poetry. poems are usually divided into lines and then grouped into stanzas, or verses
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Metaphors
Definition:• Describe one thing as if it were something
else.
Example:• The house was a zoo this morning!
Personification
Definition:• Gives human qualities to something else
Example:• The cars growled in the traffic
Similes
Definition• Use like or as to compare two apparently
unlike things.
Example• He stormed into the meeting like a tornado
Symbol
Definition • A symbol is anything that represents
something else.
Example• A dove is a common symbol for peace
Alliteration
Definition:• The repetition of consonant sounds in the
beginning of the word
Example:• Slippery Slope
Repetition
Definition• The use of any element of language – a sound,
word, phrase, clause, or sentence – more than once
Assonance
Definition• The repetition of vowel sounds followed by
different consonants in stressed syllables
Example:• Blade and maze
Consonance
Definition• The repetition of similar consonant sounds at
the ends of accented syllables
Example• Wind and sand
Narrative
• Narrative poetry tells a story in verse. • Narrative poems often have elements similar
to those in short stories, such as plot and characters
Haiku
• Haiku is a three-line Japanese verse form• The first and third lines each have five
syllables and the second line has seven
Lyric
• Lyric poetry expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker, often in highly musical verse
Concrete
• Concrete poems are shaped to look like their subjects.
• The poet arranges the lines to create a picture on the page.
Limericks
• Limericks are humorous, rhyming, five-line poems with a specific rhythm pattern and rhyme scheme
Rhyming Couplets
• Rhyming couplets are pairs of rhyming lines, usually of the same meter and length
Reading Skill
• Drawing Conclusions– Drawing Conclusions means arriving at an overall
judgment or idea by pulling together several details.
– By drawing conclusions you recognize meanings that are not directly stated.
Drawing Conclusions
• Asking questions like the following can help you identify details and make connections that lead to a conclusion– What details does the writer include and
emphasize?– How are the details related?– What do the details mean all together?
Literary Analysis• Forms of Poetry– Lyric
• – expresses the poet’s thoughts and feelings about a single image or idea in vivid, musical language
– Concrete Poem• The poet arranges the letters and lines to create a visual
image that suggests the poem’s subject
– Haiku• A traditional form of Japanese poetry that is often about
nature. The first line always has five syllables, the second line has seven syllables, and the third line has five syllables.