Transcript Imagery
Poetry Unit Review Poetry terms Literal: dictionary meaning of a word Figurative language: using language to create a comparison or image Denotative: literal meaning of a word (stubborn) Connotative: suggestion or implication in addition to the literal meaning of a word (strong-willed vs. pig-headed) Imagery: creating ‘pictures’ with words Purpose: author’s reason for writing a poem Topic: general idea of a poem Theme: idea about life or what it means to be human that is drawn from a poem Tone: author’s attitude toward the subject of a poem Effect: the way a poem makes you feel; its impact Form: the way the words are arranged Stanza: like a ‘paragraph’ grouping of lines Rhythm: series of beats or metrical units in a line Rhyme: final words of a line sound the same Symbol: concrete person, place, thing or action that represents an abstract idea or emotion Sound devices Alliteration: repetition of same consonant sound Pirouettes of professional players Repetition: repeating phrase or word I came, I saw, I conquered; on and on and on Assonance: repeating sounds: do you like blue? ou- ou-ou or the continuing conversation (con-con) Onomatopoeia: words that sound like the sound they represent Buzzing, bubbling, sputtering, tinkling Hyperbole: exaggeration (this book weighs a ton) Metaphor: comparing without saying ‘as’ or ‘like’ Simile: comparing using ‘as’ or ‘like’ Personification: giving human like qualities to inanimate objects Irony Situational irony: Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs in Sucker the story begins when Pete says, ‘it was always my room’ and, in the end, Sucker takes over the room. Dramatic irony: when the reader knows something that the main characters do not the reader knows that Maybelle is using Pete for his homework, when he thinks she finally likes him. Imagery: Mrs. Reece Laughs Metaphors: Laughter = a sudden wave that… (a wave) = it germinates, it spreads (a growing seed) = clusters of subterranean chuckles (an earthquake) Simile: all the woman heaves as a great elm Personification: volcanic forces takes her and shakes her Imagery: Mrs Reece as a great elm whose leaves wallow…; clusters of subterranean chuckles; a visage that expands in scarlet ridge …. Alliteration: huge hands, hanging head Assonance: takes her and shakes her Repetition: dimple by dimple, takes her and shakes her Rhyme scheme: a-a-b-b-c-c, etc. Tone: joyful, comical Purpose: observation of how laughter can physically move a person Effect: makes the reader feel the power of Mrs. Reece’s laughter Narrative: The Cremation of Sam McGee Metaphor: My Sealed Aquarium Dreams Waves Inuit Poem To Hold in a Poem Mother to Son Irony: Richard Cory, Warren Pryor Last Lesson of the Afternoon, Did I Miss Anything? July 15, 1986 Unit Test 50 questions multiple choice You will need an HB pencil for the Scantron Three sections: Poetic terms Applying poetic terms to poems we studied A sight poem which you will interpret