Ms. B
P.S. The students asked if I would attach this handout, I am still discovering this blog but I have copied it in here for any students interested.
Handout
These are the figurative language terms you should know for the poetry unit. This information if from the book Writers Express: handbook for young writers, thinkers, and learners,
Simile | Compare one thing to something unlike it using “like” or “as” | Coat hooks hold winter hats like bare branches hold old nests |
Metaphor | Makes a comparison without using “like” or “as” | The street is my heart |
Personification | Makes a comparison in which something that is not human is described with human qualities | My eggs stared back like sick eyes. |
Hyperbole | An exaggerated comparison | It was so hot we fried |
Alliteration | The repeating of the beginning consonant sounds | Many moms making milkshakes |
Assonance | The repetition of vowel sounds | The catcher wore a black jacket |
Onomatopoeia | The use of words whose sounds make you think of their meanings | Buzz, Thump, Snap |
Repetition | The repeating of a word or phrase to add rhythm or to emphasize a certain idea | The wind hissed, hissed down the alley |
Rhythm | The way the poem flows from one ideas to the next. The pulse of the poem | Because I saw no cake, I ate a paper plate |
Stanza | Building Block of the poem. The lines of poetry are arranged in groups. | Poetry is….what poetry does. Poetry sings. It dances. It laughs. It cries. Poetry is rainbow words and star bursts and whispers. Poetry is the richest part of language. |
