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Transcript of Poetry
- 1.Poetry Terminology Presented by: Mrs. Tenney
2. TERMS
- Alliteration
- Assonance
- Hyperbole
- Imagery
- Irony
- Metaphor
- Personification
- Onomatopoeia
- Oxymoron
- Repetition
- Rhyme
- Simile
RESOURCES MORE INFO 3. Meet the Presenter
- Mrs. Tenney
- 6 thyear at KAHS
- Enjoys reading and writing poetry!
4. RESOURCES
- Academy of American Poets Website
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- http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/17105
- Multimedia Resources
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- http://magnussonllc.wordpress.com/2009/08/10/pimp-my-presentation-alliterations/
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- Microsoft Office Clipart Galley
5. ALLITERATION
- Repetition of the same, initial consonant sounds
- EXAMPLES:S oftS ighing of
- theS ea
6. ASSONANCE
- The repetition of the vowel sounds followed by different consonants in two or more stressed syllables.
- EXAMPLE: As h ighas a k i te in a br igh t sky
7. HYPERBOLE
- A bold, deliberate overstatement not intended to be taken seriously. The purpose is to emphasize the truth of the statement.
- EXAMPLES: He weighs a ton, I could eat a horse
8. IMAGERY
- Usually these words or phrases create a picture in the readers mind. Some imagery appeals to the other four senses (hearing, touch, taste, smell).
- EXAMPLES:
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- Sight smoke mysteriously puffed our from his ears
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- Sound he could hear a faint but distant thump
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- Touch the burlap wall covering scraped his skin
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- Taste a salty tear ran down his cheek
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- Smell the scent of cinnamon floated into his nostrils
9. IRONY
- The general name given to the literary techniques that involve differences between appearance and reality, expectations and result, or meaning and intention.
- EXAMPLE:
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- It was ironic that the police station was robbed.
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- It was ironic that the Olympic swimmer drowned in the bathtub.
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- It was ironic that the soldier survived the war and then was shot on his own front porch after returning home safely.
10. METAPHOR
- A figure of speech in which one thing is spoken as though it were something else, a direct comparison of two unlike things.
- EXAMPLE: It is raining cats and dogs
11. PERSONIFICATION
- Figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics
- EXAMPLE: The wind spoke her name
12. ONOMATOPOEIA
- The use of words that imitate sounds.
- Buzz, Thud, Hiss, Woof, Quack
13. OXYMORON
- The junction of words which, at first view, seem to be contradictory, but surprisingly this contradictions expresses a truth or dramatic effect.
- EXAMPLES: Pretty ugly, Icy hot
14. REPETITION
- The use, more than once, of any element of language a sound,a word, a phrase, a clause, or a sentence.
- EXAMPLE: By Edgar Allan Poe
- By the sinking or the swelling in the anger of thebells
- Of thebells
- Of thebells, bells, bells, bells
15. RHYME
- Word endings that sounds alike
- Internal Rhyme rhyme within a line
- EXAMPLES: T im e, Sl ime , M ime
- Internal Rhyme Scornful lysca lysnake which held his very fate
16. SIMILE
- A comparison using like or as.
- EXAMPLES: As brave as a lion, As dumb as an ox
17. MORE INFORMTAION
- If youd like to learn more about poetry terms, please refer to Mrs. Tenneys Moodle page. The website is:
- http://ecougar.kasd.org/