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1. Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are! Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. When the blazing sun is gone, When he nothing shines upon, Then you show your little light, Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.

2. What is Poetry?

3. A poem is…. • a type of literature that describes ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specific form • is special because it is not written in sentences and paragraphs • is written in lines and stanzas

4. Lines and Stanza • A line is one group of words that reads from left to right. It looks like one row in a poem. • A stanza is a group of lines (like a paragraph in a book or story). It • may also be called a verse.

5. Sent To My Room I broke a dishand mom got mad.She sent me to my roombecause she said that I was bad.So I'm sitting hereon my canopewith my stereoand my color tvand my favorite dolland my 'lectric trainand my building blocksand my video game,And I'm wondering whatmy mother meantwhen she said my roomwas a punishment. • How many stanzas are in this poem? • 10 • 4 • 5 • 1 • 2. How many lines are in each stanza? • 5 • 1 • 7 • 4

6. What is the purpose of poetry? Some poems make us LAUGH.Some poems make us THINK. Some poems are SHORT & FUNNY.Some poems are LONG & SERIOUS. Some poems RHYME.Some poems DO NOT RHYME.

7. Characteristics of poems: Tell storiesTell jokes and puns Some have alliterationsome have palindromes Some do not rhymeSad or happySome do rhyme different numbers of stanzas and linesshort or long

8. jokes use stanzas and lines puns show many different emotions: happy, sad, excited, mad, etc. alliteration Characteristics of a Poem some rhyme palindromes rhythm some do not rhyme

9. Poem that tells a story: I dreamed a dream in bed last night,Of places most bizarre.Of ponds of liquid lemon pie,And ducks that played guitar.Of perfect picture puzzle paths,And grass of jellybeans.Of crumpet homes and candy gnomes,Such things I'd never seen.

10. Poetry that is serious… Hope is the thing...Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at all, And sweetest in the gale is heard; And sore must be the storm That could abash the little bird That kept so many warm. I've heard it in the chilliest land, And on the strangest sea; Yet, never, in extremity, It asked a crumb of me. - Emily Dickinson

11. Poem that make us laugh: Pete the Sweet BeeThere was a beenamed Sweetie Pete.His hair was slickhe smelled so sweet.He'd take a batheach day at home.Then comb his hairwith honeycomb. Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie,Kissed the girls and made them cry.His bad breath drove all the girls away.Now he gargles twice a day.

12. Puns in Poetry • Puns are a play on words. • They can be words that sound the same but have different spelling. • They can also be exaggerations and make the poem funny. The Hungry Little Giant"I'm hungry! I could swallow Wales!"the little giant cried."Tonight we're having Chile, dear,"the giant's mother sighed."Can I please have Samoa, Mom?"the little giant asked her."Just don't forget dessert," she said."We're having Baked Alaska.""Tomorrow we'll eat Turkey,there is truly nothing finer.We'll cook it in the oven andwe'll serve it up on China." “Night, night, Knight”, said one Knight to the other knight the other night. “Night, night, Knight.”

13. Alliteration in poems: • In alliteration, beginning words start with the same consonant or vowel sounds in stressed syllables. • The words are close together.

14. Example of Alliteration in poetry Betty Botter Betty Botter bought some butter."But," she said,"the butter's bitter.If I put it in my batter,it will make my batter bitter.But a bit of better butter--that would make my batter better.“ So she bought a bit of butter,better than her bitter butter.And she put it in her batter,and the batter was not bitter.So 'twas better Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter!

15. Alliteration continued…. Sheila Shorter sought a suitor; Shelia sought a suitor short. Sheila’s suitor sure to suit her; Short’s the suitor Sheila sought! by Michael Rosen

16. Palindromes in poetry:  A palindrome is a word or phrase which reads the same in both directions. Some simple examples are:

17. Poem with Palindromes: King, are you glad you are king?1Fall leaves after leaves fall.2Says Mom, "What do you do?" – You do what Mom says.3You know, I did little for you, for little did I know you.4First Ladies rule the State, and state the rule: "ladies first."5Please me by standing by me please.6Blessed are they that believe they are blessed.7Escher, drawing hands, drew hands drawing Escher.8You can cage a swallow, can't you, but you can't swallow a cage, can you?9Did I say you never say "never say never"? You say I did.10

18. Rhythm and Rhyme: • Rhythm can be created by meter, rhyme, and alliteration. • Rhythm is the pattern of beats in the syllables of the words. • Rhyme is when two words sound the same at the end.

19. Spaghetti! Spaghetti Spaghetti! Spaghetti! You’re wonderful stuff, I love you, spaghetti, I can’t get enough. You’re covered with sauce And you’re sprinkled with cheese, Spaghetti! Spaghetti! Oh, give me some please. Jack Prelutsky What makes this poem rhyme? Is there rhythm? How do you know?

20. Meter • Meter is when the syllables of the words or lines are arranged in a repeating pattern. • When poets write in meter, they count out the number of stressed (strong) syllables and unstressed (weak) syllables for each line. They repeat the pattern throughout the poem. • The number of syllables in each line of a stanza can determine the meter.

21. Lets look at Meter in this poem… Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are! Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. When the blazing sun is gone, When he nothing shines upon, Then you show your little light, Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.

22. I think my dad is Dracula.I know that sounds insane,but listen for a moment andallow me to explain.We don't live in a castle,and we never sleep in caves.But, still, there's something weirdabout the way my dad behaves. Rhyme?____ Alliteration?____ Puns? ____ Palindromes?_____ How many stanzas? ____ How many lines in each stanza? ______ I never see him go outin the daytime when it's light.He sleeps all day till evening,then he leaves the house at night. He comes home in the morningsaying, "Man, I'm really dead!"He kisses us goodnight, and thenby sunrise he's in bed. My mom heard my suspicionand she said, "You're not too swift.Your father's not a vampire.He just works the graveyard shift."