POETRY

WHAT IS POETRY

• Poetry is rhymes and rhythm
• Two words or lines that end in th same sound (rhythmic patterns that emphasize sound)
• The pattern of rhyming lines (abab, abba)
• Makes a comparison between two unlike things using like or as
• The repetition of vowel sounds in words close together

RHYME

• Poetry is like music to your ears
• Poetry that tells a story to entertain
• Poetry composed of rhymed/un rhymed lines that have no set pattern
• Two words or lines that end in the same sound(rhythmic pattern that emphasize sound)
• Line break- the intentional end of a line of poetry

POETRY

• You can hear poetry anywhere
• You can hear them in stores or on the radio
• Assonance- the repetition of vowels sounds in words close together
• Hyperbole- an intentional and extreme exaggeration for emphasis or effect
• Simile- makes a comparison between two unlike things using like or as

WHAT DOES POETRY DO

• Poetry that tells a story to entertain
• Poetry composed of rhymed/ un rhymed lines that have no set patterns
• Epigraph a quotation at the beginning of a literary work to introduce its theme
• Aphorism a concise statement of a general truth or principle
• Imagery the used of language to create mental images and sensory impressions

POETRY

• Complex inference- goes beyond the explicit text. A complex inference can be a subtle inference
• Subtle inference- is one in which the bits of information are not as easily connected
• Excerpt- a section from a whole book or a section from a large piece of literature
• Effective reader- establish a purpose for reading: p- persuade :l- inform e- entertain
• Subordinate conjunction- a clause that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence

POETRY

• Summarize- to reduce large sections of text to their essential points and main idea
• Synthesize- combine different ideas and facts to reach a new whole
• Paraphrase- restate the meaning of something in different words
• Capitalization- beginning of a sentence, name of a person, place, or thing
• Lyrical poetry- short poems expressing personal feelings and emotions that may be meter set to music and often involves the use of regular

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