1. Poetry Preview and Review

2. Lines and Stanzas Lines: similar to sentences
Example: “Roses are red…”
Stanzas: similar to paragraphs
One of the divisions of a poem, composed of two or more lines usually characterized by a common pattern of meter, rhyme, and number of lines. (
Examples:

3. Narrative Poetry Tells a story Example: The Cremation of Sam McGee
Contains plot:
Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
Characters: main, minor
Setting: time & place; when & where

4. Haiku A storm is coming (5) It is thundering outside (7)
I am scared to death! (5)
2nd class ( )
It is flooding here. (5)
A tornado is coming! (7)
I think I might die! (5)
3rd class ( )
3 lines
5-7-5 (rhythm)
Japanese
Topic: nature

5. Limericks
To begin, a limerick is a funny little poem containing five lines. It has a very distinctive rhythm and rhyme pattern.
5 lines, AABBA, lines 1, 2, 5 longer & lines 3,4 are shorter
Example 1:
There once was a fellow named Tim (A)
whose dad never taught him to swim. (A)
He fell off a dock (B)
and sunk like a rock. (B)
And that was the end of him. (A)

6. Limerick continued… Example 2: There once was a young girl named Jill.
Who was scared by the sight of a drill.
She brushed every day
So her dentist would say,
“Your teeth are so perfect; no bill.”

7. Figurative Language vs. Sound Devices
Hyperbole
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Sound Devices
Alliteration (repetition)
Onomatopoeia
Rhyme
Rhyme scheme

8. Hyperbole Exaggerations Examples:
My backpack weighs a ton.
I’m so sick, I think I’m dying!
It’s so fluffy! I think I’m going to die!
It’s raining cats and dogs!
Ex. Definition: hyper … bole (bowl… cannot be hyper: this is exaggerated)

9. Simile vs. Metaphor Simile Metaphor
Compare 2 “unlike” things (nouns/pronouns)
Uses like or as
Metaphor
Compare 2 “unlike” things (nouns/pronouns)
Don’t use like or as 1

10. Personification Giving an animal or object human characteristics
Daffy Duck
Minnie Mouse
Lightening McQueen
Daisy Duck
Annoying Orange (YouTube)
Howard the Duck
Mater (Tow Mater)
Pluto
Chip and Dale
Sponge Bob
Giving an animal or object human characteristics
Example: some Disney characters
ex. Mickey Mouse
Elmo
Goofy
Teapot
Scooby Doo
And Scrappy too
Bugs Bunny
Roger Rabbit
The Cookie Monster

11. Alliteration Repetition of the same sound of 2 or more words
Ex. “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe
Examples:
Tongue twisters
Peter piper…
Sally by the Seashore…
Woodchuck chucking wood…

12. Onomatopoeia Words that represent sounds that things make Examples:
Clock… tic toc
Doorbell… ding dong
Bee… buzzzzz

13. Rhyme and Rhyme Scheme Rhyme: words that sound the same
Rhyme Scheme: a pattern of rhymes
End rhyme: words at the ends of lines
Internal rhyme: words in the same line
Common rhyme patterns: aabb, abab
Poems do NOT have to rhyme

14. Repetition Something is repeated Words, lines, stanzas Example: line
John Mayer, “Waiting on the world to change”
Examples: The Cremation of Sam McGee
Words: cold
Stanzas: 1st and last

15. Imagery
Putting images in your mind or relating them to your experiences.
Words, phrases, lines, etc.
Pictures in your mind
Reminder of your experiences

16. Analyze (technical)
Poetry basics (lines, stanzas, main idea, mood, speaker, vocabulary)
Figurative language (Hyperbole, Simile, Metaphor, Personification)
Sound devices (Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, Rhyme, Rhyme scheme, Repetition)
Imagery
Pictures in your mind
Reminder of your experiences

17. Evaluate (opinion) Based on: Your experiences Things you’ve seen
Your beliefs
Etc.

18. Descriptive
Describing for imagery
Using:
Adjectives
Adverbs

19. Other: Use dictionaries to spell words correctly
Use a thesaurus to find new vocabulary instead of the same “boring, elementary school” words
Use your experiences to relate to poetry
Write to express your feelings about things happening in your life
Write for pleasure