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Poetry Unit

Published on Dec 08, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

LITERARY DEVICES

STRUCTURES WRITERS USE TO CONVEY A MESSAGE
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Figurative language-uses world or expression different from the literal meaning

Simile-compares two different object using "like"or"as" ex.he runs like the wind

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Metaphor-compares two different object with out using"like"or"as"
Ex. The snow is a what blanket.

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Personification- gives a thing,idea,or an animal human qualities
Ex. The flower are dancing in the breeze.

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Hyperbole- exaggeration of action and idea
Ex.Your backpack weighs a ton!!

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Alliteration-world having the same beginning sound Ex. Better butter bakes batter better.

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Imagery- words or pictures that creat a mental image for the reader often using the five senses.

Theme-life lesson, meaning, moral,or message about life or human nature that is communicated through a literary work
Ex. Good triumphs evil.

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STANZA
A group of related lines in a poem

Rhyming Words
Words that end with the same sound Ex. Ocean,Motion

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Limerick
A humorous five line poem

Haiku- a three line poem with syllables in a 5-7-5 syllable pattern

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Assonance- repetition of vowel sounds
Ex. She feeds the deer.

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Analogy- a likeness between two things that are not alike
Ex. Wings of a bird and the arms of a person

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