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Poetry

Poetry. Figures of Speech Pages 498-504 Notes Poems 509 & 511. 2007 COS – 2a CCRS – AHSGE – R.III.3; R.IV.2 Literary Skills – Understand figures of speech, including similes, metaphors, and personification. Understand extended metaphors. Poetry.

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Poetry

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  1. Poetry Figures of Speech Pages 498-504 Notes Poems 509 & 511 2007 COS – 2a CCRS – AHSGE – R.III.3; R.IV.2 Literary Skills – Understand figures of speech, including similes, metaphors, and personification. Understand extended metaphors.

  2. Poetry • Sonnet (p. 498) – 14 line poem that follows a regular rhyme pattern. It is usually written in iambic pentameter. • Lyric Poem (p. 500) – a short poem that expresses a speaker’s thoughts or feelings.

  3. Figures of Speech • Figure of Speech (p. 504) – always based on a comparison, and it is not literally true. • Figurative Language – expressions that put aside literal meanings in favor of imaginative connections.

  4. Figures of Speech • Simile – two dissimilar things are compared using a word such as like, as, than, or resembles. • Example – You eat like a pig! • Metaphor – a comparison between two unlike things in which one thing becomes another thing without the use of a word such as like or as. • Example – You are a pig!

  5. Figures of Speech • Direct Metaphor – directly compares the two things using a verb such as is. • Example – The city is a sleeping woman. • Implied Metaphor – suggests the comparison between the two things without stating it directly • Example – The city sleeps peacefully.

  6. Figures of Speech • Run-on Line (p. 508) – a line of poetry without punctuation at its end. • End-stopped Line – a line of poetry that has punctuation at its end.

  7. Figures of Speech • Extended Metaphor (p. 511) – When a metaphor is developed over several lines or even through an entire poem.

  8. Quickwrite (p. 508) • Think of something that another person taught you to do, such as dance, mow the lawn, rock climb, play a game, etc. Then list all the words and phrases you can think of that are associated with that activity.

  9. “Folding Won Tons In” (p. 509) • What is the activity described in the poem? • What are some actions the speaker mentions? • Find an example of a metaphor. • Find an example of a simile.

  10. Quickwrite (p. 511) • Think of an emotion or a state of mind. You might choose feelings like grief, joy, anger, dreaminess, selfishness, or ambition. Then, jot down three metaphors in which you identify your subject with something else. • Example – Happiness is a warm puppy. Charles Shultz

  11. “ ‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers” (p. 511) • What two things are being compared with the extended metaphor? • According to the second stanza, when is hope the sweetest? • What does hope ask for in return?

  12. Activity • Page 510 questions 1-5 • Page 515 questions 1-5

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