Personification
What is Personification?
Personification is put human qualities to an object, for example feelings, form, etc.
What is poem? /How many poems have we learned?
-A poem is a piece of writing that expresses a writer’s feelings.
-We have learned 4: Haiku, Limerick, acrostic and Rhyme.
What is Similies ?
A simile is a figure of speech that compares two otherwise dissimilar things, often introduced by the words like or as (‘you are like a summer’s day’).
What is the story about?
King Lear Summary King Lear divides his kingdom among the two daughters who flatter him and banishes the third one who loves him. His eldest daughters both then reject him at their homes, so Lear goes mad and wanders through a storm. His banished daughter returns with an army, but they lose the battle and Lear, all his daughters and more, die.
Drama meaning: A drama is a type of literature that is written for the purpose of being performed in front of an audience. This type of writing is written in the form of a script, and the story is told through the lines of the characters played by actors.
Some Examples Down:
Haiku Poem
To make a haiku poem, we need 3 lines, the first line must have 5 syllables, the second 7 and finally 5. For example:
Newness of the day
bursting forth reassurance
light follows the dark
EXAMPLES
King Lear, Cordelia, Edmund, Goneril and Regan, Gloucester.
Scenes
Think of a scene as a building block of your story. It's a segment where characters act, interact, and show emotions in a specific setting. Each scene should move the story forward through action, character development, or both.
1
The sun smiled down upon the Earth..
Limerick Poem
A limerick is a poem that consists of five lines in a single stanza with a rhyme scheme of AABBA.
There was an Old Man of Quebec,
A beetle ran over his neck;
But he cried, 'With a needle,
I'll stay you, O beetle!'
That angry Old Man of Quebec.
What is Metaphor?
A metaphor is when a word is used in place of another to suggest a likeness (‘you are a summer’s day’).
Scenery
The first half of King Lear is set in the safe, comfortable palaces of Lear, Gloucester and Lear’s daughters. However, as the play progresses, an increasing number of its scenes take place in dirty, unsafe surroundings: the heath in a violent storm, a hovel in the middle of nowhere, the fields and beaches near Dover during a military invasion.
Acts
An act is a major division of a theatre work, including a play, film, opera, ballet, or musical theatre, consisting of one or more scenes. The term can either refer to a conscious division placed within a work by a playwright (usually itself made up of multiple scenes) or a unit of analysis for dividing a dramatic work into sequences.
2
The stars danced playfully in the night sky.
Acrostic Poem
An acrostic is a poem or other word composition in which the first letter of each new line spells out a word, message or the alphabet.
C uddly
A robatic
T enacious and terrifying
S oftly purring
EXAMPLES
What kind of story is King Lear?
King Lear is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare.
Stage Directions
Stage directions provide instructions for the technical aspects of a production, including descriptions of characters’ appearances and their movements onstage as well as lighting, sound, scenery, and props.
3
The book called out to be read.
Rhymes Poem
A rhyme is a repetition of similar sounds in the final stressed syllables and any following syllables of two or more words.
I plant a little seed
In the ground,
Out comes the sun,
Big and rround.
Down come the rain drops,
Soft and slow
Up comes a flower,
Grow, grow, grow!
Where do you find similes and metaphors?
We find similes and metaphors everywhere-In famous novels, poems, songs, advertisements, and even business presentations. If you are writing a book, fiction or nonfiction.
Dialogue
Dialogue is the exchange of spoken words between two or more characters in a book, play, or other written work. In prose writing, lines of dialogue are typically identified by the use of quotation marks and a dialogue tag, such as "she said." In plays, lines of dialogue are preceded by the name of the person speaking.