Poetry Terminology Presented by: Mrs. Dunn

Goals and Objectives Content Objective: Students will be able to analyze informational materials; study the characteristics of literary genres; demonstrate an understanding of written and spoken expression Language Objective: Students will share opinions about poetry by answering questions on an anticipation guide take notes on poetry terminology write for 3 minutes about the characteristics about of similes use the sentence frames “as ______________ as ___________________”, and “_____________________ like ___________________”

TERMS Alliteration Assonance Hyperbole Imagery Irony Metaphor Personification Onomatopoeia Oxymoron Repetition Rhyme Simile

ALLITERATION Repetition of the same, initial consonant sounds EXAMPLES: Soft Sighing of the Sea

ASSONANCE The repetition of the vowel sounds followed by different consonants in two or more stressed syllables. EXAMPLE: As high as a kite in a bright sky

HYPERBOLE A bold, deliberate overstatement not intended to be taken seriously. The purpose is to emphasize the truth of the statement. EXAMPLES: He weighs a ton. I could eat a horse.

IMAGERY Usually these words or phrases create a picture in the reader’s mind. Some imagery appeals to the senses (hearing, touch, taste, smell). EXAMPLES: Sight – smoke mysteriously puffed out from his ears Sound – he could hear a faint but distant thump Touch – the burlap wall covering scraped his skin Taste – a salty tear ran down his cheek Smell – the scent of cinnamon floated into his nostrils

IRONY the literary technique that involve differences between appearance and reality, expectations and result, or meaning and intention. EXAMPLE: It was ironic that the police station was robbed. It was ironic that the Olympic swimmer drowned in the bathtub. It was ironic that the soldier survived the war and then was shot on his own front porch after returning home safely.

METAPHOR A figure of speech in which one thing is spoken as though it were something else, a direct comparison of two unlike things. EXAMPLE: It is raining cats and dogs. The clouds are marshmallows today.

PERSONIFICATION a nonhuman object is given human characteristics EXAMPLE: The wind spoke her name. The rain danced across the window.

ONOMATOPOEIA The use of words that imitate sounds. Buzz, Thud, Hiss, Woof, Quack

OXYMORON The junction of words which, at first view, seem to be contradictory, but surprisingly this contradictions expresses a truth or dramatic effect. EXAMPLES: Pretty ugly, Icy hot, civil war

REPETITION The use, more than once, of any element of language – a sound, a word, a phrase, a clause, or a sentence. EXAMPLE: By Edgar Allan Poe By the sinking or the swelling in the anger of the bells Of the bells Of the bells, bells, bells, bells

RHYME Word endings that sounds alike EXAMPLES: Time, Slime, Mime cat, fat, rat

SIMILE A comparison using like or as. EXAMPLES: As brave as a lion Dumb like an ox