1. Picture Activity Take a good look at this picture and all the details. Write ONE sentence of less than 20 words that describes the image you see here.

2. Focus on Poetry

3. Poetry Elements  Has lines and verses  Has a form  Uses words concisely  May rhyme or may be blank verse  Uses rhythm  May use figurative language (comparing one thing to something different)

4. Theme/Subject  Theme is a message/lesson that the work transmits or a statement about life in general  The subject of a work is the literal focus of the plot  Subject: blue people vs. humans  Theme: corporations should not exploit cultures for material gain

5. Symbolism  A symbol is something specific or concrete used to represent something abstract  Heart = Love; Ocean = Change

6. Tone, Mood, and Diction  Tone – The author’s implied attitude towards the subject and audience - Ex: Informal or Formal, Bitter, Playful, Serious  Mood – The feeling created in the reader by a literary work.  Diction – Author’s choice of words.

8. Personification  Personification is taking an organism, object, or abstraction and giving it human characteristics.  “Sometimes I feel like my only friend, is the city I live in, the city of angels, lonely as I am, together we cry.” (Chili Peppers)

9. Hyperbole  Exaggeration for emphasis or humorous effect  “Well I stand up next to a mountain, and chop it down with the edge of my hand.” (Jimi Hendrix)

10. Understatement  Statement that deliberately represents something as much less in magnitude or importance than it really is.  "Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your Captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are doing our best to get them going again. I trust you are not in too much distress."

11. Simile  A comparison between two literally different things using the words “like” or “as.”  “Crawls like a worm from a bird” (The Used)

12. Metaphor  A comparison between two literally different things that share some similarities.  “Life is a highway, and I’m gonna ride it all night long…” (Rascal Flatts)

13. Imagery  Imagery is language that appeals to the five senses (Describes how something looks, feels, tastes, smells, or sounds)  “Broken bottles under children's feet, Bodies strewn across the dead end street” (U2)

14. Allusion  An allusion is a reference to another work, event, or person in a piece of literature for effect  The championship game is a real match of David vs. Goliath

16. Alliteration  Repetition of a beginning speech sound in nearby words  “I'm sick of psychotic society, somebody save me.” (2pac)

17. Assonance  The repetition of a vowel sound in non- rhyming words.  “ Breakin’ rocks in the hot sun, I fought the law and the law won”  “I hear you calling out my name All of the elements will fade Never before has love looked safe Never again will it look the same But then we fall back now to this empty house There the wars will rage “ (Cartel)

18. Consonance  The repetition of consonant sounds within and at the end of words.  “At night they would go walking ‘til the breaking of the day, The morning is for sleeping… Through the dark streets they go searching to seek God in their own way, Save the nighttime for your weeping… “ (Coldplay)

19. End Rhyme  Rhyme that occurs at the end of the lines  “Take me back to the time we had our very first fight, The slamming of doors instead of kissing goodnight, You stayed outside till the morning light” (Taylor Swift)

20. Internal Rhyme  Rhyme that occurs within a single line  “Your faith walks on broken glass and the hangover doesn't pass” (Green Day)  “I lost my fake ID but you lost the motel key” (Katy Perry)