1. Poetic Terms Ms. Freese 8 th ELA

2. Poetry  “Discovering where poems come from is an essential part of the poet’s process” Georgia Heard

3. A bit of honesty  The best poems are poems that you find and discover.

4. Reading and Writing Poetry  In order to be able to read and write poetry, you first have to understand what features make poetry a different genre than short stories, novels, plays, and other types of literature.  Poetry has a particular set of terms and forms that make it a unique genre. This week we will be learning about what those terms and forms are.

5. Symbol  A symbol is something that represents or stands for something else.  Example: An American flag is a symbol for our country, The United States

6. Animism  Animism-A device that gives humans animal characteristics.  Example: She barked the order to the cook.

7. Meter  Meter-a rhythmic sound pattern. The pattern is caused by the repetition of a certain number of stressed syllables together with a number of unstressed syllables.

8. Rhythm  Rhythm-the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables that gives the poem its beat. Rhythm in a poem is often caused by repetition.

9. Rhyme  The repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.

10. End Rhymes  End rhymes-rhymes at the end of lines  Internal rhymes-rhymes within lines  Slant rhymes-rhymes involving sounds that are similar, but not exactly the same.

11. Onomatopoeia  The use of words whose sounds imitate their meanings.  Example: buzz, rustle, tick tock, tweet and bark

12. Enjambment  The continuation of a sentence over a line break  Example: “There are many types of silence more radiant than the sun.”

13. Couplet  Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

14. Speaker  Speaker-the voice that is talking to us in a poem. The speaker is sometimes, but not always the poet.

15. Ode  An ode is a poetic form. The word ode comes from the Greek, aeidein, which means to sing or chant. Odes were originally accompanied by music and dance. An ode addresses a person, place or thing that isn’t present.  In your anthology there is an example of an ode written by Pablo Nurda.

16. I Am  An I am poem is an example of a poetic form.  First stanza: I am (two special qualities about yourself) I wonder (something you are actually curious about) I hear (sounds you enjoy) I see (your favorite sights) I want (something that you want) I am (repeat the first line)

17. I am  Second Stanza  I imagine (a place or situation other than here) I feel (feelings you are having) I touch (or influence something or someone) I worry (something that makes you sad) I cry (something that makes you sad) I am (repeat first line)

18. I am  Third stanza  I understand (something you know is true) I say (something you believe in) I dream (something you hope for) I try (something that you make an effort to do) I hope (something you hope for) I am (repeat the first line of the poem)

19. Anthology Example  There is an example of an “I Am” poem in your anthology. The poem is called “I Am” by Steven Smith  Writing Task One: Follow the I Am form, and write your own I Am poem. Your poem not only needs to follow the form, but must also include the following poetic forms (at least one end rhyme and a similie).

20. Pantoum

21. Free Verse