1. Figurative Language Techniques Spring 2007 Unit 2: Poetry College English

2. Words are the Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful. Rita Dove Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power. Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all held together by the delicate, tough skin of words. Paul Engle

3. What to do with these slide/notes 1.Find the definition of each poetry term. Suggested: http://www.infoplease.com/spot/pmg lossary1.html http://www.infoplease.com/spot/pmg lossary1.html 2.List an applicable example for each definition. 3.If your example is original (that is, out of your own mind), star it! **

4. Metaphor DEFINITION EXAMPLE

5. Simile DEFINITION EXAMPLE

6. Alliteration DEFINITION EXAMPLE

7. Assonance DEFINITION EXAMPLE

8. Consonance DEFINITION EXAMPLE

9. Enjambment DEFINITION EXAMPLE (written as two lines of poetry)

10. Caesura DEFINITIONEXAMPLE

11. Hyperbole DEFINITION EXAMPLE

12. Apostrophe DEFINITIONEXAMPLE

13. Onomatopoeia DEFINITION THREE EXAMPLES:

14. Personification DEFINITION EXAMPLE

15. C’est Fini! Now, read “Recovery” by Kevin Woster. Identify his poetic techniques.