Elements of Poetry

Graphical Elements of Poetry

by Mrs. McNally

​8th Grade ELAR

Poll

Think about the VALUE poetry has in our society today.  How do you feel about Poetry?

• It is not relevant.  It's an old form of writing, and I can't relate. 

• I know it's important, but I can't understand it. 

• I like the way it sounds and enjoy listening to music, but it's hard to know the meaning. 

• I love poetry.  It is relevant to our lives and, I enjoy figuring out what the poet is saying. 

Sound Devices

• Sometimes you need to read poems out loud to catch literary devices that the poet wants you to discover.

• Alliteration - repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. - Sweet, silly songs

• Assonance - repetition of vowel sounds in words that are adjacent or closely connected - Lou drew blue hues all over!

• Onomatopoeia - using a word that resembles the sound it describes: "roar" "boom" "shush" "cackle" "whine" "bang"

• Repetition - words or phrases repeated to create an effect. Lyrics use repetition constantly as hooks to draw your attention.

Assonance and Consonance

Multiple Choice

What is consonance?

• The repetition of letters in a line of poetry
• the repetition of letter sounds in a line of poetry
• the repetition of vowel sounds in poetry
• the repetition of consonant sounds in poetry

Multiple Choice

Alliteration is:

• Stressed syllables with same sound or sound group repeating at the beginning of two or more words

• Stressed syllables with same sound or sound group repeating in the middle of two or more words

• Stressed syllables with same sound or sound group repeating at the end of two or more words

Multiple Choice

What is assonance?

• The repetition of letters in a line of poetry
• the repetition of letter sounds in a line of poetry
• the repetition of vowel sounds in poetry
• the repetition of consonant sounds in poetry

Multiple Choice

True or False:

Alliterations only need to have the same sound not the same letter.

• True

• False

End Rhyme

Also called tail and near rhyme.

Rhyme that appears at the end of the line.

Two or more lines have to rhyme.

Internal Rhyme

Occurs within lines such as "The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew..."

Multiple Choice

A Rhyme that occurs within the lines

• Internal Rhymes

• Exact Rhymes

• Rhythm

• Slant Rhymes

Multiple Choice

When words at the end of a verse rhyme

• End Rhyme

• Ending Rhyme

• Final Rhyme

• Complete Rhyme

​Figurative Language

As you watch the music video.....

Listen for examples of rhyme, assonance, & consonance, alliteration, and figurative language. Be prepared to list examples from the song at the end.

​"Red" by Taylor Swift

EXAMPLE: ​

Loving him is like driving a new Maserati down a dead end street

Faster than the wind, passionate as sin, ending so suddenly

Loving him is like trying to change your mind

Once you're already flying through the free fall

Like the colors in autumn, so bright, just before they lose it all​

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​Alliteration

​Simile

​Assonance

​Consonance

​End Rhyme

​"Red" by Taylor Swift

Use this stanza to find your elements:

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Touching him was like realizing all you ever wanted

Was right there in front of you

Memorizing him was as easy as knowing all the words

To your old favorite song

Fighting with him was like trying to solve a crossword

And realizing there's no right answer

Regretting him was like wishing you never found out

That love could be that strong​

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Open Ended

List at least 1 example of EACH:  

Rhyme 

Figurative Language

alliteration

consonance

assonance

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