Poetry in Motion

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Poetry in Motion

• Mr. Wilsons 7th grade Language Arts

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Couplet and Quatrain

• couplet a pair of rhyming lines.
• quatrain a stanza containing four lines.

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Repetition and all its forms

• Repetition
• Alliteration
• Assonance
• Consonance
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• Repeated use
• Initial sounds
• Vowel sounds
• Final consonants

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Repetition

• repeated use of sounds, words,
• or ideas for effect and emphasis.

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Alliteration

• repetition of initial sounds, e.g., picked a peck
  of pickled peppers.

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Assonance

• repetition of vowel sounds, e.g., mad hatter.

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Consonance

• repetition of final consonant sounds, e.g.,
  east/west

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Listen for examples
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Popular Childrens PoetJack Prelutsky

• First U.S. Children's Poet Laureate
• Born Sept. 8, 1940
• Born in Brooklyn, New York
• Click on the picture of Jack for more information
  See credits for source of picture and information

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Line Structure of a Haiku

• Haiku - a 17-syllable,delicate, unrhymed Japanese
  verse, usually about nature.
• five syllablesseven syllablesfive syllables

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Limericks

• Limerick A 5-lined, rhymed, rhythmic verse,
  usually humorous.

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Elements of a Limerick

• rhyme
• rhythm
• meter

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Rhyme

• recurring identical or similar final word sounds
  within or at the ends of lines of verse.

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Rhythm

• the recurring pattern of strong and weak syllabic
  stresses

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Meter

• a fixed pattern of accented and unaccented
  syllables in lines of fixed length to create
  rhythm.

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What have you learned?What will you choose?

• You are going to take a quiz about poetry
• You will write a poem
• The form of poetry is up to you

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Choices of Previous Class
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What is a haiku?

• A. Two lines of poetry that rhyme
• B. Repeating vowel sounds in a stanza
• C. A 17 syllable poem
• D. A poem with a rhyming pattern of AABBA

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What is a limerick?

• A. 17 syllable poem
• B. Two rhyming lines in a poem
• C. Four rhyming lines in a poem
• D. A poem with a rhyming pattern of AABBA

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What is a couplet?

• A. 17 syllable poem
• B. Two rhyming lines in a poem
• C. Four rhyming lines in a poem
• D. A poem with a rhyming pattern of AABBA

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What is a quatrain?

• A. 17 syllable poem
• B. Two rhyming lines in a poem
• C. Four rhyming lines in a poem
• D. A poem with a rhyming pattern of AABBA

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What is alliteration?

• A. The repetition of the same beginning
  word sound
• B. Two rhyming lines in a poem
• C. Four rhyming lines in a poem
• D. A poem with a rhyming pattern of AABBA

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Credits

• http//teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/jack
  _meet.htm
• In the Small, Small Pond. Weston Woods(2001).
  Retrieved March 15, 2008, fromunitedstreaming
  http//streaming.discoveryeducation.com/
• www.jackprelutsky.com/