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Poetry Figurative Language

Poetry Figurative Language. Mrs. Blosch. What is poetry?. Poetry is found everywhere Nursery rhymes TV Commercials Songs Books. Basics. Poetry has a different form from other pieces of writing. Poetry is broken into lines

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Poetry Figurative Language

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  1. PoetryFigurative Language Mrs. Blosch

  2. What is poetry? • Poetry is found everywhere • Nursery rhymes • TV Commercials • Songs • Books

  3. Basics • Poetry has a different form from other pieces of writing. • Poetry is broken into lines • The length of lines and where they break contribute to the meaning and sound of a poem • Lines are then often grouped into stanzas • Stanzas work together to convey the overall message of the poem

  4. Traditional vs. Unconventional • Some poetry is traditional • Might have a specific number of lines and stanzas • Might have a regular pattern of rhyme or rhythm. • Some poetry is unconventional • Has no recognizable patterns • Might use incorrect grammar or spelling • Might use inconsistent line length

  5. Poetic Elements • Sound Devices • Poets choose words not only for their meaning, but also for their sounds. • Examples of sound devices • Rhythm – the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in each line. • A regular pattern of rhythm is called

  6. Sound Devices Cont. • Rhyme – the repetition of sounds at the ends of words as in sun and one. • Rhyme Scheme is the pattern that the end-rhyming words follow. • Repetition – the use of a word, phrase, line, or sound more than once • Creates a mood • Helps make a point • Can be used to add humor

  7. Continued • Alliteration – the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words • Tiptoe through the tulips • Assonance – the repetition of vowel sounds in words that do not end with the same consonant • Bow – down

  8. Figurative Language • Tools that an author uses to help the reader see what is happening in a poem or story. • Simile • metaphor • Personification • alliteration • Onomatopoeia • Hyperbole • Imagery • sensory language

  9. Simile • A simile is a comparison using like or as. • It usually compares two dissimilar objects. • His feet were as big as boats. • He is as poor as dirt • I am as sick as a dog

  10. Example of Simile A Red, Red Rose – Robert Burns 1794 O my Luve's like a red, red rose, That's newly sprung in June: O my Luve's like the melodie, That's sweetly play'd in tune. As fair art thou, my bonie lass, So deep in luve am I; And I will luve thee still, my dear, Till a' the seas gang dry. Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear, And the rocks melt wi' the sun; And I will luve thee still, my dear, While the sands o' life shall run. And fare-thee-weel, my only Luve! And fare-thee-weel, a while! And I will come again, my Luve, Tho' 'twere ten thousand mile!

  11. Metaphor • A metaphorstates that one thing is something else. • It’s a comparison, but does NOT use like or as • Her hair is silk • He was a hog at dinner • Her room is a refrigerator • I am a bear when I don’t get my coffee.

  12. Personification • Giving human qualities, feelings, actions, or characteristics to inanimate (non-living) objects. • Making a thing, idea, or an animal do something only humans can do. • The sun smiled on me. • The verb, smiled, is a human action. • The sun is an inanimate object. • Tears gently kissed my cheeks. • The verb, kissed, is a human action. • Tears are inanimate objects. • Toy story!!!

  13. Alliteration • Repetition of initial sounds in two or more neighboring words. • Alliterations you might Recognize: • Bertie Botts • Dudley Dursley • Minerva McGonagall • Severus Snape • Cho Chang • Rowena Ravenclaw • Godric Gryffindor …… .. and so many more!!! • ?? Know any students with alliterations for names

  14. Tongue Twisters • Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, How many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?

  15. Onomatopoeia • Onomatopoeia is the imitation of natural sounds in word form. • These words help us form mental pictures about the things, people, or places that are described by copying the sound. • Bang! Hiss! Buzz! Pop!

  16. Examples

  17. Hyperbole • A hyperbole is an exaggeration. • Can be confused with a simile or a metaphor because it often compares two objects. • Hyperbole is used for emphasis or humorous effect. • His feet were as big as a barge. • a barge is approximately 700 feet long. Imagine getting a pair of shoes that

  18. "she gets a senior’s discount at the nursing home!“ • "she personally knew Shakespeare!“ • "she taught cave men to start a fire.“ • "she remembers when the dinosaurs died!“ • "she knows how to speak cave-man language!"

  19. Common Hyperboles • "I think of you all the time.“ • “It was so cold, I froze to death waiting for the bus!” • “Her eyes are so big, it’s like they're going to jump out and grab you!” • “I nearly died laughing!” • “I’ve told you a million times!!”

  20. Imagery • The use of vivid description, using one or more senses to create pictures, or images, in the reader's mind • Imagery uses a word or phrase to stimulate your memory of those senses • These memories can be positive or negative which will contribute to the mood of your poem

  21. Use your senses • Find your subject then think about a description for each sense • This will create a sensory image in your readers • Think about touch, smell, hearing, tasting, and seeing.

  22. Narrative Poetry • Narrative Poetry– Poetry that tells a story • Uses all the different figurative language to create a picture in the reader’s mind. • Read poems on pages 638-645 of your Literature book for examples.

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