like Bob Seger did with “Like a Rock”. You might be like a teddy bear waiting to be loved, like a candle glowing in the dark, like a notebook longing to be filled with information, or like a skateboard’s wheel with scuff marks all over it. • Option 2: Make a hyperbole poem for reasons why you didn’t do your homework. • Both poems need to be at least 15 lines long.  • A solid ROUGH DRAFT is due tomorrow!  • THESE DO NOT HAVE TO RHYME!!!!

27. Sensory Visual

28. Sensory Language • SENSory language refers to language that appeals to your SENSES • SIGHT: • The red barn reminded me of the family farm. • SOUND: • The babbling brook and singing songbird relaxed me. • TASTE: • The second the delicious, salty pretzel hit my mouth, I was in heaven. • TOUCH: • I spent the morning brushing my dog’s soft, silky hair. • SMELL: • I sat on the swing enjoying the sweet aroma of the flowers.

29. Your family has signed up to have a foreign exchange student from Thailand stay at your house for a month. Once the student arrives, you realize after your conversation that they have NEVER before had a chocolate chip cookie! Using sensory details, describe what a chocolate chip cookie would taste like in your composition notebook.

30. Your Task for Today… You will be broken into 7 groups. Start at the station that matches your given number. You will rotate between each station clockwise, once you hear the bell ring twice. At each station, you will interact with figurative language in a different way. After the stations, you will be given time to start your homework.

31. Maybe you're reason why all the doors are closedSo you could open one that leads you to the perfect roadLike a lightning bolt, your heart will blowAnd when it's time, you'll knowYou just gotta ignite the lightAnd let it shineJust own the night Cause baby you're a fireworkCome on show 'em what you're worthMake 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"As you shoot across the sky-y-yBaby you're a fireworkCome on let your colors burstMake 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"You're gonna leave 'em all in awe-awe-awe" Boom, boom, boomEven brighter than the moon, moon, moonIt's always been inside of you, you, youAnd now it's time to let it throughCause baby you're a fireworkCome on show 'em what your worthMake 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"As you shoot across the sky-y-y Baby you're a fireworkCome on let your colors burstMake 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"You're gonna leave 'em all in awe-awe-aweBoom, boom, boomEven brighter than the moon, moon, moonBoom, boom, boomEven brighter than the moon, moon, moon “Firework” By: Katy PerryDo you ever feel like a plastic bagDrifting throught the windWanting to start againDo you ever feel, feel so paper thinLike a house of cardsOne blow from caving inDo you ever feel already buried deepSix feet under screamBut no one seems to hear a thingDo you know that there's still a chance for youCause there's a spark in youYou just gotta ignite the lightAnd let it shineJust own the nightLike the Fourth of JulyCause baby you're a fireworkme on show 'em what you're worthMake 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"As you shoot across the sky-y-yBaby you're a fireworkCome on let your colors burstMake 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"You're gunna leave 'em fallin' down-own-ownLike the Fourth of JulyYou don't have to feel like a waste of spaceYou're original, cannot be replacedIf you only knew what the future holdsAfter a hurricane comes a rainbow

32. Sound Devices • Alliteration-words in a series begin with same letter • Sally sold sea shells by the sea shore • Assonance- repetition of vowel sounds • I like to bike, and I like to hike at night. • Internal Rhyme-a poetic device by which two or more words rhyme within the same line of verse • Birds fly gracefully through the bright blue sky • End Rhyme- words at the end of lines that rhyme • Example: • Mr. Ross wants to be a butterfly Don’t ask me, I don’t know why • Onomatopoeia-words that represent sounds • Examples: buzz, achoo, beep, crackle, ouch, shhh, boom • Rhyme Scheme - the pattern of rhymes used in a poem, usually marked by letters to symbolize correspondences, ababbcc.

33. Willow and Ginkgo by Eve MerriamThe willow is like an etching,Fine-lined against the sky.The ginkgo is like a crude sketch,Hardly worthy to be signed.The willow’s music is like a soprano,Delicate and thin.The ginkgo’s line is like a chorusWith everyone joining in.The willow is sleek as a velvet-nosed calf;The ginkgo is leathery as an old bull.The willow’s branches are like silken thread;The ginkgo’s like stubby rough wool.The willow is like a nymph with streaming hair;Where ever it grows, there is green and gold and fair.The willow dips into the water,Protected and precious, like the king’s favorite daughter.The ginkgo forces its way through gray concrete;Like a city child, it grows up in the street.Thrust against the metal sky,Somehow it survives and even thrives.My eyes feast upon the willow,But my heart goes to the ginkgo.

34. In-class Assignment • Create a poem over any topic that is at least ten lines. • The poem must include: • 2 Different types of Figurative Language • 2 Different types of Sensory Language • 2Different types of Sound Devices

35. Elegy • 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 anchored 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. • Walt Whitman • written in 1865 Elegy: a mournful poem for the dead O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done; The ship has weathered 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 ribboned 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.

36. Elegy in Song • “Candle in the Wind” by Sir Elton JohnGoodbye Norma Jean Though I never knew you at all You had the grace to hold yourself While those around you crawled They crawled out of the woodwork And they whispered into your brain They set you on the treadmill And they made you change your name And it seems to me you lived your life Like a candle in the wind Never knowing who to cling to When the rain set in And I would have liked to have known you But I was just a kid Your candle burned out long before Your legend ever did Loneliness was tough The toughest role you ever played Hollywood created a superstar And pain was the price you paid Even when you died Oh the press still hounded you All the papers had to say Was that Marilyn was found in the nude Goodbye Norma Jean From the young man in the 22nd row Who sees you as something as more than sexual More than just our Marilyn Monroe

37. Elegy in Song • “Good Bye, England’s Rose” by Sir Elton John • Goodbye England's roseMay you ever grow in our hearts You were the grace that placed itself Where lives were torn apart You called out to our country And you whispered to those in pain Now you belong to heaven And the stars spell out your name • {Refrain} And it seems to me you lived your life Like a candle in the wind Never fading with the sunset when the rain set inAnd your footsteps will always fall here Along England's greenest hills Your candle's burned out long beforeYour legend ever will • Loveliness we've lost These empty days without your smile This torch we'll always carryFor our nation's golden child And even though we try The truth brings us to tears All our words cannot express The joy you brought us through the years {Refrain}Goodbye England's rose May you ever grow in our hearts You were the grace that placed itself Where lives were torn apart Goodbye England's rose From a country lost without your soul Who'll miss the wings of your compassion More than you'll ever know

38. Homework for Tonight • Create an elegy poem (a mournful poem for the dead) for a person that has died. • You can create a poem for someone who you know that has died or for someone who you don’t know. • For example, if you don’t know anyone who has died, you can write an elegy for the victims from the tornado that hit Indiana, the victims of 9-11, or any other tragedy. • Remember, this is mournful poem – not a happy poem, but a sad, gloomy poem.  • Due tomorrow! • This needs to have at least 15 lines, and include the following: 3 different types of figurative language, 3 different sound devices.

39. Concrete Poems Definition: a poem whose meaning is conveyed through its graphic shape or pattern on the printed page; also called a shape poem.

45. What is the point of Concrete Poems??!?! “Concrete poetry asks us to look at the word: at its esthetic properties as a composition of letters, each of which is a beautiful object in its own right...Concrete poetry asks us to contemplate the relationship of words to each other and the space they occupy” Mary Ellen Solt

47. Your Assignment What issues are important to you? Peer pressure? Bullying? War? Animal testing? Divorce? If that issue could talk, what would it say? Choose a shape that would convey this message, just as Mary Ellen Solt did in “Forsythia.” Write a poem that conveys this message using the shape.

48. Ballad • Ballad Poems are poems that tell a story, similar to a folk tale or legend, and often has a repeated refrain. • A ballad is often about love and often sung. A ballad is essentially a story in poetic form  • Sometimes it has dialogue to move the story along • Follows a plot diagram with a repeated refrain.

49. Ballad in Song • “Fire and Rain” by James TaylorJust yesterday morning they let me know you were gone Susanne the plans they made put an end to you I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song I just can't remember who to send it to I've seen fire and I've seen rain I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend But I always thought that I'd see you again Won't you look down upon me, Jesus You've got to help me make a stand You've just got to see me through another day My body's aching and my time is at hand And I won't make it any other way Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend But I always thought that I'd see you again Been walking my mind to an easy time my back turned towards the sun Lord knows when the cold wind blows it'll turn your head around Well, there's hours of time on the telephone line to talk about things to come Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend But I always thought that I'd see you, baby, one more time again, now Thought I'd see you one more time again There's just a few things coming my way this time around, now Thought I'd see you, thought I'd see you fire and rain, now

50. Your Assignment Write a ballad that is about an event or a person from a tabloid article using a standard ballad format. 4 to 5 stanzas Be sure to tell the story quickly moving scene by scene using dialogue to move the plot forward. Repeat the refrain. Use amazing word choice to make it memorable.