Tuesday, March 25 th Grammar BellringerGrammar Bellringer Poetry TermsPoetry Terms –Rhyme –Rhyme scheme –Stanza –Alliteration –Limerick Writing TimeWriting Time Homework: Poetry Terms Test Thursday (or possibly Monday)

Bellringer The following sentences make up a paragraph, but they are out of order. Rewrite them, putting them in chronological (time) order. These chemicals stimulate the nerves, which, in turn, send messages to the brain.These chemicals stimulate the nerves, which, in turn, send messages to the brain. Your tongue is covered with tiny bumps, small ones toward the front, larger ones toward the back.Your tongue is covered with tiny bumps, small ones toward the front, larger ones toward the back. When you eat something, chemicals in the food touch the tips of the nerve endings in the taste buds.When you eat something, chemicals in the food touch the tips of the nerve endings in the taste buds. The experience of flavor is created by the combination of taste and the smell of the food.The experience of flavor is created by the combination of taste and the smell of the food. Inside these approximately 9000 bumps are tiny bundles of nerves called taste buds.Inside these approximately 9000 bumps are tiny bundles of nerves called taste buds.

Rhyme The repetition of identical or similar sounds at the ends of words used close to one another.The repetition of identical or similar sounds at the ends of words used close to one another. On My Boat on Lake Cayuga, by William Cole On my boat on Lake Cayuga I have a horn that goes “Ay-oogah!” I’m not the modern kind of creep Who has a horn that goes “beep beep.”

Rhyme Scheme The pattern formed by the end rhyme in a poem. The rhyme scheme is shown by the use of a different letter of the alphabet to name each new rhyme.The pattern formed by the end rhyme in a poem. The rhyme scheme is shown by the use of a different letter of the alphabet to name each new rhyme.Stanza A group of lines forming a unit in a poem. Stanzas are, in effect, the paragraphs in a poem.A group of lines forming a unit in a poem. Stanzas are, in effect, the paragraphs in a poem.

The time you won your town the race We chaired you through the market- place; Man and boy stood cheering by, And home we brought you shoulder- high. Today, the road all runners come, Shoulder-high we bring you home, And set you at your threshold down, Townsman of a stiller town. Smart lad, to slip betimes away From fields where glory does not stay, And early though the laurel grows It withers quicker than the rose. Eyes the shady night has shut Cannot see the record cut, And silence sounds no worse than cheers After earth has stopped the ears. Now you will not swell the rout Of lads that wore their honors out, Runners whom renown outran And the name died before the man. So set, before its echoes fade, The fleet foot on the sill of shade, And hold to the low lintel up The still-defended challenge cup. And round that early-laureled head Will flock to gaze the strengthless dead, And find unwithered on its curls The garland briefer than a girl’s. To An Athlete Dying Young, by A.E. Housman

Alliteration The repetition of consonant sounds, most often at the beginnings of words and syllables.The repetition of consonant sounds, most often at the beginnings of words and syllables. On a sudden open fly With impetuous recoil and jarring sound The infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder, that the lowest bottom shook Of Erebus. ~Paradise Lost, by John Milton

Limerick A light, usually humorous poem, with a regular rhythm pattern and a rhyme scheme of aabba.A light, usually humorous poem, with a regular rhythm pattern and a rhyme scheme of aabba. I sat next to the Duchess at tea; It was just as I feared it would be: Her rumblings abdominal Were truly phenomenal And everyone thought it was me! ~Woodrow Wilson

There was a small boy of Quebec Who was buried in snow to his neck When they said, "Are you friz?" He replied, " Yes, I is — But we don't call this cold in Quebec" Rudyard Kipling Our novels get longa and longa Their language gets stronga and stronga There’s much to be said For a life that is led In illiterate places like Bonga H. G. Wells

Epigrams Oh, God of dust and rainbows, help us see That without dust the rainbow would not be. ~Langston Hughes This humanist whom no beliefs constrained Grew so broad-minded he was scatter-brained. ~J.V. Cunningham The humming fly is turned to carrion. This vegetable’s no vegetarian. ~Brad Leithauser I’m tired of Love: I’m still more tired of Rhyme. But money gives me pleasure all the time. ~Hilaire Belloc I hardly ever tire of love or rhyme— That’s why I’m poor and have a rotten time. ~Wendy Cope

Writing Assignment With a few friends, create a school newspaper for today. Report on events of interest, all in the form of limericks and epigrams.With a few friends, create a school newspaper for today. Report on events of interest, all in the form of limericks and epigrams.