WELCOME TO CLASS 403s POETRY READING

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WELCOME TO CLASS 403s POETRY READING
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ALLITERATION

• The repeating of consonant sounds in words that
  follow one another.
• As in Determined, dedicated, dreamers.
• Listen for alliteration.

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SIMILE

• A poetic device that uses like or as to compare 2
  unlike objects.
• As in Smile like a watermelon slice.
• Listen for simile..

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REPETITION

• A poet may repeat a word or phrase throughout a
  poem in order to give it structure, meaning, or
  rhythm.
• As in the repetition of Things in the next
  poem.
• Listen for repetition

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Rhyme

• Agreement in the final sounds of 2 or more words.
• As in Flo Jo was fast /she never came in last
• Listen for rhyme

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METAPHOR

• A poetic device that directly compares 2 unlike
  objects or things.
• As in A Recipe for happiness/ Stir in the
  smiles.
• Listen for metaphor

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