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The Language of Poetry

The Language of Poetry. Standard 0701.8.13 Identify figurative language in poetry and explain how figurative language contributes to the poem’s meaning and to the poem’s effect. Definition: a comparison between two seemingly unlike things using like , as, than , and resembles

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The Language of Poetry

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  1. The Language of Poetry Standard 0701.8.13 Identify figurative language in poetry and explain how figurative language contributes to the poem’s meaning and to the poem’s effect.

  2. Definition: a comparison between two seemingly unlike things using like, as,than, and resembles Example: My dog is as smelly as dirty socks. Practice: Identify the simile in the following poem. Flint An emerald is as green as grass,A ruby red as blood;A sapphire shines as blue as heaven;A flint lies in the mud. A diamond is a brilliant stone,To catch the world's desire;An opal holds a fiery spark;But a flint holds a fire. Christina Rossetti 1830-1894 Simile

  3. My Dog is as Smelly as Dirty Socksby Hanoch Piven Project: Make an illustrated book of similes in which you compare people in your life to seemingly different objects. Book Checklist: ___Must include at least 4 people from your life. ___Must contain at least 3 similes per person for a total of 12 similes. ___Each simile must be illustrated. ___A portrait must be made of each person using the objects from the similes. DUE ON FRIDAY, 1/15, FOR A TEST GRADE!

  4. Definition: a comparison between two seeming different things that does NOT use like, as, than, or resembles . Example:Life ain’t no crystal stair. Practice: Identify the metaphors in the following poem. Metaphor Metaphor for a Family My family lives inside a medicine chest: Dad is the super-size band aid, strong and powerfulbut not always effective in a crisis.Mom is the middle-size tweezer,which picks and pokes and pinches.David is the single small aspirin on the third shelf,sometimes ignored.Muffin, the sheep dog, is a round cotton ball, stained and dirty, that pops off the shelf and bounces in my way as I open the door.And I am the wood and glue which hold us all together with my love.

  5. “Metaphor for a Family” • Choose an object that has several parts. • Brainstorm at least 4 people important in your life and brainstorm how they compare to parts of the object you have chosen. • Write your rough draft of a poem in which you use metaphors to detail how the people important to you compare to the parts of the object you have chosen. Poem Checklist: ___Must include at least 4 people important to you ___Must be about one object that has many parts. ___Must use at least one metaphor to relate each person to a part of the object for a total of 4 metaphors. ___Must explain why or how each of the 4 people are similar to the parts of the object. ___Must be at least 12 lines.

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