Figurative Language
Compares two things using "like" or "as"
Simile
What is the type of fig-lang? Sally Sells Sea Shells by the Sea Shore
Alliteration
Three things we might look for in structure
Stanzas: verses
Narrative voice: who is speaking in the poem: 1st person (I) , 2nd person(you), 3rd person (he, she, it)
Rhyme: repetition of similar sounds
Rhythm: a pattern of stresses in the sounds of a poem
A view about life that is not directly stated. A lesson the author wants us to take away from the poem.
Theme
A group of lines of poetry (like a paragraph)
Stanza
I am so hungry I could eat a horse!
Hyperbole
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem? I heard a bird sing In the dark of December. A magical thing And sweet to remember. 'We are nearer to Spring Than we were in September," I heard a bird sing In the dark of December.
ABAB ABAB?
Tw things we might look for in effect
Emotions: feelings
Mood: how something makes you feel when you read it
Tone: the writer’s attitude towards a subject or character
The attitude a poem implies.
Tone
Note the meaning of each homophone
Lose/Loose
Lose: To not find a possession
Loose: Something not fitting tightly
Comparing two things without using "like" or "as"
Metaphor
What figurative language tool is used in this quote?
Five hundred pounds and nine feet tall, That's Paul. Talk about workin'—when he swung his axe You could hear it ring for a mile and a half!
Hyperbole
Write one sentence explaining something about the structure of Annabel Lee
Multiple answers accepted
The feeling or atmosphere a reader interprets from a poem.
Mood
Use the two homophones in a sentence: accept/except
Multiple answers accepted
Identify the type of fig-lang. The flame of the candle danced in the wind.
Personification
What tool is used to create emphasis in this poem? Hint: It is NOT rhyme. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; All the King's horses and all the King's men Couldn't put Humpty together again
Repetition
Write a clear theme statement for The Monkey's Paw and a one-sentence explanation.
Multiple answers were accepted.
What tone is implied by this statement? GET OUT OF MY ROOM!!
Anger/frustration
Identify where the personification is in the poem: "Have you got a brook in your little heart, Where bashful flowers blow, And blushing birds go down to drink, And shadows tremble so?" Emily Elizabeth Dickinson, Have You Got A Brook In Your Little Heart
bashful flowers/ blushing birds / shadows tremble
What is the type of figurative language ?
"Well in that hit you miss. She’ll not be hit
With Cupid’s arrow. She hath Dian’s wit"
Allusion
What is the rhyme scheme?
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
ABAAB
Explain the tone of Annabel Lee and justify your tone word
Multiple answers accepted
Note down the tone and briefly explain your choice:
His eyes—how they twinkled! his dimples how merry! His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry! His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow.
Joyous, comforting, merry
List down every poem we have read this quarter.
1. My Doggy ate my homework
2. Annabell Lee
3. The Road not Taken
4. The Highwayman
5. A Red Red Rose
6. O Captain my Captain