AlliterationDefinition  – the repetition of

consonants or sounds at the beginning of two or more words in a line of poetry

Example

Example: The trees swayed shyly in the summer breeze.

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Objective: I can identify features of sound patterns and structure in a poem.

AllusionExample Example:

"As the cave's roof collapsed, he was swallowed up in the dust like Jonah, and only his frantic scrabbling behind a wall of rock indicated that there was anyone still alive.”

The allusion in the sentence above is to Jonah (from the Bible) being 'swallowed alive' ... in this case, behind a wall of dust and rock.

Definition an indirect

reference to another literary work or to a famous person, place, or event.

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Objective: I can identify features of sound patterns and structure in a poem.

Consonance Repetition of

consonants within non-rhyming words

Assonance repetition of vowel

sounds within non-rhyming words.

 

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Objective: I can identify features of sound patterns and structure in a poem.

Assonance ExampleHear the mellow wedding bells From the molten-golden notes

Consonance Examples"pitter patter" or "all mammals named Sam are clammy".

HyperboleExample

He's got tons of money.

I will die if she asks me to dance.

I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

I have told you a million times not to lie.

Definition - is a figure of

speech that uses an exaggerated or extravagant statement to create a strong emotional response.

 

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Objective: I can identify features of sound patterns and structure in a poem.

ImageryExample

Happiness is orange

It tastes like sweets under the Christmas tree

It smells like spring flowers on a green field

It looks like ice-cream with red cherries and vanilla topping

It sounds like the bird's song at dusk

It makes me feel like a butterfly with wide open wings.

definition – consists of

descriptive words and phrases that re-create sensory experiences.

Imagery usually appeals to one or more

of the five senses – sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch

to help the reader imagine exactly what is being described.

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Objective: I can identify features of sound patterns and structure in a poem.

Example

Definition – a comparison

of two things WITHOUT using the words “like” or “as”

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Objective: I can identify features of sound patterns and structure in a poem.

Metaphor Time is a thief - Time isn't really stealing anything, this metaphor just indicates that time passes quickly and our lives pass us by.

He is the apple of my eye - There is, of course, no real apple in a person's eye. The "apple" is someone beloved and held dear.

Onomatopoeia –example definition

sound effects; words that make the sound they represent when said out loud.

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Objective: I can identify features of sound patterns and structure in a poem.

Personification – example

a smiling moon

a jovial sun

definitiongiving human qualities to an object, animal, or idea.

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Objective: I can identify features of sound patterns and structure in a poem.

Rhymeexample

It was purchased just for you,when you're happy or you're blue,you can wear it on your head,'round the house or in your bed,

definition – the occurrence

of a similar or identical sound at the end of two or more words (suite, heat, complete)

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Objective: I can identify features of sound patterns and structure in a poem.

Rhyme Scheme

exampleTwo roads diverged in a yellow wood, AAnd sorry I could not travel both

BAnd be one traveler, long I stood AAnd looked down one as far as I could ATo where it bent in the undergrowth; B

definition

the pattern of end rhyme in a poem

 

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Objective: I can identify features of sound patterns and structure in a poem.

Rhythm – the BEAT

example definition – the beat created

by the pattern of sound from stressed/unstressed syllables

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Objective: I can identify features of sound patterns and structure in a poem.

Simileexample

definition – a comparison of

two things using the words “like” or “as.”

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Objective: I can identify features of sound patterns and structure in a poem.

Speaker definition

– the voice of the poem, not necessarily the author

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Objective: I can identify features of sound patterns and structure in a poem.

Symbolism definition

– when one thing stands for or represents something else

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Objective: I can identify features of sound patterns and structure in a poem.

Verse = poetryexampleRoses are redViolets are blueSugar is sweet And so are you

definition – the literary term for

poetry

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Objective: I can identify features of sound patterns and structure in a poem.

Stanzaexample

Here are two stanzas of a poem: definition

– a group of lines that form a unit in a poem, roughly comparable to a paragraph in prose

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Objective: I can identify features of sound patterns and structure in a poem.

Coupletexample definition

– a rhymed pair of lines

 

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Objective: I can identify features of sound patterns and structure in a poem.

Quatrain

definition – a four line

stanza

  

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Objective: I can identify features of sound patterns and structure in a poem.

Sonnet definition

   

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– a lyric poem of 14 lines, consisting of three quatrains (four-line units) and a final couplet

ab

ab

c

cd

de

e

f

fg

g

There are many ways to know a word.

Connotation = feelings associated with a word

 - the emotions, values, or images associated with a word. The connotation of a word may

Denotation = definition of a word

- the literal or dictionary meaning of a word

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Apple: the round fruit of a tree of the rose family, which typically has thin red or green skin and crisp flesh.

Apple: It makes people think of NEW YORK CITYIt can be a symbol for healthSometimes it even stands for SIN

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