lesson plan in evaluation format

POETRY NOTES

· sounds

· rhythms

· repetition

ELEMENTS OF POETRY

*lines—“sentences” of a poem

*stanzas—“paragraphs” of a poem

*repetition—repeating words, lines, sounds

*refrains—repeated group of lines or words

*rhyme scheme--pattern of rhyme

VOCABULARY TO KNOW:

impact→ effect or influence

tone→ the author’s attitude toward the text

imagery→ words “paint” a picture

SOUND DEVICES

ALLITERATION (ALL.)--repeated beginning sound

*(TONGUE TWISTERS)

Bob baked brownies on a boat.

Yennifer Yarger yelled up yonder yesterday.

Kristen called today.

ASSONANCE (ASS.)— *vowels are “naughty”

Repeated vowel sounds

Try to light the fire.

Say hey to the blue jay!

Hi, Guy.

ONOMATOPOEIA—imitates sounds

boom gurgle pow buzz crash bang crunch hiss hum ding

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

simile- compares using like or as

metaphor - compares WITHOUT using like or as

personification--giving nonhuman things human characteristics

hyperbole --extreme exaggeration

stop notes

* rhythm--a beat created by stressed and unstressed syllables

examples

strawberry straw berr y

American A mer i can

* rhyme-- the repetition of vowel or ending sounds

examples

we he be thee (ASS.)

wind bend lend