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1. Narrative
-Ballad (song-like; often tells a story; often adventure or romance; usually about ordinary people; usually rhymes)
- Epic (long narrative poem that talks about a god or hero)
2. Sonnets (Italian & English)
- very structured in rhyme & form & content
3. Free Verse- no rules! no set rhyme or form
4. Haiku (Japanese)
-line 1: 5 syllables
-line 2: 7 syllables
-line 3: 5 syllables
5. Blackout:
- you color everything EXCEPT the words you want read as your poem
- 14 lines
- 10 syllables per line
- rigid rhyme scheme
- 1st section: question/problem
- 2nd section= answer/solution
- VOLTA= change
5. Blackout Poems
Poetry
Cover Page
Types of Poems
Sonnets
What is poetry?
Elements of Prose
Setting
Point of View
Plot & Conflicts
Characters
literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm
English (Shakespearean) Sonnet
Italian Sonnet
Style, Tone, Word Choice,
Figurative Language
Theme
Symbols
quatrain
problem
quatrain
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solution
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Creative Exercise
example:
You are a 45-year old man.
running on a sidewalk.
to _______________.
4. Haiku
You are ______________.
running ___________.
to _______________.
You are a 12-year-old girl.
running on the playground.
to _______________.
5-7-5
1. Narrative (ballad)
3. Free Verse
syllables: the beats within a word
couplet
10 syllables
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B
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C
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The Catcher in the Rye
poetry assignment
What could be Holden's theme song?
You are a college kid.
running into History class.
because _______________.
1. Look up a song that relates to Holden's life, personality, themes in the book, etc.
Style:
DICTION (word choice) , SYNTAX (structure: sentence structure, paragraph, layout, form) , TONE , FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
Steps to Analyzing Poetry
2. Look up the lyrics
3. Write about 2 paragraphs that explains why you chose the song (give specific examples from the book and the lyrics)
irony: (you get an F on a paper) "Wow, I did a really great job on my paper!"
oxymoron: "jumbo shrimp"
imagery: "The light pink and orange sky shown brightly against the rippling water. "
Alliteration: "Fancy Free Furniture "
Rhyme: "dance" "prance"
onomatopoeia: "Buzz" "Clank"
polysyndeton: "Look at all that we have to do! We must feed the chickens and feed the dogs and go to the store and fix dinner and pick up Sammy from day care"
asyndeton: " we were young, wild, free"
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE:
Simile: "She was as delegate as a flower"
Metaphor: "Life is a long baseball game; you constantly swing at chances life throws at you--sometimes you hit home runs and sometimes you strike out "
Personification: "The keyboards sang a clanking song while everyone worked on their papers."
Hyperbole: "It took him twenty years to get ready"
1. Title
2. Plot (characters/setting)
3. Themes
4. Style
euphonious: bubbles, sunset, bouba
cacophonous: kiki, pinch, crate, pee
anaphora: "Listen up, America... we need time to heal. Listen up, America... we must stick together. Listen up... change happens today"
epistrophe: "We need to stick together, for it is our duty. There comes a time when we need to make change happen, for it is our duty... "
You are YOURSELF .
eating a bagel .
at ____________ and ___________ (action).
Writing your Narrative / Free Verse
Event/Day: _____________
Now, go back to one of those 4.
- Are you someone else? Yourself?
- Are you going through the action or just observing?
- What do you see/hear/smell/taste/feel?
- Dialogue?
- Conflict?
- Open ending or closed?
You are teacher .
grading tests &
thinking ___________.
Make 1 quatrain with the following rhyme scheme
AABB OR ABAB