Elements of Poetry (title of your Cornell Notes Page)

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Elements of Poetry(title of your Cornell Notes
Page)

• Start this Powerpoint slide show by going to the
  Slide Show tab and selecting From Beginning
• Copy the following definitions in your journal

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Alliteration

• Repetition of the initial consonant sound

She sells seashells at the sea shore
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Hyperbole

• A great exaggeration
• EXAMPLE He lassoed the tornado as he rode his
  horse across the plains.

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Imagery

• descriptive language that applies to the senses
  sight, sound, touch, taste, or smell. Some
  images appeal to more than one sense.

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Metaphor

• Direct Metaphor
• Comparing two unlike objects or ideas

My love is a rose
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Metaphor, Continued

• Indirect metaphor

- An indirect comparison between two unlike
things.
My love has a rosy bloom
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Onomatopoeia

• Onomatopoeia is the use of words that imitate
  sounds.
• Wham! Splat! Pow! I am in trouble now!

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Personification

• Giving human qualities to an inanimate object

The moon smiled down on the lovers
A MOON CANT SMILE
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Repetition

• Repetition is used to make an impact on the
  poems tone. Words or phrases are repeated
  throughout the poem.
• Here comes summer,
• Here comes summer,
• Chirping robin, budding rose.
• Here comes summer,
• Here comes summer,
• Gentle showers, summer clothes.
• By Shel Silverstein

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Rhyme Scheme- pattern of rhyming words in a poem
Examples Twinkle, twinkle little star a How I
wonder what you are. a Up above the earth so
high, b Like a diamond in the sky. b Baa,
baa, black sheep a Have you any wool? b
Yes sir, yes sir, c Three bags full. b
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Rhythm

• Rhythm is the pattern of sound created by the
  arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables
  in a line. Rhythm can be regular or irregular.

Example I think that I shall never see
a poem lovely as a tree. The purple
words/syllables are stressed creating rhythm.
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Simile

• A comparison using like or as

Life is like a box of chocolates
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Poetry should be read aloud!Make sure your
earphones are on andClick on the links to listen

• James Earl Jones reciting from Othello by
  Shakespeare http//www.youtube.com/watch?vDJybA1e
  mr_gfeatureSeriesPlayListp1ECEA36D759093A1
• An Evening of Poetry, Music and the Written Word
  at the White House, President and First Lady
  Obama http//www.youtube.com/watch?vcUfekqAJHeI