[OLD] Unit 5: Elements of Poetry

Unit 5

MODULE 1

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​ELEMENTS OF A POEM Sound and Structure

OBJECTIVES

LANGUAGE

Students will listen

for patterns with
sounds in poetry.

CONTENT

Students will distinguish
between different types of
sound elements in poetry.

What does a poem

look like?

What does a poem

sound like?

Read and label

poems

TODAY WE WILL:

Part 1: What does a poem look like?
Structure and Form

Match

Match the following

• where the line of text ends in a poem

• one line of a poem

• a group of lines ("paragraph") of a poem

line break

verse

stanza

• line break

• verse

• stanza

Hotspot

Select the box that shows a stanza.

Hotspot

Select the box that shows a line.

Hotspot

Select the box that shows a line break.

Part 2: What does a poem sound like?
Sound Elements

Match

Match the following poetry vocabulary to its definition:

• when 2 or more words have the same ending sound

• using the same word or phrase many times

• repeating the same sound at the beginning of a word

rhyme

repetition

alliteration

• rhyme

• repetition

• alliteration

Labelling

Click "play" to listen to the poem. Label the examples of alliteration and rhyme.

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

alliteration

rhyme

Literal Language

Figurative Language

The real meaning of words or phrases.

Exaggerated language used to express ideas in
fresh, imaginative ways. Is different from
“literal” meaning.

“He ran fast.”

“He ran like the wind.”

Types of Language

Match

Match the following types of language to the definition:

• free answer ✌🏻

• the real meaning of words or phrases

• exaggerated or creative language used to express ideas

free answer ✌🏻

literal language

figurative language

• free answer ✌🏻

• literal language

• figurative language

Multiple Choice

Is this literal or figurative language? The grass looks green.

• literal

• figurative

Multiple Choice

Is this literal or figurative language? The grass looks like spiky green hair.

• literal

• figurative

Multiple Choice

Is this literal or figurative language? The sand scratches at my toes when I walk over it.

• literal

• figurative

Multiple Choice

Is this literal or figurative language? The sand feels rough.

• literal

• figurative

Part 2: What is inside a poem?
Figurative Language

Personification

● Type of figurative language where

non-humans (things or animals)
are described like they are people

“The freezing wind bit at
my face while I waited for

the bus.”

Figurative Language

Similes and Metaphors

A simile is when two things are

compared using like or as.

A metaphor is when two different
nouns are being described as though

they were the same.

Figurative Language

Match

Match the following poetry vocabulary words to the definition:

• an expression that is an exaggeration

• directly compares 2 nouns

• compares 2 things using like or as

• describes non-humans like they are humans

hyperbole

metaphor

simile

personification

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

Multiple Choice

Is this a simile or metaphor? My sister is the devil.

• simile

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

Is this a simile or metaphor? My shoes smell like garbage.

• simile

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

What is this an example of? Time was falling asleep.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

• rhyme

Multiple Choice

What is this an example of? The stars danced throughout the night sky.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

• rhyme

Multiple Choice

What is this an example of? She doesn’t want to hurt your feelings, so she sugarcoats everything.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

• rhyme