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Poetry Basics

Poetry Basics

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Presentation

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English

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9th - 10th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Medium

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CCSS
RL.8.5, RL.6.3, RL.9-10.10

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Standards-aligned

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Angela Brown

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4 Slides • 7 Questions

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Poetry Basics

Learning The Terms you need to Know to Write Awesome poetry!

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Poll

What word or phrases come to mind when I say poetry?

OH NO! I Hate poetry!

Poetry is all the same- mushy flower and love stuff

I am not sure- I have an open mind

I love love love Poetry- so excited!

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How is Poetry different than other types of Writing?

  • Arranged in Stanzas

  • Lots of Figurative Language

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Multiple Select

Which of these terms have you heard of before?

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Simile

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Metaphor

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Onomatopoeia

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Imagery

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Fill in the Blanks

Poetry is different from other writing because it is written in

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Myths about Poems

  • They have to rhyme

  • They are hard to understand

  • They are all about love or other girly things

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Multiple Choice

What term means the repeating of vowel sounds?

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Alliteration

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Assonance

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Personification

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Multiple Choice

What term means to refer to a famous person or place or work of literature?

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allusion

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metaphor

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simile

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Multiple Select

Which of these terms means to compare two unlike things?

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metaphor

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simile

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hyperbole

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personification

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Open Ended

What have you learned about poetry so far?

pattern-tertiary

Poetry Basics

Learning The Terms you need to Know to Write Awesome poetry!

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