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Poetry Unit

Poetry Unit. Packard – 2002 Language Arts.

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Poetry Unit

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  1. Poetry Unit Packard – 2002 Language Arts

  2. _____________________ is a tool that an author uses to help the reader visualize (or see) what is happening in a story or poem. Some common types of figurative language are: _________, __________, ____________, ________________, _______, _______, and sensory language.

  3. Figurative language is a tool that an author uses to help the reader visualize (or see) what is happening in a story or poem. Some common types of figurative language are: simile, metaphor, alliteration, onomatopoeia, idiom, puns, and sensory language.

  4. Simile A simile is a comparison using ________ or _______. It usually compares two dissimilar objects. For example: His feet were as big as boats. We are comparing the size of feet to boats.

  5. Simile A simile is a comparison using like or as. It usually compares two dissimilar objects. For example: His feet were as big as boats. We are comparing the size of feet to boats.

  6. Metaphor A metaphor states that one thing is something else. It is a ______________, but it does _________ use _______ or _____ to make the comparison. For example: Her hair is silk. The sentence is comparing (or stating) that hair is silk.

  7. Metaphor A metaphor states that one thing is something else. It is a comparison, but it does NOT use like or as to make the comparison. For example: Her hair is silk. The sentence is comparing (or stating) that hair is silk.

  8. Alliteration Alliteration is the ____________ of the initial ____________. There should be at least two repetitions in a row. For example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. The first letter, p, is a consonant. It is repeated many times.

  9. Alliteration Alliteration is the repetition of the initial consonant. There should be at least two repetitions in a row. For example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. The first letter, p, is a consonant. It is repeated many times.

  10. Alliteration • Underline the alliteration in these sentences: • Puny puma pit their skills against zebras. • Pretty Polly picked pears for preserves. • Handsome Harry hired hundreds of hippos for Hanukkah. • Finish the following sentences with alliterative words: • Doodling daughters ________________________. • Prickly pears ____________________________. • Studious students _________________________. • Sunny skies _____________________________.

  11. Idiom An idiom is an ______________ that has a meaning apart from the meanings of its individual words. For example: It’s raining cats and dogs. Its literal meaning suggests that cats and dogs are falling from the sky. We interpret it to mean that it is raining hard.

  12. Idiom An idiom is an expression that has a meaning apart from the meanings of its individual words. For example: It’s raining cats and dogs. Its literal meaning suggests that cats and dogs are falling from the sky. We interpret it to mean that it is raining hard.

  13. Idioms

  14. Idioms

  15. Puns Puns are “a play on words.” For example: Taiwan (tie one); Tylenol (tile and all); patients (virtue/doctors’ patients); appeal (a peel); Lettuce (let us); seasons (salt/pepper or holiday); sew/so

  16. Onomatopoeia Onomatopoeia is the ____________ of natural ___________ in ____________ form. These words help us form __________ __________ about the things, people, or places that are described. Sometimes the word names a thing or action by __________ the ___________. For example: Bong! Hiss! Buzz!

  17. Onomatopoeia Onomatopoeia is the imitation of natural sounds in word form. These words help us form mental pictures about the things, people, or places that are described. Sometimes the word names a thing or action by copying the sound. For example: Bong! Hiss! Buzz!

  18. Resources • http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/9lesson.htm • http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/1allitera.htm • http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/allitera.htm • http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/6lesson.htm • http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/lesson6.htm • http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/puns.htm • http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/marston/Poetry/poetry_lessons/Poem-Clouds/student.html • http://www.proteacher.com/cgi-bin/outsidesite.cgi?external=http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/1allitera.htm&original=http://www.proteacher.com/070034.shtml&title=Alliteration%20Lesson%20Plans%20and%20Resources

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