1. HEAR: HOW DOES IT SOUND? Poetry

2. Rhyme when the end of words sound the same dog/ frog/ log

3. Rhyme Scheme The pattern of rhyme in a stanza of a poem Jimmy Jet and His TV Set I’ll tell you a story of Jimmy JetA And you know what I tell you is trueB He loved to watch his TV setA Almost as much as youB

4. He watched all day, he watched all night C Till he grew pale and lean, D From “The Early Show” to “The Late Late Show” E And all the shows between D He watched till his eyes were frozen wide, F And his bottom grew into his chair. G And his chin turned into a tuning dial, H And antennae grew out of his hair. G

5. And his brains turned into TV tubes, And his face to a TV screen And two knobs saying “VERT.” and “HORIZ.” Grew where his ears had been And he grew a plug that looked like a tail So we plugged in little Jim And now instead of him watching TV We all sit around and watch him.

6. Rhythm and Meter rhythm gives poetry a musical quality that helps convey meaning- it is a pattern of rhyme formed by the end rhyme in a poem Meter is a regular predictable rhythm

7. Listen to the Mustn’ts- Shel Silverstein Listen to the MUSTN’TS, child, Listen to the DON’TS Listen to the SHOULDN’TS The IMPOSSIBLES, the WON’TS Listen to the NEVER HAVES Then listen close to me- Anything can happen, child, ANYTHING can be.

8. Alliteration When the beginning of words start with the same  Tongue twisters  Lanky Lawrence lost his lass and lobster

9. Alliteration Whether the weather be fine Or whether the weather be not; Whether the weather be cold Or whether the weather be hot We’ll weather the weather Whatever the weather, whether we like it or not

10. Assonance Repetition of vowel sounds  All I want is a proper cup of coffee, Made in a proper copper coffeepot. You can believe it or not- I want a cup of coffee In a proper coffeepot.

11. Assonance Upon an island hard to reach, the East Beast sits upon his beach. Upon the west beach sits the West Beast. Each beach beast thinks he's the best beast. Which beast is best?...Well, I thought at first that the East was best and the West was worst. Then I looked again from the west to the east and I liked the beast on the east beach least. --Dr. Seuss

12. Consonance pleasing combination of sounds, repetition of consonant sounds in stressed syllables

13. Consonance Upon an island hard to reach, the East Beast sits upon his beach. Upon the west beach sits the West Beast. Each beach beast thinks he's the best beast. Which beast is best?...Well, I thought at first that the East was best and the West was worst. Then I looked again from the west to the east and I liked the beast on the east beach least. --Dr. Seuss

14. Onomatopoeia when a word represents a sound Examples: quack, rattle, bang, burp, sizzle

15. Joey Joey Joey took a stone And knocked Down The Sun! And whoosh! It siwizzled Down so hard, And bloomp! It bounced In his backyard, And glunk! It landed On his toe!