1. IN Set up your cornell notes now! Open your literature book to pg 508
Elements of Poetry IN
Set up your cornell notes now!
Open your literature book to pg 508

2. The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
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What is rhyme?
The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Ex: pool, rule, and fool

3. What is rhythm? Elements of Poetry
The beat created by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
Ex: The cat sat on the mat.
What is rhythm?

4. Elements of Poetry
The use of any element of language- a sound, word, phrase, clause, or sentence- more than once
What is repetition?

5. The use of words that imitate sounds
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The use of words that imitate sounds
Ex: Crash, bang, hiss, splat
What is onomatopoeia?

6. Elements of Poetry What is alliteration?
The repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words
(tounge twisters)
Ex: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
What is alliteration?

7. Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally
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What are figures of speech/
Figurative language?
Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally
Ex: metaphor, simile, personification

8. Elements of Poetry What is a metaphor?
Describing one thing as if it were something else. Comparing two unlike things without the use of like or as.
EX: The snow was a white blanket over the town
What is a metaphor?

9. Elements of Poetry What is a simile?
Using like or as to compare two apparently unlike things and show similarities between the two
EX: She is as slow as a turtle
What is a simile?

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Giving human qualities to something that is nonhuman.
EX: The ocean crashed angrily during the storm
What is personification?

11. Elements of Poetry
Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the five senses- sight, sound, smell, taste and touch. This language creates word pictures, or images to help the reader experience a poem fully.
What is sensory language?

12. Elements of Poetry
Poetry that tells a story in verse. Narrative poems often have elements similar to those in a short story, such as plot and characters.
What is a narrative poem?

13. Elements of Poetry
Poetry that expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker, often in highly musical verse.
What is a lyric poem?

14. Elements of Poetry
Poems that are shaped to look like their subjects. The poet arranges the lines to create a picture on the page.
What is a concrete poem?

15. Elements of Poetry
What is a haiku poem?
A three-line Japanese verse form. The first and third lines each have five syllables, and the second line has seven.

16. Elements of Poetry
A humorous, rhyming, five-line poem with a specific rhythm pattern and rhyme scheme.
What is a limerick?

17. Elements of Poetry
Summary: Which terms are you already familiar with? Which terms don’t you know?

18. Choose 10 terms listed in your notes
Choose 10 terms listed in your notes. Use the literature book to find examples of those terms. Refer to pages to find these examples.
Complete this assignment on IN42 (or 43)
Include the following:
Poetry Term
Name of the poem
The example of the term
Page where you found it
EX: rhyme- “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me” wall, hall, all page 530