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Part 2 to Poetry Notes

Part 2 to Poetry Notes. # 3 in Unit 1 Notebook. Figurative Language. Simile - Comparing 2 unlike things using “like” or “as”. Ex: “He was as tall as the highest tree.” Ex: “Her beauty was like a sun setting over the beach.”

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Part 2 to Poetry Notes

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  1. Part 2 to Poetry Notes # 3 in Unit 1 Notebook

  2. Figurative Language • Simile - Comparing 2 unlike things using “like” or “as”. Ex: “He was as tall as the highest tree.” Ex: “Her beauty was like a sun setting over the beach.” • Metaphor- implied comparison between very different things. Ex. “Her mind is a calculator.” Ex. “He’s a tank, coach!”

  3. Metaphors: X Is Y A direct metaphor directly compares two things by using a verb such as is. This computer is a dinosaur. The computer isn’t really a dinosaur, but it is old and out of date like one. =

  4. Metaphors: X Is Y An implied metaphor implies or suggests a comparison between two things, rather than stating the comparison directly. Gabi stared at me with venomous eyes and hissed out her reply. Gabi stared at me with venomous eyes and hissed out her reply. Gabi is being compared to a snake, as these words imply. With what is Gabi being compared?

  5. Give me a SIMILE & METAPHOR

  6. Personification Giving human qualities to an inanimate objects/animals. EX: During the test, the clock laughed at me. Love smiled at me warmly and filled his heart with her soft voice.

  7. Given human hands and the ability to caress, the season of spring is personified. Personification In personification, a type of metaphor, human qualities are given to something that is not human, such as an object, an animal, or even an idea. Spring caresses the earth with her warm, delicate hands. Spring caresses the earth with her warm, delicate hands.

  8. The Sound of Poetry

  9. The BATTLE: Tone vs. Mood • author’s vs. reader’s feelings Ex: Today, the rain refreshed the flowers Bringing new life to the world. Yesterday, the rain battered my windows. Shattering glass upon the flowers. • Ex: Listen to the music…

  10. Does the music match the mood of the pictures?

  11. Alliteration The repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words. Ex: -Sally searched for seashells on the seashore. -Betty bought a batch of butter.

  12. Onomatopoeia imitates the sound it represents. Ex: woof, bang, clank, buzz, zap

  13. Symbols: Ordinary objects, events, people, or animals to which we have attached extraordinary meaning and significance

  14. Assonance repetition of vowel sounds (not consonant sounds) in neighboring words. Ex: The cat in the hat sat down on the mat.

  15. Allusion… what are you alluding to? reference to a well-known person, place, thing or event may be drawn from history, geography, or religion. Ex: Who do you think you are, trying to fight the school bully? Superman? Ex: Harriet Tubman was called the Moses of her time. Ex: She had Aphrodite’s charm.

  16. Hyperbole An exaggeration or overstatement. EX: I feel as big as a house. You’re killing me!

  17. Dialect: Howdy, ya’ll! a socially distinct variety of a language differs from standard language EX: Crikey! Look at that, mate!

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