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Poetry

Poetry. Zomayra Jack. Objective. What is poetry? What are the various types of poems? Literary techniques used in poems Examples of literary techniques Famous poets Favorite poet and poem. . What is Poetry? . Is a form of expression.

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Poetry

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  1. Poetry Zomayra Jack

  2. Objective • What is poetry? • What are the various types of poems? • Literary techniques used in poems • Examples of literary techniques • Famous poets • Favorite poet and poem.

  3. What is Poetry? • Is a form of expression. • A poets way to depict a picture or image, convey a message, or tell a story.

  4. Various types of poems • ABC: every line begins with a letter of the alphabet • Epic: a long serious poem that tells a story about a heroic figure • Free Verse: the poet does not follow any • Name: makes a poem out of every letter in a persons name • Narrative: tells a story about a specific event or person • Sonnet: 14 line poem typically divided in 2 stanzas

  5. Literary Techniques • Alliteration: the repetition of the first letter in two or more words. • Onomatopoeia: a word that spells out a sound effect. • Personification: giving human characteristics to an inanimate object. • Repetition: Repeating a word, phrase, line, or stanza multiple times within the poem. • Rhyme: repetition of an identical or similarly accented sound or sounds in a work.

  6. Examples of Literary techniques • Alliteration: “Betty Botterbought some butter, but, she said, the butter’s bitter; if I put it in my batter it will make my batter bitter, but a bit of better butter will make my batter better.” • Onomatopoeia: “water plops into pond splish-splash downhill” • Personification: “The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.” • Repetition: “’T is so much joy! ’T is so much joy!If I should fail, what poverty!” • Rhyme: “I'm nobody! Who are you?Are you nobody too?”

  7. Famous Poets • Maya Angelou • Gwendolyn Brooks • Robert Frost • Edgar Allan Poe • William Shakespeare

  8. Favorite Poet an Poem • Sylvia Plath • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX1cWxoMMr4

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