POETIC TERMS Vocabulary Review
POETRY VOCABULARY Sensory Langugae Alliteration Internal Rhyme Onomatopoeia Hyperbole Simile Metaphor Personification Symbolism
Sensory language uses words and details that appeal to a reader's senses (sight, touch, taste, hearing, and smell). The whole house was drafty, and Lisa shivered in her small silk nightgown. The tiny crystals of salt scraped against my rough tongue.
ALLITERATION Consonant sounds repeated at the beginnings of words, like a tongue twister. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, how many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick? Activity: Alliteration group game
ALLITERATION Consonant sounds repeated at the beginnings of words, like a tongue twister. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, how many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick? Activity: Alliteration group game
More Examples of Alliteration My beautiful bubbles burst and then, I simply blow some more again. The setting sun slipped slowly down, Making room for the milky moon.
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary. INTERNAL RHYME A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line. Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary. From “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe
ONOMATOPOEIA Words that imitate the sound they are naming BUZZ OR Wham! Splat! Pow! I am in trouble now!
Hyperbole An exaggeration of the truth or an overstatement, often used for emphasis. – I have told you a million times! – He ate everything in the house.
Simile Similes are comparisons that use “like” or “as.” Her eyes are as green as emeralds. Clouds soft and fluffy like marshmallows.
Metaphor Metaphors are comparisons that say one thing is another. (DOES NOT USE “LIKE’ OR “AS”!) My father’s anger is a volcano about to blow. Life is a broken winged bird that can’t fly.
PERSONIFICATION An animal given human- like qualities or an object given life-like qualities. The sun kissed the flowers. The cat smirked at the dog that was chasing his own tail.
SYMBOLISM When a person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself also represents, or stands for, something else. = Innocence = America = Peace
National, religious, and cultural symbols have standard interpretations as well as a personal significance for each individual. For example: The personal significance, however, varies. A U.S. army veteran cherishes its meaning. A terrorist, on the other hand, finds it despicable. A green piece of paper with George Washington's picture on it symbolizes one dollar. A billionaire considers it chump change. A beggar considers it an elusive treasure.
The Pearl by John Steinbeck Evil It’s important because it starts a chain of events and shows innocence being destroyed. The Pearl by John Steinbeck The Scorpion
Symbolism exercise: Choose either Kino’s canoe or home to talk about a symbol used in The Pearl. Write a paragraph analyzing its meaning. Topic Sentence should state the title, author and symbol. The supporting detail sentences should state possible interpretations of it in the work. (aka what it means and where it’s seen) The conclusion should state the symbol’s effect on the story.
Irony Expresses something different from an