Using Poetic Technique The sound of language is extremely important in poetry. In fact, the full effect of a poem comes through only when it is read aloud

Onomatopoeia the use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning, humm, splash, whistle, murmur, fizz My son swooshed the basketball into the net. Old McDonald had a farm EE-I-EE-I-O

Alliteration Repetition of a consonant sound or sounds at the beginning of a series of words. What’s a consonant? Baa Baa Black Sheep Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper

Consonance Repetition of a consonant sound or sounds, used with different vowel sounds, usually in the middle or the end of words. the pitter of little feet

Assonance The Repetition of a vowel sound within words The bowling ball rolled over and over

21st Century Media Literacy “Plop, plop, fizz, fizz. Oh, what a relief it is!” “M’m, M’m good!” “Meow, meow, meow, meow -”

Concrete Poems Concrete poems combine art of writing. Words, phrases and sentence can be written in the shape of an object, or word pictures.

Concrete Poems