Poetry

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Poetry

• p. 118

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Elements of Poetry

• Lines rows of words poems are written in.
• POEM (p. 124)
• I loved my friend.
• He went away from me.
• Theres nothing more to say.
• The poem ends,
• Soft as it began
• I loved my friend.
• Langston Hughes

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• 2. Stanzas lines that are grouped together
• SUNDAYS (p. 129)
• For lunch
• Dad wore a white shirt
• with cuffs stiff
• as the ace of spades,
• knit pants,
• and loafers.
• After lunch
• we walked to the park
• as he rubbed the baseball
• with hands as tough and smooth
• as the underside of a tortoise.
• At the backstop,
• as slowly as bread rising,
• he rolled up his sleeves

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• 3. Rhyme matching end sounds
• The Pasture (p. 125)
• Im going out to clean the pasture spring
• Ill only stop to rake the leaves away
• (And wait to watch the water clear, I may)
• I shant be gone long. You come too.
• Im going out to fetch the little calf
• Thats standing by the mother. Its so young
• It totters when she licks it with her tongue.
• I shant be gone long. You come too.

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• 4. Meter a pattern of rhythm in a poem.
• 5. Rhythm patterns of stressed and unstressed
  syllables (beats) the SOUND of the lines of
  poetry when they are read
• Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
• How I wonder what you are.

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• 6. repetition repeated words or lines
• Family Photo (p. 133)
• One last picture And in the middle
• before we head off Grandma and Grandpa
• in different directions. who started all this.
• One last group shot of Were ripples in a pond
• all of us, smirking, spreading out
• with rabbit ears. from a stone they threw.
• Three generations, - Ralph Fletcher
• kids on shoulders,
• a baby cousin on my lap.

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• 7. alliteration the repetitions of initial
  sounds in the words of a line of poetry.
• Examples
• Lady luck
• Sound of Silence
• Bouncing baby boy

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Practice alliteration

• Last names ending in A-M
• Write a short description of a small child eating
  a melting ice cream cone, using alliteration.

• Last names ending in N-Z
• Write a short description of a bull rider getting
  ready to come out of the chute, using
  alliteration.

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• 8. imagery language that creates word pictures.
• Example
• Tiny paw prints in the wet sand
• Child Rest p. 132
• Her red and yellow flower blossoms / beadwork
  complete

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Practice imagery

• You have thirty seconds to view the picture on
  the following slide. Then, use imagery to
  re-create the scene in your own free-verse poem.

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• 9. Sensory language words that describe how
  things look, smell, feel, taste, and sound.
• Example
• Good Hot Dogs p. 121
• splash on / Yellow mustard and onions
• Little burnt tips/ Of French fries

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• 10. Figurative language imaginative comparisons
  between unlike things
• 11. metaphor compares two unlike things
• EX icicles were dripping fangs
• 12. simile compares two unlike things using like
  or as.
• EX a voice as calm as moonlight
• 13. personification gives human qualities to
  something not alive or human
• EX breezes danced playfully

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• 14. Onomatopoeia a word in which the sound of
  the words gives the meaning of the word
• EX buzz, hiss
• 15. irony the use of a word or phrase to convey
  the opposite of its literal meaning. The
  difference between what is expected to happen and
  what really happens. Generally used for humorous
  or emphatic effect.
• EX
• FromFor Annie, By Edgar Allan Poe Thank
  Heaven! the crisis, The danger is past, And the
  lingering illness Is over at last, And the
  fever called "Living" Is conquered at last.

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Practice onomatopoeia

• A poem titled When Carly Eats Spaghetti is on
  the following slide. As you read it, write down
  words that are examples of onomatopoeia.

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When Carly Eats Spaghetti When Carly eats
spaghetti, She chomps and gobbles and slurps, The
spaghetti disappears with a whoosh Sauce slapping
and smacking Round her chops. She scrapes the
toast round the plate Crunching, grinding every
mouthful. She burps, gurgles and leaves the table!
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• 16. symbolism anything that signifies of stands
  for something else. Usually that something is
  concrete (an object).
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• 17. hyperbole a big lie or exaggeration. It puts
  a picture into the readers mind.
• EX I'd give my whole fortune for a bowl of bean
  soup.
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• 18. idiom a figure of speech that does not make
  sense if taken literally.
• EX a dime a dozen, a picture paints a thousand
  words, a piece of cake, all bark and no bite,
  youre barking up the wrong tree, a drop in the
  bucket, go the extra mile, great minds think
  alike

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Idiom Dictionary
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What is an idiom?

• An idiom is an expression whose meaning cannot be
  understood based on the definition of its
  constitutional elements

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He spilled the beans
He told the secret
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Get off my back!
Leave me alone!
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We were in stitches!
We were laughing very hard!
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He kicked the bucket!
He died
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Go fly a kite!
Go away!
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She was dressed to kill
She was dressed in her finest clothing
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Im at the end of my rope!
I am so-o-o frustrated!
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You have to bite the bullet
You need to put up with this difficult situation
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Teachers always stick to their guns
Teachers never change their opinions
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Money talks
Have you heard about that new TV?
Money influences a lot of people.
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So I hope you enjoyed my idiom presentation
because I

• bent over backwards to do it for you!

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• 19. allusion an implied or indirect reference in
  literature to a familiar person, place, or event.
  This can be real or imaginary and may refer to
  anything, including paintings, opera, folk lore,
  mythical figures, or religious manuscripts. The
  reference can be direct or may be inferred, and
  can broaden the readers understanding.
• EX a I was surprised his nose was not growing
  like Pinocchios. This refers to the story of
  Pinocchio, where his nose grew whenever he told
  a lie. It is from The Adventures of Pinocchio,
  written by Carlo Collodi.

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Complete PB p. 93