1. Interacting with Figurative Language and Poetry

2. Alliteration Johnny Carson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKGtb1t9iVw
Activity: Create your own tongue twister using the beginning sounds of R, S, T, or K.
You must create a book page for a class book of alliteration that you will share in class tomorrow.

3. Onomatopoeia
Batman

4. Comic book artists! Your goal: create a comic of at least 10 frames
Depict:
1. One conflict
2. A climax (check out the plotter coaster)
3. At least 8 different sounds
4. Fully colored
5. Use “Onomatopoeia” in your title in some way

6. Sound Devices used in Poetry
“Weather” Eve Merriam
1. What 3 poetic devices are used in this poem?
2. Why does the author repeat so many words?
3. What is the author’s purpose?

7. Sound Devices used in Poetry
“Onomatopoeia” Eve Merriam
1. What is a spigot?
2. What does the word, “sputter” mean?
3. How does the picture of the dripping spigot help you understand the poem?
4. What is the author’s purpose?
5. What are three sound words in this poem that sound like falling water?

8. Sound Devices used in Poetry
Train Tune “Louise Bogan”
How does the movement of a steam train relate to the rhythm of this poem?
What emotion does the speaker use in this poem? Why do they include this detail?

9. Allusion
EQ: What is Allusion? Why do writers use it? What do I need to identify it?
“Unbreakable” Alicia Keys
Scrubs

10. Allusion Activity
List 10 characters from fairy tales, folk tales, or mythology.
Come up with 3 original examples (1-2 sentences) that allude to these characters and offer an explanation why the character you are writing about compares to the character you’re alluding to.
Ex. Gillian was a modern day Sleeping Beauty. She lay motionless and radiant on the park bench.

11. Simile/Metaphor Metaphor examples: My dad is a bear in the mornings.
EQ: What is a simile? A metaphor? What effect do these figures of speech have on the reader?
Simile examples:
She is as sweet as candy.
Bob runs like a deer.
He is as thin as a rail.
Metaphor examples:
My dad is a bear in the mornings.
The bar of soap was a slippery eel sliding through my hands.
Victoria was a ray of sunshine.

12. Simile/Metaphor Love is like….

13. Simile and Metaphor in Songs

14. Sparks Fly : Taylor Swift (Model)
The way you move is like a full on rain storm
And I’m a house of cards
Song/Artist: Sparks Fly/ Taylor Swift
Simile/Metaphor (specify which one)
1. The way you move is like a full on rain storm
Explanation: This boy is like a storm that blows past her.
2. I’m a house of cards
Explanation: He makes her weak in the knees.

15. Songs to Cover A Hard Day’s Night The Beatles
Cyclone/Baby Bash feat. T-Pain
Times Like These The Foo Fighters
Heartless Kanye West
Stereo Hearts Gym Class Heroes
Howlin’ for You The Black Keys
She’s My Kind of Rain Tim McGraw
Slow Dancing in a Burning Room John Mayer
Tattoos on this Town Jason Aldean
Your Love is a Song

16. “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allen Poe
Read the poem (with Titanic music in the background!!)
Listen to a musical version

17. “The Highwayman” by Alfred Noyes
Take a listen:

18. The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert Service
Johnny Cash reads the poem!
Creepy video!