1. Poetry Unit English I “I'm standing up, I'ma face my demonsI'm manning up, I'ma hold my groundI've had enough, now I'm so fed upTryin' to put my life back together right now” Who is the author of these lines?

2. PoetryTerms we Will study • Narrative Poetry-tells a story • Epic Poetry-Long Poem that tells a story • Lyric Poetry-expresses thoughts and emotions. • Sonnet-fourteen-line lyric poem (Shakespeare’s Sonnets) • Dramatic Monologue-when the speaker in the poem addresses the reader. • Ballad-song or poem that tells a story about love or sadness (Ballad of Birmingham).

3. More Poetry Terms 7. Rhyme-when the ending sounds of words are the same. 8. Allusion-a reference to an event from literature (Bible or Greek mythology 9. Satire-a story or poem that is sarcastic and uses humor to criticize. 10. Haiku-Three-line Japanese Poem about nature (5-7-5). 11. Alliteration-repetition of initial consonant sounds. (Sally sells seashells by the seashore). 12. Imagery-when the words create a visual picture in your head.

4. More Terms 13. Limerick-a funny little poem containing five lines. It has a very distinctive rhythm and rhyme scheme. 14. Free verse-Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter. 15. Stanza- a group of lines forming a section within a poem 16. Couplet-two lines of verse joined by rhyme. 17. Speaker-the voice in the poem; also known as the persona 18. Oxymoron- figure of speech that contains contradictory terms. (biggie smalls, jumbo shrimp, pretty ugly).

5. Last Slide 19. Assonance- resemblance in vowel sounds. 20. Personification-a figure of speech in which an inanimate object is given life-like qualities. 21. Mood- the feeling a poem creates in the reader 22. Tone-a poet’s attitude toward the subject or audience of the poem. 23. Rhyme scheme-the pattern of rhyme used in a poem. 24. rhythm-the beat in a poem