poet

Poet: The term used for an author of poetry.

Stanza: Poem paragraph

Line of Poetry: Single line of words in a poem. DOES NOT need to be a complete sentence!

Refrain: Phrase, line or stanza that is repeated after each stanza

  

I am outgoing and trustworthy.I wonder if ghosts are fiction.I hear the clock ticking as life goes on.I see my life flickering before my eyes.I want to play soccer all my life. I am outgoing and trustworthy.

I pretend I am good at singing.I feel my heart hammering.I touch my future.I worry about the world coming to an end.I cry about being alone.I am outgoing and trustworthy.

I understand I am getting older.I say never give up.I dream about having an extreme future.                                                I try to inspire others.I hope to live forever.I am outgoing and trustworthy.

Rhyme Scheme: A pattern of rhyme at the ends of lines.

We represent it using letters: ABAB, AABA, ABBA, ABCB

Once I made a snowmanHandsome as can beIn the snow he meltedA sad sight to see.

He gives his harness bells a shakeTo ask if there's some mistake.The only other sound's the sweepOf easy wind and downy flake.

Basketball is not boringDribbling, shooting, scoringThe only way to playIs winning all the way.

Figurative

Language- not to be taken literally, or word for word

- stirs up your imagination- adds depth and color to writing

I am hungry as a horse.

                                                       

You run like a rabbit.                                                                                                                                            

He is sneaky as a snake.

She is happy as a clam.

The girl was a fish in the water.

The clown was a feather floating away.

Personification:

                                                            

The flowers danced in the wind.

The Earth coughed and choked in all of the pollution.

The friendly gates welcomed us.

Hyperbole:

                                                                                                             

She soared through the sky a million miles.

It rained cats and dogs!

Imagery: Descriptive language that creates vivid impressions

Sensory language: Language meant to appeal to the senses (sight, sound, taste, touch, smell, and movement).

Can be literal or figurative!

Poetic Techniques

Devices used in poems to create effect

Alliteration:

                                                            

The hippo slips flippantly into the sloppy soup.

Tiny Ted talks too timidly.

                                               

Chug chug chug!!

Swish swish swish

Yeeeee Ahhhhhh

Gluppp Gluppp Gluppp

i shall imagine life

by e.e. cummings

i shall imagine lifeis not worth dying, if(and when) roses complaintheir beauties are in vain

but though mankind persuadesitself that every weed'sa rose, roses (you feelcertain) will only smile

PracticeIdentify the figurative language in each

sentence:

1) The wind whistled through the leaves.

PracticeIdentify the figurative language in each

sentence:

2) I love eating chocolate chip cookies.

PracticeIdentify the figurative language in each

sentence:

3) Her eyes were burning coals glistening in the dark night.

PracticeIdentify the figurative language in each

sentence:

4) The precocious girl popped her gum loudly.

PracticeIdentify the figurative language in each

sentence:

5) The smell of the pasta called my name.

PracticeIdentify the figurative language in each

sentence:

6) I called you a million times last night!

PracticeIdentify the figurative language in each

sentence:

7) Her hair was as soft as silk.

PracticeIdentify the figurative language in each

sentence:

8) My head hurts so bad that it might explode!

PracticeIdentify the figurative language in each

sentence:

9) After the boy threw it, the rock tap danced its way across the lake.

PracticeIdentify the figurative language in each

sentence:

10) The children were angels when they were singing.