Lesson 2.2 - Poetry, Pt. 1

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• Identify different types of figurative language and other poetic devices in poetry.

• Determine the meaning of figurative language, poetic devices, and connotations in poetry, and their effect on the way you experience a poem.

​Lesson 2.1 assignments due Monday the 9th

​Welcome to Lesson 2.2 - Poetry, Part 1

​This week we have a Read activity!
For this portion of our lesson, you will need to read FIVE POEMS!


BE SURE TO READ ALL POEMS and COMPLETE THE READING GUIDE!

​We will review the important pieces from our Study sections together, but you should return and complete the study guide activity on your own!


**complete Study Guide for NOTES!

Personification

• Personification gives human characteristics to non-human things.

• Ex. The tea kettle whistled impatiently.

• Ex. The moon peaked above the trees, shyly.

Hyperbole

• Hyperboles are when we use extreme exaggeration in our speech. We use these often!

• Ex. "I have waited in this line all day."

• Ex. "My backpack weighs a ton!"

Metaphor

• Metaphors compare two things WITHOUT using like or as.

• Ex. She is an angel!

• Ex. You are my rock.

Simile

• Similes compare two things USING like or as.

• Ex. She is as innocent as an angel!

• Ex. You are solid like a rock.

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

The moon danced gently on the water.

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

She is as lazy as Eeyore.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• idiom

Multiple Choice

Which type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

"Your heart's a dead tomato splotched with moldy purple spots, Mr. Grinch."

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Multiple Choice

Which type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

"Ugh, 3 o'clock is NEVER going to get here!"

• idiom

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

Multiple Choice

Which answer option best states the meaning of the simile in the fourth line of the poem?

• The whip-poor-will's song frightens the poet.

• The whip-poor-will's song sounds lonely.

• The whip-poor-will's song causes the poet to get lost.

• The whip-poor-will's song is slowly fading.

Multiple Choice

Which statement best describes the meaning of this poem's figurative language?

• The fourth line's personification reveals Maria is expecting something special in the mail.

• The second line's personification emphasizes how slowly and softly the snow is falling.

• The simile in the fourth line shows how excited Maria is for the postman's arrival.

• The metaphor in the fourth line shows Maria is nervous about what the postman has for her.

Onomatopoeia

• Words that represent sound

• Spelled the way they sound

Alliteration

• Repetition of the same consonant sound at least three times

• At the beginning of words or stressed syllables

• For Example: She sells seashells down by the sea shore.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia?

• Break a leg

• She was white as a ghost

• Buzz Buzz

• Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence and choose the onomatopoeia.
Mrs. Davis was sitting by her pond listening to the frogs croak.  

• croak

• Mrs. Davis

• frogs

• pond

Multiple Choice

Which one is alliteration?

• She's tame and he's lame. Both are not the same.

• When I got there, everyone was done.

• Shazam!

• Look! Larry lost Lucy, but luckily he located her.

Multiple Choice

Which one is alliteration?

• Gary gave gallons of gas to him.

• Shannon runs fast.

• Her eyes are like the ocean.

• Run like the wind.

the way the story makes the reader "feel"

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think of the effect music has on movies​ to set the "mood"

​Mood

the author's "attitude" towards a topic​

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think of the tone of voice a person uses when angry vs glad

​Tone

Tone versus Mood

Multiple Choice

Which term means "the writer's attitude?

• mood

• tone

• point of view

• feeling

Multiple Choice

Mood is...

• the feeling a text gives to readers.

• the attitude of the writer

• the point of view

• the genre of a text

Match

Match each example with the type of mood that the figurative language helps create.

proud

angry

nervous

excited

• proud

• angry

• nervous

• excited

Some words have the same literal meaning, but they suggest different feelings and meanings beyond the dictionary definition. This suggested feeling or meaning is called a connotation. Connotations can make a passage feel more positive or negative.

EXAMPLE: When discussing a HOUSE, calling it a HOME is more POSITIVE. However, calling it a SHACK is more NEGATIVE.

Connotations