1. Reading Comprehension
Course Review
In Lesson 59 you will:
Review poetry & figurative language.
Understand author’s purpose and point of view.

2. Reading Comprehension
Poetry & Figurative Language
There are many kinds of poems. Their purposes may be different, but a poet wants readers to experience a poem. A poem usually speaks to the mind and to the heart.

3. Poetry & Figurative Language Review Metaphors compare one thing to
another without the use of the words ‘like’ or ‘as’. It is a form of figurative language.
Example: He is a fox.
Notice: It gives the idea that the person is sly and cunning. It is not written, “He is like a fox”.

4. Poetry & Figurative Language
Similes compare one thing to
another with the use of the words ‘like’ or ‘as’. It is another form of figurative language. Metaphor and simile are very similar, but you need to know how they are different.
Example: He is as sly as a fox.

5. Poetry & Figurative Language
Personification makes things human. It gives human qualities to things that are not human. Think of the word ‘person’ to let you know it will have human-like behavior or traits.
Example: The night was dark and mysterious. It crept up silently and covered the earth.

6. Figurative Language in Poetry
Rain
Rain Rain
Wet Little Chicken Pox
On the Window
~Cassie Hoek
A gentle wind at night is
My wispy grandmother.
~Tim Capewell

7. Free Verse Poetry
Features of a free verse poem:
They can be very short or very long.
They sometimes read like prose
(story-like).
Poets choose where to stop each
line for specific purpose to stress a
feeling or cause a reaction.

8. Writing Poetry Haiku Poems Three line poem about nature:
1st line: contains 5 syllables
2nd line: contains 7 syllables
3rd line: contains 5 syllables
Let’s analyze one together….

9. Writing Poetry Haiku Poems Haiku poems are valued for their
simplicity. The three line poem is very specific and words are chosen carefully to express a thought or idea.

10. Writing Poetry Review the Cinquain Poem:
It is made up of twenty-two syllables in a pattern of 2, 4, 6, 8, 2.
In a cinquain, as with any poem, the poet tries to use vivid images to capture a mental picture or a feeling.

11. Cinquain Poem Example:
Writing Poetry
Cinquain Poem Example:
Trumpet
Golden, gleaming
Puckering, puffing, blowing
Mean machine
Bronze flower
By Joel Griffin

12. Writing Poetry Concrete Poems
Concrete poems are poems that take the shape of the topic or subject the poet is writing about. It is used to express a thought or idea. It is also called picture poetry.

13. Writing Poetry
Concrete Poems Example:
Dove-represents peace.

14. Raindrop Poem

15. Writing Poetry
Alliteration: Repetition of words with the same beginning sounds.
Example- “Polly planted plenty of pretty pansies.”
Stanzas or verses: the paragraphs of poetry. Poems are written in verses, rather than paragraphs.
Couplets: Rhyming pattern where 2 lines rhyme, one after the other. They are a pair of verses.

16. Writing Poetry
Rhyming Pattern: Words that have the same ending sounds. They can follow many different patterns. Watch for the rhymes at the end of a line.
Let’s analyze and answer questions based on the poem on the following slide for practice…

17. The great, proud fields of gold Run after thee;
Oh, happy wind, how sweet
Thy life must be!
The great, proud fields of gold
Run after thee;
And here are flowers, with heads
To nod and shake:
And dreaming butterflies
To tease and wake
Oh, happy wind, I say,
To be alive today.

18. Understanding the author’s purpose and point of view.
Why was the poem written?
To tell the poet doesn’t like to be outside
To describe where the poet lives
To complain about the wind
To describe how wonderful the wind is

19. Understanding the author’s purpose and point of view.
Why was the poem written?
To tell the poet doesn’t like to be outside
To describe where the poet lives
To complain about the wind
To describe how wonderful the wind is

20. Understanding the author’s purpose and point of view.
2. How does the poet characterize the wind?
As something that is annoying
As something that is tiring
As something to enjoy
As something to be careful of

21. Understanding the author’s purpose and point of view.
2. How does the poet characterize the wind?
As something that is annoying
As something that is tiring
As something to enjoy
As something to be careful of

22. Understanding figurative language.
3. What form of figurative language is used to describe the wind?
Metaphor
b. simile
c. personification
d. idiom

23. Understanding figurative language.
3. What form of figurative language is used to describe the wind?
Metaphor
b. simile
c. personification
d. idiom

24. Understanding figurative language.
4. What is the rhyming pattern?
a, b, b, a
b. A, a, b, b
c. A, b, c, b
d. No rhyming pattern is used

25. Understanding figurative language.
4. What is the rhyming pattern?
a, b, b, a
b. A, a, b, b
c. A, b, c, b
d. No rhyming pattern is used

26. Reading is Thinking Practice
Read the following passage: Exodus 8:1-15, The Message
Respond in your journal on the following:
1. What did God tell Moses and Aaron to do?
(knowledge Question)

27. 2. Why do you think Pharaoh asked Moses to take care of the situation
2. Why do you think Pharaoh asked Moses to take care of the situation? (Inference)
3. Why do you think Pharaoh changed his mind? Explain.
4. Choose a CROPQV and add to the Discussion Forum on Moodle. Explain your thinking clearly for your peers.

28. Good-Bye, until next time!
Good job with the review today!Our next class will be the last class for BLA5. You will take the End of Course Assessment in our next lesson. Complete the homework assignments for more practice. Use the CROPQV to show reading is thinking!
Good-Bye, until next time!