February 5, 2014 Elements of Poetry - sound devices Ho mework: N one O bjective:

1. February 5, 2014 Elements of Poetry - sound devices Homework: None Objective: I can analyze the elements of poetry and evaluate how sound devices impact a poem's meaning. Warm Up (in your composition book) Take out your random object and Literature book and turn to pg. 580 - The Elements of Poetry. Answer the following question... What are the three main elements of poetry?

2. The three main elements of poetry are:

3. One of the major differences 
between poetry and other 
genres of literature is that it 
SOUNDS different. Can you think of some 
techniques used by an author 
that contribute to a poem's 
SOUND?

4. 5 types of sound devices ***Hint...first, remember the 3 R's*** rhyme onomatopoeia alliteration rhythm repetition

5. rhyme the repetition of accented vowel sounds and the endings of words example: sun, run thing, sing sky, cry

6. rhythm the musical quality created by the alternation 
of accented and unaccented syllables in a line of poetry. example: I like to go out in the sun. I jump and dance and scream and run. So after school I head outside...

7. refrain (repetition) the technique in which a sound, word, phrase 
or line is repeated for emphasis or unity. example: The sun, the sun, the sun, the sun, The reason summer's so much fun. I'm leaving now to go and play...

8. alliteration the repetition of consonant sounds at the 
beginning of words. Sounds, NOT letters!!! example: The sun, a lovely sight to see, Every morn in full glory. Outside my window, oh so bright...

9. onomatopoeia words whose sounds echo their meanings. examples:

10. Now take a look at "Pete at the Zoo" by Gwendolyn Brooks

11. 1. Which words rhyme at the ends of the lines? 3. What does the repetition of words and phrases in the boxed lines help to emphasize about nighttime at the zoo?

12. Now take a look at "Fireworks" by Valerie Worth

13. 1. Does the poem sound like conversation or is it written in meter - a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables? 2. What sounds are repeated in the boxed line to creat alliteration? Where does the poet use onomatopoeia to help you hear the fireworks?

14. Now let's look at some 
examples of these 
sound devices in 3 
poems... Eight Balloons What's This? Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout but first, make this chart in your notes...

15. Sound device Onomatopoeia Alliteration Rhythm Repetition Rhyme  Eight Balloons What's This? Sarah Cynthia 
Sylvia Stout

16. Eight Balloons Eight balloons no one was buyin' All broke loose one afternoon. Eight balloons with strings a-flyin', Free to do what they wanted to. One flew up to touch the sun - POP! One thought highways might be fun - POP! One took a nap in a cactus pile - POP! One stayed to play with a careless child - POP! One tried to taste some bacon fryin' - POP! One fell in love with a porcupine - POP! One looked close in a crocodile's mouth - POP! One sat around 'til his air ran out - WHOOSH! Eight balloons no one was buyin' - They broke loose and away they flew, Free to float and free to fly And free to pop where they wanted to.

17. What's This? by Helen Ksypka It's gunky goo, a slimy stew of runny, drippy glop or mucky mounds of icky, sticky, greasy, grimy slop. It's heaps of slush - a mass of mush or gobs of gluey lumps, unappetizing drops and plops of culinary clumps. It sometimes, too, is hard to chew when brittle as a brick, cuisine that has a dose of gross - enough to make you sick. With every clue I've given you, I'm sure you have a hunch. It's what they have the nerve to serve at school and call it "lunch."

18. Homework: None