Poetry and Figurative Language I

What is rhythm?

• When a sound repeats at the end of words

• The repeated use of a consonant sound in the middle or at the end of a word in a line(s) of poetry

• The pattern of beats or stressed syllables in spoken/written language

• A four-lined rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is personification?

• A comparison that uses the words “like” or “as"

• When nonhuman objects/animals/ideas are given human-like characteristics

• A word or phrase that appeals to one or more of the five senses

• A poetic device that uses words that mimic a sound

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

What is alliteration?

• The repeated use of a consonant sound at the beginning of a word in a line(s) of poetry

• When a sound repeats at the end of words

• A poetic device that uses words that mimic a sound

• The repeated use of a consonant sound in the middle or at the end of a word in a line(s) of poetry

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is hyperbole?

• An object or idea used to represent something else

• A figure of speech that uses exaggerations

• The formal division of lines in a poem

• A comparison between two things that does NOT use the words “like” or “as"

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is metaphor?

• A comparison that uses the words “like” or “as"

• The repeated use of a consonant sound in the middle or at the end of a word in a line(s) of poetry

• A comparison between two things that does NOT use the words “like” or “as"

• A type of poetry that does not follow any set patterns of sound, word choice, rhythm, or format

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What type of poem is this?

There was a Young Lady whose chin,

Resembled the point of a pin:

So she had it made sharp,

And purchased a harp,

And played several tunes with her chin.

• Haiku

• Limerick

• Narrative poem

• Free verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is onomatopoeia?

• A word or phrase that appeals to one or more of the five senses

• A figure of speech that uses exaggerations

• A pair of rhyming lines

• A poetic device that uses words that mimic a sound

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is the correct pronunciation of hyperbole?

• Hyper-bowl

• Hy-PER-bo-lee

• Hyper-bowl-ay

• Hy-PER-BLAH

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

What is a couplet?

• A stanza with four lines (sometimes they rhyme, sometimes they don't)

• A stanza with three lines

• A stanza with two rhyming lines

• Two people that are in a relationship

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is imagery?

• A word or phrase that appeals to one or more of the five senses

• An object or idea used to represent something else

• The pattern of beats or stressed syllables in spoken/written language

• The formal division of lines in a poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5