1. English 3
June 4, 2013
Ms. Roule

2. Bellringer – Short answer
What are some of the poetic devices that create the “sound” of a poem?

3. Bellringer Notes: Sound devices and imagery “Digging” by Seamus Heaney
Agenda
Bellringer
Notes: Sound devices and imagery
“Digging” by Seamus Heaney

4. Standards
Cite thorough and strong textual evidence to support analysis
Determine central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of a text, including how they build on one another
Determine the meaning of unfamiliar words using context clues

5. NOTES!

6. Sound devices Repetition: the repeated use of words and phrases
Alliteration: the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
Consonance: the repetition of consonant sounds within words
Assonance: the repetition of vowel sounds within words

7. Imagery
Details that appeal to one or more of the five senses—sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch

8. Homework
What experiences have made a lasting impression on you? Write a poem using today’s sound devices and imagery to share that experience.
You will keep this poem for your final poetry portfolio (you’ll get info on it tomorrow…it will be collected next week on the day of the final)

9. “Digging” by Seamus Heaney –pg. 1235
List at least one example of each of the different sound devices
Make a list of imagery that appeals to one or more of the five senses
Answer questions 1-3 on page 1236.
Due Today!

10. Homework
What experiences have made a lasting impression on you? Write a poem using today’s sound devices and imagery to share that experience.
You will keep this poem for your final poetry portfolio (you’ll get info on it tomorrow…it will be collected next week on the day of the final)