1. Poetry Terms In the Ear

2. In the Ear—Alliteration Example “We wear the mask that grins and lies,/” Paul Laurence Dunbar, “We Wear the Mask”

3. In the Ear—Consonance Example “We wear the mask that grins and lies,/ It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,--/” Paul Laurence Dunbar, “We Wear the Mask”

4. In the Ear—Assonance Example: “Like stalks of tall, dry straw At poor peace I sing” Dylan Thomas, “Prologue”

5. In the Ear—Onomatopoeia Examples: Clang Buzz Twang swoosh

6. In the Ear—Repetition We Real Cool By Gwendolyn Brooks The Pool Players. Seven at the Golden Shovel. We real cool. We Left school. We Lurk late. We Strike straight. We Sing sin. We Thin gin. We Jazz June. We Die soon.

7. The Storm James K. McAlister Wind rustled crunching leaves a That on the sidewalk lay. b There was a big storm coming c On a windy Autumn day. b Thunder rumbled overhead d And shook me through and through. e A jagged bolt of lightning struck! f The sky then cracked in two! e Rain washed down the dirty road. g It hissed, and gushed, and muttered. h The downpour swept dead leaves away i Into the bubbling gutter. h In the Ear – End Rhyme/Rhyme Scheme

8. In the Ear—Internal Rhyme We Real Cool By Gwendolyn Brooks The Pool Players. Seven at the Golden Shovel. We real cool. We Left school. We Lurk late. We Strike straight. We Sing sin. We Thin gin. We Jazz June. We Die soon.

9. In the Ear—Rhythm Regular is called meter Random is called Free Verse Contemporary poetry often uses ___________________