Poetry Project Guidelines These are types of poems you will write. haikucinquain tanka bio-poem couplet ode sonnet limerick

Poetry Project Guidelines poems by other authors (2 pts each) How do you select the 10 poems from other poets? You like the poem. You must write down the poem and the source original poems – This means you write the poems (5 pts each). The 10 were on the first slide. 3. Illustrate 10 of the 20 poems (1 pt each). It can be any of the 20 poems ( copied or your original). 4. Cover and Title page (10 pts.) 5. Table of content and acknowledgement (10 pts) 6. Extra Credit – 5 extra poems you wrote. (5pts)

More Information Due Date – May 24, 2013 Selection of poems by other poets – Must be a well known poet. They do not have to be the same type as you are writing. You must write down the following information from the book where you find the poems. This information will be used on the acknowledgement page. Author (last name, first name). “Name of Poem.” Title of Book. Page Number.

Title page must include – title, author, illustrator, publishing company name, place of publications, and copyright date. Table of content page must list poems, author of poem, and page number. What about the 5 extra credit poems? These must poems you wrote. They do not have to be the same type you wrote for the book.

alliteration The repetition of the initial sounds or stressed syllables in neighboring words (for example, she sells seashells). hyperbole Overstatement; the figure of speech that is a conscious exaggeration for the purpose of making a point (for example, the statement the backpack weighs a ton.) imagery Language that creates a sensory impression within the reader’s mind. metaphor A device of figurative language that compares two unlike objects. An extended metaphor is a metaphor that is carried throughout the text. Definitions and examples of poetry terms

onomatopoeia The formation and use of words to imitate sounds (for example, rattle, murmur, crash, bog, buzz, boink, and grr). oxymoron A figure of speech that places two contradictory words together for a special effect (for example, jumbo shrimp or old news). repetition The recurrence of sounds, words, phrases, lines, or stanzas used for emphasis. rhyming wordsWords that have identical or very similar final sounds. rhyme scheme The pattern in rhyme or verse which represents identical or highly familiar final sounds in lines of verse (for example, aabba in a limerick).

simile A device of figurative language that is a stated comparison between two unlike things using the words “like” or “as.” symbolism The author’s use of an object, person, place, or event that has both a meaning in itself and stands for something larger than itself. Other important terms – Assonance: the repetition of vowel sounds in words. Example: paid, same, make, rain Consonance: the repetition of consonant sounds anywhere in words. Examples: Bring back the black jacket. End rhyme: the rhyming of words at the ends of two or more lines. Example: When I was riding straight through the town, The driving rain began to pour down.

stanza A group of lines forming a unit in a poem or song, similar to a paragraph in prose. refrain A passage repeated at regular intervals, usually in a poem or song. Types of poetry and important parts of poems Couplet: a two-line stanza, usually rhymed. Example: When I was riding straight through the town, The driving rain began to pour down. Formula poetry: poems that follow a specified formula or pattern. Example: haiku, limerick, sonnet Meter: the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in lines of poetry. Mood: the emotion you feel when you read a poem Narrative: a poem that tells a story. Diction: the writer’s choice of words.