Warmup: Please write at least 3 sentences. What is your favorite song? (if you don’t have a favorite song, choose a song you really like) Why do you like this song? What lyrics of the song particularly resonate with you? In other words, which lyrics do you really like?
Warmup: Please write at least 3 sentences. What makes a poem a poem? In other words, what is your definition of poetry? Benchmarking Monday, February 26 Poetry Terms Test Thursday, March 1
Alliteration Repetition of the first sound of a word
Allusion Reference to a literary or historical person or event
Assonance Repetition of a vowel sound
Consonance Repetition of a consonant sound
Hyperbole Exaggeration
Imagery Descriptive language that appeals to the senses
Metaphor Comparison of two unlike things
Onomatopoeia Sound of a word suggests its meaning
Personification Human qualities given to nonhuman things
Simile Comparison using “like” or “as”
Couplet Two rhymed lines of poetry
Meter Beat of a poem; uses stressed and unstressed syllables
Rhyme Scheme Pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines
Quatrain Four lines of poetry with a specific rhyme scheme
Stanza Group of lines that divide the poem
Tone Attitude the speaker has toward the subject