Name ______Poetry Notes
ELACC7RL4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama.
Figurative Meaning Examples Language
Description of one thing as if it Metaphor were another without using like or Fame is a bee. as
A comparison of two different Simile Love is like a red, red rose things using like or as
Gives human qualities to something Fame smiled at me. Personification non-human.
Hyperbole Exaggerated speech for emphasis. He is so proud he could burst.
A chip on his shoulder (holding a Figurative expression that is part of grudge) Idiom popular speech Pay the piper ( face the consequences of your actions) A forest might represent uncertainty The use of symbols to represent in a story. A four leaf clover means Symbolism something beyond its literal luck, Uncle Sam is a symbol of the meaning. United States.
A reference to a well-known Romeo-a romantic boy or man from person, place, thing, event or Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Allusion literary work. It means something Scrooge- a stingy person from beyond itself Dicken’s A Christmas Carol. Sound Meaning Examples Devices A pattern of beats; repetition of DOU-ble, / DOU-ble / TOIL and / TROU-ble; FI-re / BURN, and / CAL-dron / BUB-ble. sounds or syllables, can follow a Rhythm (Macbeth by Shakespeare regular pattern or it can be loose Accent is on first syllable on each word sets up the rhythm. and conversational.
Repeating a sound, word, phrase, Down, down, down into the sea Repetition line or group of lines. Row, row, row your boat
Rhyme that occurs at the end of As I was walking down the street End Rhyme different lines of poetry. Grumbling about my aching feet
Internal Rhyme that occurs within a line of Falling leaves whirl twirl Rhyme poetry
A stanza or group of lines might A regular pattern of end rhymes. Rhyme have a rhyme scheme of “abab”. Each rhyming sound is given a Scheme This means that lines 1 and 3 rhyme different letter. and lines 2 and 4 rhyme The repetition of consonant sounds Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled at the beginning of a word within peppers Alliteration the same line. The spelling does Rhonda’s wrinkles rarely saw a hat. not have to be the same. Connor’s kittens cuddled.
The repetition of consonant sounds Tick tock Consonance at the end of words within the Hot got same line. Running and ripping
The repetition of vowel sounds Go low and slow below the ridge Assonance within the same line. Lazy days, daisies lay
The use of words that sound like Buzz, pop, boom, swoosh, slurp, Onomatopoeia what they mean. howl, hiss.