1. Handouts: * See “Analyzing Poetry, Part 2” (Language Devices) * Swahili Proverbs (handed out Monday) 2. Homework: * Read AR book minutes daily & record progress * In-class assignment: Analyzing Poetry, Part 1 Due today, end of period * “Find a Poem” project is due February 25 (a Monday) See rubric for details; no late work accepted * Bonus points opportunity: Swahili Proverbs, due Monday 3. Assignments Due: * None

Outcomes: 1. Name five types of language devices used in poetry. 2. Define these terms: Similes, metaphors, personification, imagery, hyperbole. 3. Identify the use of similes, metaphors, personification, imagery, hyperbole in designated poems from your poetry booklet.

Last week we examined the sound devices frequently used in poetry. Today we will start looking for language devices, words that create images in our mind. Can you name any literary devices used in poetry that create images in our mind? Figurative Language (comparisons), such as... Similes Metaphors Personification Imagery (appeals to our five senses) Hyperbole (exaggerated images) Let’s see if we can define those terms. Take out a sheet of paper for Cornell notes....

Cornell Notes : Poetry, Part 2, Language Devices 1. How do poets strategically use language in poetry? Define the following terms: 1) Figurative Language 2) Simile 3) Metaphor 4) Personification 5) Imagery 6) Hyperbole 1. They use words that appeal to our five senses to create sharp, vivid pictures in our mind. 1) Words that make comparisons between seemingly unlike things. 2) A comparison of two unlike things, using the words like or as 3) Comparison of two unlike things that does NOT use like or as 4) A literary devices that describes a non-human as if it were a person 5) Using words to create a mental image that appeals to the five senses. 6) A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to emphasize a point

Turn to your handout from yesterday, “Analyzing Poetry, Part 2.” Let’s see how many of those literary sound devices we can identify today in our poetry booklets....