4 MAY 2015 BELL ACTIVITY: WRITE YOUR FIRST NAME OR INITIALS AT THE TOP OF THE POST NOTE ON YOUR DESK. BROWSE THROUGH THE BROWN POETRY ANTHOLOGY ON YOUR DESK UNTIL I ASK YOU TO STOP. IF THERE IS A 3X5 CARD IN THE ANTHOLOGY LISTING POEMS FROM LAST YEAR, CHECK THOSE OUT POEMS OUT FIRST. RECORD THE TITLE AND PAGE NUMBER OF THE POEMS YOU LIKE ON YOUR POST IT NOTE. TODAY’S AGENDA: USING POETIC DEVICES IN WRITING JOURNALS DUE WEDNESDAY: 12 ENTRIES Feb 4, 5, 11, 17; March 3, 18, 30; April 14, 27, 30; May 5, 6
NOTES…… IT IS A CORNELL DAY!! Write your name and date on a blank sheet of paper. Title across the top: POETIC DEVICES Create 2 vertical columns: one for notes and one for your own comments, questions and original examples.
POETIC DEVICES Which allow us to paint with words.
Imagery Imagery is language written to appeal to one or more of the five senses; to describe how a subject looks, sounds, feels, tastes, and smells.
Figurative Language Language that is not meant to be taken literally. Figurative language is created using one of the following 5 poetic devices: hyperbole personification simile metaphor symbolism The moon in the sky chuckled when the March Hare, who was not the sharpest crayon in the box, figured out why a raven is like a writing desk and exploded with excitement like a British Christmas cracker.
Extreme exaggeration that is obvious & intentional. Examples: There are a million people in here! I could sleep for a year! I have a ton of homework tonight! One of the 5 poetic devices that create figurative language
Personification giving a nonhuman object or being, human qualities or characteristics. EX: The storm clouds cried sharp, penetrating tears, piercing the earth’s tender heart. One of the 5 poetic devices that create figurative language
A direct comparison of two seemingly different things WITHOUT using “as or like” His face is a puzzle to me, I can never figure out what he is thinking. One of the 5 poetic devices that create figurative language
Symbolism = luck = America =Peace When a person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself also represents, or stands for, something else.
COLORS ARE USED TO SYMBOLIZE CONCEPTS IN LITERATURE WHITE = PURITY, INNOCENCE or DEATH GREEN = LIFE, REBIRTH or MAGIC BLACK = EVIL or DEATH RED = LOVE, PASSION or BLOOD (DYING)
Simile or Metaphor???? The baby was like an octopus, grabbing at all the cans on the grocery store shelves. As the teacher entered the room she muttered under her breath, "This class is like a three-ring circus!“ The giant’s steps were thunder as he ran after Jack. The pillow was a cloud upon which I floated after a long day. figurative language
Simile or Metaphor???? I feel like a bicycle tube after a ride through a field of goat heads. The twin was a mirror reflection of his brother. She was a single daisy in a field of crab grass. The bar of soap was like a slippery eel during the dog’s bath. Ted was as nervous as a cat with a long tail in a room full of rocking chairs. figurative language
classic examples of PERSONIFICATION A smiling moon Oreo: Milk’s favorite cookie My computer hates me, but the camera loves me. Opportunity knocked at the door. Winter tucked the city in that night under a snowy white blanket. Trees danced in the wind. The stream murmured softly as it rushed downhill. One of the 5 poetic devices that create figurative language
STOP AND CHECK NOTE QUIZ
POETIC DEVICES Which allow us to create the music with words
Alliteration Alliteration is the repetition of the initial sound (consonant or vowel) of two different words. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
To Demonstrate… tM417Thsng V FOR VENDETTA
Wow! That’s a lot of V’s! "Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is it vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished, as the once vital voice of the verisimilitude now venerates what they once vilified. However, this valorous visitation of a bygone vexation stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose vis-à-vis an introduction, and so it is my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V."
Alliteration Examples down in the dumps do or die right as rain sink or swim pay the price back to the basics green as grass
ASSONANCE He received three s today. The sailor said ‘ hey ’ to Mae in passing –
“Assonance is sweet and easy to remember – like me. How many vowels can yowl and howl now that the hour is come and the donkey is in the house?” says Jack the donkey. Repeated vowel sounds within the words of a line of text.
CONSONANCE Sam murmured, namely because his memories seemed to be missing.
THE IS VERY LITTLE CONSONANCE AMONG THE NAMES OF THE 7 CONTINENTS!
24 CONSONANT SOUNDS BJ (G) QX (KS) C (K)(CH) K (C)(CH) RY DL S (C) Z F (PH) M TCH G N VTH HP W NG
Onomatopoeia Words that sound like the sound they represent. Sputter Splash Bark Meow Sizzle Chuck Flap splat
The rusty spigot sputters, utters a splutter, spatters a smattering of drops, gashes wider; slash splatters scatters spurts finally stops sputtering and plash! gushes rushes splashes clear water dashes. “Onomatopoeia” by Eve Merriam
PREPARATION: Each of you will be given a separate flavor to practice saying. Find your flavor on your copy of the poem and mark it for later. Listen for your flavor on the video version. Practice it out loud several times. Ask if you are unsure of pronunciation. DOMINO READ!!!! PERFORMANCE: Read along on the main copy. When your turn comes be ready so the poem flows quickly
Parallelism The purposeful repetition of words, phrases, or grammatical structures in poetic language. I like popcorn! I like candy! I like chips! I like ice cream! I need to brush my teeth!
The Gettysburg Address is one of the greatest examples of PARALLELISM in American Literature.
By Shel Silverstein Picture Puzzle Piece One picture puzzle piece lyin' on the sidewalk, one picture puzzle piece soakin' in the rain. It might be a button of blue on the coat of the woman who lived in a shoe. It might be a magical bean, or a fold in the red velvet robe of a queen. It might be the one little bite of the apple her stepmother gave to Snow White. It might be the veil of a bride Or a bottle with some evil genie inside. It might be a small tuft of hair on the big bouncy belly of Bobo the Bear. It might be a bit of the cloak of the Witch of the West as she melted to smoke. It might be a shadowy trace of a tear that runs down an angel's face. Nothing has more possibilities Than one old wet picture puzzle piece. An “instance” of a poetic sound device is composed of three or more occurrences within 1 to 2 lines. Circle 4 instances of alliteration Underline 4 instance of assonance Highlight 4 instances of consonance Draw arrows between 4 sets of end rhymens.
Picture Puzzle Piece By: Shel Silverstein One picture puzzle piece Lyin' on the sidewalk, One picture puzzle piece Soakin' in the rain. It might be a button of blue On the coat of the woman It might be the veil of a bride Who lived in a shoe. It might be a magical bean, Or a fold in the red Velvet robe of a queen. It might be the one little bite Of the apple her stepmother Gave to Snow White.
POETIC DEVICES Which help us to create rhythm with words
Poetic Structure devices Stanzas Couplets Tercets Quatrains Emjambment Free verse
Stanzas A Group of lines in traditional poetry. What Bugs Me When my teacher tells me to write a poem. When my mother tells me to clean up my room. When my sister practices her violin while I’m watching TV. When my father tells me to turn off the TV and do my homework. When my brother picks the fight and I have to go to bed early. When my teacher asks me to get up in front of the class and read the poem I wrote on the school bus. stanza In essays we have paragraphs, in poetry we have stanzas.
Stanza types Couplet = 2 lines Tercet or triplet = 3 lines Quatrain = 4 lines
Enjambment Enjambment is about the white space of a poem, the spaces in between and at the end of lines. Formal definition: when a poet stops a line and starts a new line, without regard for punctuation. Check out page 16 in the poetry anthology. “The Question Mark”
Free Verse Poems that do NOT follow a fixed pattern, format or scheme. Typically free verse poetry lacks rhyme or a fixed rhythm.
PARALLELISM: “…But, in a larger sense, we can not consecrate, we can not dedicate, we can not hallow this ground. …..” “….and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.” From The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln
Quick You-tube Review
Poetry Poetry is literature which uses fewer words to communicate; emphasizing emotions, and images through poetic devises. Most poems were written to be read aloud. Poems may or may not rhyme. Poems may or may not follow a formal structure.
“INSTRUCTIONS FOR A BAD DAY” BY SHANE KOYCZAN. This is a form of poetry called, “Performance or Spoken Poetry”. The poet does not write the poem down for publication. The written form in the youtube video is because someone else listened and transcribed the poem. The poem contains excellent instances of parallelism, imagery and simple rhymes.