Poetic Devices and Terms Ms. Dombrow Eng. 9C

Literal Language Meaning exactly what you say My name is Ms. Dombrow This is Lake Shore High School

Figurative Language Expressions that are not literally true All of the following terms are elements of figurative language

Simile vs. Metaphor Simile Metaphor Comparing two unlike things using “like” or “as” “Life is like a box of chocolates” Metaphor Comparing two unlike things without using “like” or “as” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Stz7MTo23r0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI9EgzgXskg

Examples of Metaphors “Love Me Like You Do” You're the light, you're the night You're the color of my blood You're the cure, you're the pain “Everything” You're a falling star, You're the get away car. You're the line in the sand when I go too far. You're the swimming pool, on an August day. And you're the perfect thing to say. You're a carousel, you're a wishing well, And you light me up, when you ring my bell. You're a mystery, you're from outer space, You're every minute of my everyday. Pick two metaphors. Analyze and explain what you think the musicians are trying to say about the people they love.

Personification Giving human qualities to non-human things The flame on the candle danced on the wall. The gold watch was calling my name at the mall. The sun smiled down on my summer skin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JY7s3C6aSk

Imagery Writing with detail to arouse one or more of the five sense. The eerie silence was shattered by her scream. Her blue eyes were as bright as the Sun, blue as the sky, but soft as silk. (simile too!) My grandmother’s dress smelled like fresh lilacs and sweet peppermints. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoNl1Ue5ZtQ

Imagery Activity Think of your favorite place in the world Write one sentence for each one of the five sense to describe it. John K. King’s Books Sight: The dusty-colored books sit stacked on my lap as I sit on a blue milk crate under a fluorescent light. Smell: The scent of the home each book used to belong to hits my nose as I fan the book pages in front of my face. Touch: I run my fingers across the aged pages feeling the raised letters below my finger tips. Taste: The floral taste of tea warms my tongue as I take another sip. Sound: I listen to muffled footsteps and the whoosh of flipped pages all around me.

Onomatopoeia When words sound exactly like the sound they are describing. Boom Pow Ruff Bang Clap Tap Uhg Pshhh

Hyperbole Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qim0Fzozd3Q

Alliteration Repetition of beginning consonant sounds Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers; A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked; If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

Assonance and Consonance   Assonance is the repetition of rhyming vowel sounds inside the lines of a poem.  "Twinkling twilight meets twice at the edge of night"( Long i) Don't confuse  Assonance with Alliteration.  The   "Tw" in twinkling, twilight, and twice are Alliteration because these sounds are at the beginning of the words. Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds either inside the lines of a poem or at the end of a line.   "Norm, the worm, took the garden by a storm this morn." 

Rhyme and Rhythm Rhyme Rhythm Is a repetition of sounds in two or more words Rhythm The variation of length and accentuation of a series of sounds

Repetition The reoccurrence of words or phrases added for emphasis Versace, Versace, Versace, Versace Players gonna play, play, play, play, play

“Sick” Shel Silverstein Jot down examples of poetic devices in Shel Silverstein’s poem “Sick”. Specifically, look for examples of assonance, consonance, and alliteration.

Sick "I cannot go to school today," Said little Peggy Ann McKay Sick "I cannot go to school today," Said little Peggy Ann McKay. "I have the measles and the mumps, A gash, a rash and purple bumps. My mouth is wet, my throat is dry, I'm going blind in my right eye. My tonsils are as big as rocks, I've counted sixteen chicken pox And there's one more - that's seventeen, And don't you think my face looks green? My leg is cut, my eyes are blue - It might be instamatic flu. I cough and sneeze and gasp and choke, I'm sure that my left leg is broke - My hip hurts when I move my chin, My belly button's caving in, My back is wrenched, my ankle's sprained, My 'pendix pains each time it rains. My nose is cold, my toes are numb, I have a sliver in my thumb. My neck is stiff, my spine is weak, I hardly whisper when I speak. My tongue is filling up my mouth, I think my hair is falling out. My elbow's bent, my spine ain't straight, My temperature is one-o-eight. My brain is shrunk, I cannot hear, There is a hole inside my ear. I have a hangnail, and my heart is - what? What's that? What's that you say? You say today is ... Saturday? G'bye, I'm going out to play!"

“Firework” Katy Perry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFljbYrWuck Jot down the poetic devices and examples as you watch the lyrics to Katy Perry’s “Firework”

“Boom Clap” Charli XCX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek1f0Sb7v70 Jot down the poetic devices and examples as you watch the lyrics to Charli XCX’s “Boom Clap”

Exit Ticket On your note card, Write one simile about Spring Write one metaphor describing someone’s eyes Write one sentence containing onomatopoeia Write one sentence personifying an object within your sight. For example, your pencil, the lamp, the walls, the desk, the sky, etc. Write one sentence using imagery to describe your favorite meal.