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Figures of Speech. Annette Verge Stopka. Poetry. Rhythmic writing Imagination Not prose May or may not rhyme No rhyme-free verse Compressed language Figures of speech often used Imagery=the five senses (see, hear, smell, taste, touch) Often appeals to our emotions/imagination.
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Figures of Speech Annette Verge Stopka
Poetry • Rhythmic writing • Imagination • Not prose • May or may not rhyme • No rhyme-free verse • Compressed language • Figures of speech often used • Imagery=the five senses (see, hear, smell, taste, touch) Often appeals to our emotions/imagination
Paragraph= stanza • Prose-regular writing-use paragraphs • Poetry-use stanzas
Figures of speech • A word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another that is not meant to be understood literally • Ex. Hold your horses. • Ex. Poems hide. • Ex. He is a firecracker.
Literal vs. Figurative • Literal= true • Non-fiction-true • Figurative- imaginary
simile • A simile is a comparison of two unlike things using like or as.
Simile • Like • As • Resembles • Than
What is a Metaphor? How does it differ from a simile?
Metaphor is a • A direct comparison • Juliet is the sun, said Romeo. • He has broom hair.
Personification: giving human traits to something not human • The rain dances. • The moon walks. • The wheels whine
Pun • Play on words. • Ex. Stay off the grass. (drug rehab) • Grass? (reg. grass or marijuana)
What poetic devices are found here? • What is this hail that hits us like a hammer?
Simile, alliteration, personification • What is this hail that hits us like a hammer?
Clear as mud • Not clear at all
By hook or crook • By any means necessary
Apple of my eye • Cherished • Loved • Treasured
Wolf in sheep’s clothing • Someone who appears nice, but is really out to destroy you.
Turn over a new leaf To begin behaving better
My backpack weighs a ton! What does this hyperbole suggest? Hyperbole is an exaggeration
FINALLY, TEST YOURSELF! • Which is the metaphor? • a sea of faces • hair like a web • the sun smiled • Which is the simile? • the sun was an eye • fingers like sausages • pumpkin face • Which uses personification? • the lights blinked • I am a red balloon • as hot as fire • Find the idiom • butterflies dance • butterfly eyelashes • butterflies in my stomach.
Tone: feeling/ attitude • Matter of fact, shocked, suspicious, upset, overwhelmed, uneasy, caring, confident, cocky, rejected, unsafe, worried, tired, embarrassed, anxious, grumpy, trapped, bitter, caring, confused, depressed, sheepish, undecided, demure agitated, exasperated, relieved.
Mood=Atmosphere • The overall feeling about a work of literature, often related to the setting.
Theme • The general idea or insight about life that a work of literature reveals. • The human spirit triumphs over evil. • Beauty is found in nature. • Hopes and dreams give life meaning
Symbol • A person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself and stands for something beyond itself as well.
Ballad • Ballad: songlike poem that tells a story, often a sad story of betrayal, death, or loss. • tells a story • uses simple language • has a refrain, usually at the end of each stanza. A refrain is a line or lines that repeat. • simple rhymes • has regular meters • often describes a supernatural event.
Lyric Poem • Expresses Feelings • “Valentine for Ernest Mann” • Theme: Poems hide. • Live in a way that you find poetry/love.
Birdfoot’s Grandpa • Expresses feelings….. • Lyric
Lyric Poems include: • Lyric • Sonnet (14 lines) • Elegy (sad, mournful, serious, about loss or death) • Ode (serious, formal language—celebrate) • All lyric poems express feelings!
Ode • Formal language • Serious • Celebrates one thing/ person
rhythm • The repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables • “For My Grandmother” • This lovely flower fell to seed • Work gently, sun and rain; • She held it as her dyingcreed • That she would grown again
meter • A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables • This lovely flower fell to seed • Work gently, sun and rain; • She held it as her dying creed • That she would grown again
rhyme • Chiming effect, music quality • Emphasis on the accented vowel sound • End rhymes—end of the line • Seed Creed