2. Elements of Poetry (title of your Cornell Notes Page) Start this Powerpoint slide show by going to the Slide Show tab and selecting “From Beginning” Copy the following definitions in your journal:

3. Alliteration Repetition of the initial consonant sound “She sells seashells at the sea shore”

4. Hyperbole A great exaggeration EXAMPLE: “He lassoed the tornado as he rode his horse across the plains.”

5. Imagery descriptive language that applies to the senses – sight, sound, touch, taste, or smell. Some images appeal to more than one sense.

6. Metaphor Direct Metaphor –Comparing two unlike objects or ideas My love is a rose

7. Metaphor, Continued Indirect metaphor - An indirect comparison between two unlike things. “My love has a rosy bloom”

8. Onomatopoeia Onomatopoeia is the use of words that imitate sounds. Wham! Splat! Pow! I am in trouble now!

9. Personification Giving human qualities to an inanimate object “ The moon smiled down on the lovers ” A MOON CAN’T SMILE…

10. Repetition Repetition is used to make an impact on the poem’s tone. Words or phrases are repeated throughout the poem. Here comes summer, Chirping robin, budding rose. Here comes summer, Gentle showers, summer clothes. By Shel Silverstein

11. Rhyme Scheme - pattern of rhyming words in a poem Examples: Twinkle, twinkle little stara How I wonder what you are.a Up above the earth so high,b Like a diamond in the sky.b Baa, baa, black sheepa Have you any wool?b Yes sir, yes sir,c Three bags full.b

12. Rhythm Rhythm is the pattern of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line. Rhythm can be regular or irregular. Example: I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree. The purple words/syllables are “stressed” creating rhythm.

13. Simile A comparison using like or as “Life is like a box of chocolates”

14. Poetry should be read aloud! Make sure your earphones are on and Click on the links to listen… James Earl Jones reciting from Othello by Shakespeare http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJybA1emr_g&featur e=SeriesPlayList&p=1ECEA36D759093A1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJybA1emr_g&featur e=SeriesPlayList&p=1ECEA36D759093A1 An Evening of Poetry, Music and the Written Word at the White House, President and First Lady Obama http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUfekqAJHeI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUfekqAJHeI