1. How do poets create meaning?

2. * The arrangement and length of a poem’s lines and stanzas on the page (capitalization, line length, punctuation, word position)

3. * The rhythmic pattern in a poem, composed of stressed and unstressed syllables, determined by looking at a specific line

4. * The pattern of end rhyme in a poem that is charted by assigning a letter, beginning with the letter A to each line. Lines that rhyme are given the same letter (e.g., ABAB, ABBA)

5. * Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation. (including, but not limited to: personification, idiom, similes, metaphor, analogy, hyperbole, onomatopoeia)

6. * Objects or things given real-life qualities * Ask students for examples

7. * A word or phrase that is not taken literally * A wolf in sheep’s clothing/ someone pretending to be nice but really isn’t * The icing on the cake – something turned out better than expected or added to something good * Now you try it. Draw your example.

8. * Two things directly compared to where they share a common feature using the words like or as * Students share examples

9. * A literary device used to make a comparison between two people or things * Examples: * His words were cotton candy * He is a shining star

10. * is a comparison of two or more things or ideas alike in certain respects * Example: * If you want my final opinion on the mystery of life and all that, I can give it to you in a nutshell. The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination is locked up in the safe. - Let Me Count the Ways by Peter De Vries

11. * is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech. It may be used to evoke strong feelings or to create a strong impression, or mood.

12. * the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent. * Give two examples of an onomatopeia

13. * Elements of poetry (including but not limited to: word position, punctuation, capital letters, line length, meter

14. * The different types of poetry

15. * Long narrative poem on serious subject presented in an elevated of formal style; traces the adventures of a great hero whose actions reflect ideals and values of a nation or race * For example: Devil went down to Georgia (song)

16. * Short poem in which a single speaker expresses personal thoughts and feelings

17. * A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. Traditional ballads are typically of unknown authorship, having been passed or orally from one generation to the next as part of the folk culture

18. * Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter