Poetry

= Poetry =

Poetic Devices Each group should copy and paste this table into a Google Doc. The group needs to define and find an example of each device. Your example can be written out, a video, image, or link.


 * Device || Definition || Example ||
 * imagery || A visual descriptive language || I could hear the popping and crackling as mom dropped the bacon into the frying pan. ||
 * metaphor || A direct comparison of two different things || Ian is a ray of sunshine. ||
 * simile || A word that uses like or as ||  He is as dumb as an ox. ||
 * repetition ||  Re-use of words and phrases for an effect. || Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. ||
 * Device || Definition || Example ||
 * Alliteration-- || Repetition of the beginning consonant sound. || “Sally sells Seashells by the Sea Shore” ||
 * Assonance -- || Repeating vowel. || “Men Sell the wedding bells” ||
 * Consonance -- || Repetitive consonant sound in a sentence. || Pitter-patter, pitter-patter ||
 * Personification -- || Given human characteristics to nonhuman things. || The sun smile back ||
 * Device || Definition || Example ||
 * rhyme || Correspondence of sound between words or the ending words. || [[image:https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/51T4uViwsJYRDT_VTL1ZsCWMlZ84ntZrQn08qYuuGB8hdX8kEj7_GjQhs2dt6LLyDvL3KbYJV0Uf_8oW-rY56F-T9JK3gOD8wBEkNEQA_putq_5w5SsHF8X1hYp1n1iFr6R5W4rx width="212" height="149" caption="Image result for rhyme"]] ||
 * rhyme scheme || Ordered pattern of rhyme that ends with lines of a poem or verse. || [[image:https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/3WbP9IRiK3mtGq8mlbqlwChQ_1X1NePufdO03jzO-4fuzJuYpLD866wi_6h2RxZ1aw5-WZRdXtjcmOjB4T00K0Ssh_uibni9syIglUyQTTbjNE9r7dsuNRrcntquaJl-P1DW-Wb0 width="212" height="71"]] ||
 * onomatopoeia || A Word that is formed to make a sound || [[image:https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/SuULwe2OLJk64LqW3kfOzVNRZlPtU-EUyWBZ1_YFAZAU23uRmtIWkwin24NjNuJ93iTRyLr84wHhXn8pvv3NOWx4xmfs2F-n0ouH-jDJofmQC48cTUlb6Csm9QQp69fQklX0VhRL width="212" height="141"]] ||
 * symbol || <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline;">A object, event, animal, or person how we have made a meaning or importance of || A flag to symbolize a country ||

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 * Poetry Unit**

For each poem, you will need to read it 3 times and mark up your text. I should see words that you don't know underlined, first impressions written down, devices identified, and first thoughts on the poem.

Selection 1 (due Friday, Oct. 20th) [|The Oxbow]

"The Snowstorm" pg. 5 "Annabel Lee" pg. 14 "O Captain, My Captain" pg. 25

Selection 2 (due Monday, Oct. 23rd)

"Because I could not stop for Death" pg. 29 "I died for beauty" pg. 30 "Success is counted sweetest" pg. 32 "This is my letter to the world" pg. 32


 * Concluding Poetry Assignment**

Re read the 4 Dickinson poems and annotate them further. Next, write a compare contrast reflection on 2 of the poems. What aspects are similar? What aspects are different? Use direct quotes from each poem to support your comparison/contrast. Your reflection should be 1 page in length and in MLA format. It should be saved in Drive as Hour, Last Name, Dickinson Poems