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Alliteration

A tutor who tooted the flute tried to tutor two tooters to toot. (A Tutor by Carolyn Wells). Alliteration. -the repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close together. Capital Letter. -capitalizing the first word in lines of poems is traditional It was many year ago,

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Alliteration

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  1. A tutor who tooted the flute tried to tutor two tooters to toot. (A Tutor by Carolyn Wells) Alliteration -the repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close together

  2. Capital Letter • -capitalizing the first word in lines of poems is traditional It was many year ago, In a kingdom by the sea. (Annabel Lee by Edgar Allen Poe)

  3. The fair breeze blew, The white foam flew. End Rhyme Rhyme that occurs at the end of lines

  4. Hyperbole • Exaggeration To wait an eternity

  5. Internal Rhyme • Rhyme that occurs within the lines of the poem The cat sat on the mat.

  6. Sifted, unfalled snow Settling and unsettling snow, Snow resting like mortar on the stone Of the cold, unroofed, unfinished home. Line Length Line length is chosen based on rhythm (shorter/longer), rhyme, pace (fast/slow), visual patterns, and emphasis

  7. Metaphor • Compares two unlike things, but it does not use like, as, than, or resembles • The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas. (The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes)

  8. Onomatopoeia Words with sounds that echo their sense

  9. Personification • A nonhuman thing or quality (characteristic) is talked about as if it were human I am of the earth. She is my mother. (I Am of the Earth by Anna Lee Walters)

  10. Rhyme Scheme • Patterns of rhymes, a letter is assigned to each new end rhyme Line 1 Day after day, day after day=a Line 2 We stuck, nor breath nor motion=b Line 3 As idle as a painted ship=c Line 4 Upon a painted ocean=b (abcb)

  11. I wandered lonely as a cloud. (by William Wordsworth) Simile Comparison of two unlike things using the words like, as, than, or resembles

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