1. The Wonderful World of Poetry

2. Love or Ballad Poetry Expresses thoughts about friendship and romance
Categories of Poetry
Dramatic Poetry Dramatizes action through monologue or dialogue
Narrative Poetry Tells a story
Historical Poetry Expresses Personal thoughts about people, events/wars in the past or present
Love or Ballad Poetry Expresses thoughts about friendship and romance
Humorous Poetry meant to be funny and make you laugh

3. “Incident in a Rose Garden”
“Meeting At Night” By
Robert Browning
A Dramatic Monologue is often from a fictional character’s point of view.
Dramatic Poetry
“Incident in a Rose Garden” By
Donald Justice

4. Narrative poems have a rhyme scheme within the poem and tells a story
Narrative Poetry
“The Raven”
-Edgar Allen Poe
Narrative poems have a rhyme scheme within the poem and tells a story

5. Expresses emotions and could be set to music.
Lyrical Poetry
Expresses emotions and could be set to music.
A.K.A
Love poem or Ballad

6. Expresses emotions about people and events from the past
Historical Poetry
Expresses emotions about people and events from the past

7. Appeals to your senses to make you laugh
Humorous Poetry
Appeals to your senses to make you laugh

8. Literary Devices or Literary Techniques
are structures used by writers in their works to convey his or her message in a simple manner to the readers. When used properly they help readers appreciate, interpret and analyze the literary work.
Ex. Point of View (POV), REFRAIN, REPETITION, ALLITERATION, ASSONANCE, SIMILE, METAPHOR, PERSONIFICATION, IRONY, etc…

9. Who is the Speaker of the Poem?
Point of View
The Point of view can be the actual poet him/herself, but may also be an animal, an inanimate object, or a fictional character.

10. Refrain repeats entire lines several times like the Chorus of a Song…
Repetition
VS.
Refrain repeats entire lines several times like the Chorus of a Song…
Repetition is when a word or phrase is repeated just once.

11. When the same consonant sound is used throughout a piece of writing.
Musical Devices
Alliteration
When the same consonant sound is used throughout a piece of writing.
Candy covered coconuts.
Assonance
When the same vowel
sound is used in words
throughout a piece of
writing.
That is the way we will pray today, okay?

12. Metaphor Simile Personification
Figurative Language
When the Author of a poem writes something, but doesn’t really mean it literally.
3 types
Metaphor Simile Personification

13. Metaphors A comparison NOT using like or as.
““it is the East, and Juliet is the sun!”
Oh bright angel, speak again!”
Romeo, “Romeo and Juliet”, William Shakespeare

14. When you compare something using like or as.
Similes
When you compare something using like or as.
The river is peaceful, like a new baby sleeping.

15. When human like qualities are given to an animal or object.
Personification
When human like qualities are given to an animal or object.
Example: An overly gregarious puppy.

16. When the author provides visual pictures as you read.
In a poem, you can often see the images the author writes about
Imagery
When the author provides visual pictures as you read.
The spring flowers, vibrant, electrified with the newness of spring

17. Connotation The way a word makes us feel. Denotation
Word Choice/Diction
Connotation The way a word makes us feel.
Denotation
The actual dictionary definition of the word.
Words can give us different feelings when we hear them…some positive, some negative, and everything in between!

18. Irony
When something that wasn’t expected happens, Or when the opposite of what is expected happens.
For example: “Incident in a Rose Garden”
The devil wasn’t coming for the gardener, he was coming for the farmer!

19. Onomatopoeia is a word that expresses sound…
Zip, Zoom, Bang, Boom!

20. Welcoming Amazing Loud Kind Energetic Rascals
Acrostic poems are the easiest to write using a name.
Write your name vertically on a piece of paper.
Now think of a word or a phrase that describes you with each letter of your name.
Acrostic
Welcoming Amazing Loud Kind Energetic Rascals
Assignment #1

21. HAIKU
A Japanese nature poem where there are 5 syllables in the 1st line; 7 syl. in the 2nd line; 5 syl. in the 3rd line.
Silence around us Our watchful eyes hear the world Hands do the talking - Jennifer, Virginia
Assignment #2

22. Loving, playing, Laughing
Cinquains
A Cinquain is a poem that resembles a diamond.
It has 5 lines. The 1st line begins with 1 word.
The 2nd line has 2 adjectives that describe the 1st word.
The 3rd line, 3 verbs about the 1st word.
The 4th line is a phrase that goes deeper into the topic.
The 5th line gives a synonym for the 1st word.
The “Modern” Cinquain
Sister
Smart, Outgoing
Loving, playing, Laughing
Always in for some fun
Friend

23. Concrete Poetry
Poetry in which authors use both words and physical shape to convey a message.

24. Another Concrete Poem

25. Headline Poem: a poem that uses clippings from newspapers or magazines to create a message.

26. Now It’s Your Turn!!!! Acrostic poem 40pts Haiku poem 40pts
Poetry Portfolio Requirements
Acrostic poem 40pts
Haiku poem 40pts
Poem of your choice 40pts

27. Poetry Resources Page
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