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Poetry Unit

Published on Mar 21, 2016

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LITERARY DEVICES

STRUCTURES WRITERS USE TO CONVEY A MESSAGE
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Figurative language- uses words or expression different from liberal meaning

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

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Metaphor- compares TWO DIFFERENT OBJECTS WITHOUT USING "LIKE" OR "AS
Ex. The snow is a white blanket

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

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Hyperbole- exaggeration of actions and ideas.
Your backpack weighs a ton!!

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

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

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Theme- life lesson a meaning or 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

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RHYMING WORDS

WORDS THAT END WITH THE SAME SOUND EX.OCEAN MOTION
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LIMERICK

A HUMOROUS FIVE LINE POEM
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Haiku- a three line poem with 17 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 likens between two things that are not alike
Ex. Wings of a bird and the arms of a person

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Symbolism- a concrete thing that meant to represent something else
Ex. Our flag represents the U.S.A

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