1. As you come in, please get your poetry unit test #1 out
As you come in, please get your poetry unit test #1 out. We are going to spend the first few minutes of class going over it together. If you need to make corrections on it to increase your grade, you may use this time to do so. **You will need your lit book **Please turn in your Article of the Week
English II
February 7, 2018

2. Sound Devices in Poetry
What do we mean when we use the term sound devices?
Sound devices are resources used by poets to convey and reinforce the meaning or experience of poetry through the skillful use of sound. After all, poets are trying to use a concentrated blend of sound and imagery to create an emotional response.
What are some examples of sound devices in poetry?
alliteration, assonance, consonance, repetition, onomatopoeia, rhyme (end, internal, near), etc. There are many different sound devices used in poetry.

3. Sound Devices in Poetry
For this lesson, we will focus on rhyme, end rhyme, alliteration, and onomatopoeia.
What is end rhyme?
The repetition of vowel sounds at the end of words.
What is alliteration?
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
What is onomatopoeia?
The use of words to imitate sounds.

4. Sound Devices in Poetry
On a sheet of paper, make a chart like the one you see in your book on pg You will use this chart on each of the poems you read for this assignment, and I will expect you to turn it in with your homework assignment tomorrow. Please do a separate chart for each poem, and keep it on a separate sheet of paper from the homework questions.
In the chart you will document occurrences of end rhyme, alliteration, and onomatopoeia in each of the poems.

5. Sound Devices in Poetry
There Will Come Soft Rain, by Sara Teasdale
End Rhyme
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
ground, sound – lines 1 & 2; night, white – lines 3 & 4; fire, wire – lines 5 & 6; one, done – lines 7 & 8; tree, utterly – lines 9 & 10; down, gone – lines 11 & 12
swallows, circling, shimmering, sound – line 2; will, wear, whistling, whims – lines 5 & 6
Whistling – line 6;

6. Sound Devices in Poetry
There Will Come Soft Rains, by Sara Teasdale
Notice that the first stanza is a rhyme couplet. What expectations are set up by this rhyme scheme?

7. Sound Devices in Poetry
Homework – read “Meeting at Night” and “The Sound of Night” on pp. 782 & 783. Be sure to fill in the chart as you read ( you will need to turn it in). Then, answer questions 1 – 9 on pg This is due tomorrow.