1. Using Poetic Technique
The sound of language is extremely important in poetry. In fact, the full effect of a poem comes through only when it is read aloud

2. Onomatopoeia
the use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning, humm, splash, whistle, murmur, fizz
My son swooshed the basketball into the net.
Old McDonald had a farm EE-I-EE-I-O

3. Alliteration
Repetition of a consonant sound or sounds at the beginning of a series of words. What’s a consonant?
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper

4. Consonance
Repetition of a consonant sound or sounds, used with different vowel sounds, usually in the middle or the end of words.
the pitter of little feet

5. Assonance The Repetition of a vowel sound within words
The bowling ball rolled over and over

6. 21st Century Media Literacy
“Plop, plop, fizz, fizz. Oh, what a relief it is!”
“M’m, M’m good!”
“Meow, meow, meow, meow -”

7. Concrete Poems
Concrete poems combine art of writing. Words, phrases and sentence can be written in the shape of an object, or word pictures.

8. Concrete Poems