GRADE 7 POETRY POETRY A type of literature

GRADE 7 POETRY

POETRY Ø A type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specific form (usually using lines and stanzas)

POETRY FORM 4 LINE - a group of words together on one line of the poem 4 STANZA - a group of lines arranged together A word is dead When it is said, Some say. I say it just Begins to live That day.

POETRY TERMS

RHYME 4 Words which sound alike because they share the same ending sounds. 4 (A word always rhymes with itself. ) EXAMPLE LAMP STAMP

RHYME SCHEME 4 A rhyme scheme is a pattern of rhyme usually found at the end of lines of poetry. 4 Use the letters of the alphabet to represent sounds to be able to visually “see” the pattern. (See next slide for an example. )

SAMPLE RHYME SCHEME The Germ by Ogden Nash A mighty creature is the germ, Though smaller than the pachyderm. His customary dwelling place Is deep within the human race. His childish pride he often pleases By giving people strange diseases. Do you, my poppet, feel infirm? You probably contain a germ. a a b b c c a a

ONOMATOPOEIA 4 Words that imitate the sound they are naming. EXAMPLE BUZZ

ALLITERATION 4 Consonant sounds repeated at the beginnings of words If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, how many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?

Repetition 4 The repeating of a word or words in a line of poetry. EXAMPLE “The couple danced and danced. ”

Literal Meaning Vs. Figurative Meaning 4 The literal meaning of a poem is exactly what it states. There is no hidden meaning. 4 The figurative meaning of a poem is hinted at by using figurative language such as similes, metaphors and personification.

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

SIMILE 4 A comparison of two things using “like or as” EXAMPLE “She is as beautiful as a sunrise. ”

METAPHOR 4 A comparison of two unlike things without using the words “like” or “as” EXAMPLE “My brother is a pig when he eats. ”

PERSONIFICATION 4 Giving human -like qualities EXAMPLE to an object or The daffodils danced in the wind. animal.

OTHER POETIC DEVICES

IMAGERY 4 Language that appeals to the senses. 4 Most images are visual, but they can also appeal to the senses of sound, touch, taste, or smell. then with cracked hands that ached from labor in the weekday weather. . . from “Those Winter Sundays”

Mood 4 The feeling YOU get when you read a piece of writing EXAMPLE Sad Excited Happy Angry