Rhythm in Free Verse: Presentation Notes
... Accentual verse: Verse measured by the number of accented syllables per line; the unaccented syllables are not counted. Syllabic verse: Verse measured by the number of syllables per line; accent is not considered. Accentual-syllablic verse: Verse measured by the number and type of rhythmic units, or ...
... Accentual verse: Verse measured by the number of accented syllables per line; the unaccented syllables are not counted. Syllabic verse: Verse measured by the number of syllables per line; accent is not considered. Accentual-syllablic verse: Verse measured by the number and type of rhythmic units, or ...
Figurative Language - Mrs. Williams` Class
... compared, usually by saying one thing is another. ...
... compared, usually by saying one thing is another. ...
the mayhem poets - Victoria Theatre Association
... sings the tune without the words/And never stops - at all,” comparing Hope (something abstract) to a bird (something concrete). ...
... sings the tune without the words/And never stops - at all,” comparing Hope (something abstract) to a bird (something concrete). ...
HBMS 8th lit. terms
... poem written in 5 lines, rhymed in the pattern of aabba, and having a definite pattern of rhythm ...
... poem written in 5 lines, rhymed in the pattern of aabba, and having a definite pattern of rhythm ...
Turn a haiku into a tanka
... In pairs, allow the children to discuss the merits of what has been created and feed their ideas back to the class. Make the improvements to the shared poem and discuss the reasons for the changes. ...
... In pairs, allow the children to discuss the merits of what has been created and feed their ideas back to the class. Make the improvements to the shared poem and discuss the reasons for the changes. ...
Poetry
... expressed as simply and vividly as possible. In poetry, you need imagination. By being creative and thinking imaginatively, you make thoughts and words sound new and fresh. ...
... expressed as simply and vividly as possible. In poetry, you need imagination. By being creative and thinking imaginatively, you make thoughts and words sound new and fresh. ...
LAD Category Descriptions
... description and is chiefly to interest and entertain; may be fiction or non-fiction. #20B Personal Experience Narrative – First-person factual narration that focuses on one event/experience and how it affected the writer. May include description and dialogue. #21A Original Book With Illustrations – ...
... description and is chiefly to interest and entertain; may be fiction or non-fiction. #20B Personal Experience Narrative – First-person factual narration that focuses on one event/experience and how it affected the writer. May include description and dialogue. #21A Original Book With Illustrations – ...
Elements of Style: Literary Devices
... An important part of many writers’ style is their use of figures of speech, expressions that are not literally true but that suggest similarities between usually unrelated things. Some figures of speech are so common that we use them without even noticing they're not literally true. • He was tied u ...
... An important part of many writers’ style is their use of figures of speech, expressions that are not literally true but that suggest similarities between usually unrelated things. Some figures of speech are so common that we use them without even noticing they're not literally true. • He was tied u ...
Why Poetry? - Marc Wordsmith
... least closer to—the life of the poems. This book is called a "toolkit" because certain ways of thinking about and looking at poems may work like tools, or keys, for getting inside a poem. Understanding how an individual poetic device—such as a symbol or a rhythm—works within the poem, and how it inf ...
... least closer to—the life of the poems. This book is called a "toolkit" because certain ways of thinking about and looking at poems may work like tools, or keys, for getting inside a poem. Understanding how an individual poetic device—such as a symbol or a rhythm—works within the poem, and how it inf ...
Links to the PowerPoint presentation for Poetry
... A 14-line poem, usually in iambic pentameter with fixed rhyme. Usually a love poem. Imabic: Stress is on the second syllable. Example: Good-bye! Pentameter: 10 syllables per line. Example: ...
... A 14-line poem, usually in iambic pentameter with fixed rhyme. Usually a love poem. Imabic: Stress is on the second syllable. Example: Good-bye! Pentameter: 10 syllables per line. Example: ...
An Introduction to Stress and Meter Consider the sound of the
... tetrameter, and Greek verse hexameter. When scanning a line, we might, for instance, describe the line as "iambic pentameter" (having five feet, with each foot tending to be a light syllable followed by heavy syllable). Or it might be "trochaic hexameter" (having six feet, with each foot tending to ...
... tetrameter, and Greek verse hexameter. When scanning a line, we might, for instance, describe the line as "iambic pentameter" (having five feet, with each foot tending to be a light syllable followed by heavy syllable). Or it might be "trochaic hexameter" (having six feet, with each foot tending to ...
Dialect A regional or social variety of a language distinguished by
... Rhyming of two words within the same line of poetry Exact rhyme words that rhyme exactly the same way approximate rhyme words in a rhyming pattern that have some kind of sound correspondence but are not perfect rhymes. ...
... Rhyming of two words within the same line of poetry Exact rhyme words that rhyme exactly the same way approximate rhyme words in a rhyming pattern that have some kind of sound correspondence but are not perfect rhymes. ...
12th Grade Advanced Placement Summer Reading
... comprehension, and writing skills that will make all studies more beneficial to academic achievement. The summer reading/writing assignments for all students will be due on Friday, September 5, 2014. Students will be expected to turn in the typed work as a hard copy AND upload the assignment(s) as a ...
... comprehension, and writing skills that will make all studies more beneficial to academic achievement. The summer reading/writing assignments for all students will be due on Friday, September 5, 2014. Students will be expected to turn in the typed work as a hard copy AND upload the assignment(s) as a ...
Basics of English Studies: An introductory course for students of
... called scansion. In the following the notation suggested by Helmut Bonheim (1990) will be used: 1 to mark a stressed, o to mark a non-stressed syllable. 4.3.1.1. Accentual Metre In accentual metre each line has the same number of stresses, but varies in the total number of syllables. It is found in ...
... called scansion. In the following the notation suggested by Helmut Bonheim (1990) will be used: 1 to mark a stressed, o to mark a non-stressed syllable. 4.3.1.1. Accentual Metre In accentual metre each line has the same number of stresses, but varies in the total number of syllables. It is found in ...
Glossary of Literary Terms
... consists of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable. Iambic Foot: An iambic foot consists of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable. Trochaic foot: Consists of one stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable. Anapestic foot: Is two unstressed syllables f ...
... consists of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable. Iambic Foot: An iambic foot consists of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable. Trochaic foot: Consists of one stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable. Anapestic foot: Is two unstressed syllables f ...
Modern poetry
... essay on "What I Feel About Walt Whitman." There he admitted: "The vital part of my message, taken from the sap and fibre of America, is the same as his. Mentaly, I am a Walt Whitman who has learned to wear a colar and a dress shirt (although at times inimical to both)." The image was apt, for he di ...
... essay on "What I Feel About Walt Whitman." There he admitted: "The vital part of my message, taken from the sap and fibre of America, is the same as his. Mentaly, I am a Walt Whitman who has learned to wear a colar and a dress shirt (although at times inimical to both)." The image was apt, for he di ...
English 12 Glossary
... or social group. Colloquial speech contrasts with formal speaking patterns by having more abbreviations, (e.g. "doc" instead of doctor) contractions ("they'll" instead of "they will") and simple language. Comedy: a term applied to any literary work, but most often applied to drama, in which the outc ...
... or social group. Colloquial speech contrasts with formal speaking patterns by having more abbreviations, (e.g. "doc" instead of doctor) contractions ("they'll" instead of "they will") and simple language. Comedy: a term applied to any literary work, but most often applied to drama, in which the outc ...
Poetry
... purple – royalty, spirituality, wisdom, cruelty, arrogance, mourning In Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven” the raven is thought to be the symbol of a prophet. ...
... purple – royalty, spirituality, wisdom, cruelty, arrogance, mourning In Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven” the raven is thought to be the symbol of a prophet. ...
The Rhyme and Reason of Poetry Therapy
... mix up poetry styles. Try a high energy, rhythmic poem, followed by a funny poem, and then a love poem. Alternating between these different styles helps to keep people’s attention. make your voice come alive. Be playful, use funny voices, or try sounding like a carnival barker or an auctioneer. be a ...
... mix up poetry styles. Try a high energy, rhythmic poem, followed by a funny poem, and then a love poem. Alternating between these different styles helps to keep people’s attention. make your voice come alive. Be playful, use funny voices, or try sounding like a carnival barker or an auctioneer. be a ...
Writing of Poetry: Final Project Part One: Poetry Portfolio (35 pts
... portfolio. There will be a total of four poems. They will be checked in weekly to make sure you are on top of your writing. When you submit the poetry portfolio, all your poems should be checked for grammar and spelling, be ready for publishing, and be written with a lot of thought and honesty. Belo ...
... portfolio. There will be a total of four poems. They will be checked in weekly to make sure you are on top of your writing. When you submit the poetry portfolio, all your poems should be checked for grammar and spelling, be ready for publishing, and be written with a lot of thought and honesty. Belo ...
By: Lorna Dee Cervantes
... concluding lines. (English vs italian) -A Shakespearean, or English, sonnet consists of: fourteen lines written in iambic pentameter, in which a pattern of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable is repeated five times The rhyme scheme in a Shakespearean sonnet is a-b-a-b, c-d-c-d ...
... concluding lines. (English vs italian) -A Shakespearean, or English, sonnet consists of: fourteen lines written in iambic pentameter, in which a pattern of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable is repeated five times The rhyme scheme in a Shakespearean sonnet is a-b-a-b, c-d-c-d ...
Student Handbook of Literary Terms
... Irony - is using a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or normal meaning. There are three kinds of irony: Dramatic irony, in which the reader or the audience sees a character's mistakes, but the character does not. Verbal irony, in which the writer says one thing and means a ...
... Irony - is using a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or normal meaning. There are three kinds of irony: Dramatic irony, in which the reader or the audience sees a character's mistakes, but the character does not. Verbal irony, in which the writer says one thing and means a ...
A Framework for Teaching Poetry
... ‘Poetry is text in which emotions, ideas and sounds of language are presented in a way that satisfies both the writer and the reader’ (First Steps, Fiction and Poetry). Poetry is an enjoyable form of text. It is manageable in size and begs endless rereading. The frequent reading and re-reading provi ...
... ‘Poetry is text in which emotions, ideas and sounds of language are presented in a way that satisfies both the writer and the reader’ (First Steps, Fiction and Poetry). Poetry is an enjoyable form of text. It is manageable in size and begs endless rereading. The frequent reading and re-reading provi ...
glossary of literary terms
... ALLUSION A reference to a person, a place, an event, or a literary work that a writer expects a reader to recognize. Allusions may be drawn from literature, mythology, religion, history, or geography. An allusion to Greek mythology is found in this line from Oliver Wendell Holmes’s “The Chambered Na ...
... ALLUSION A reference to a person, a place, an event, or a literary work that a writer expects a reader to recognize. Allusions may be drawn from literature, mythology, religion, history, or geography. An allusion to Greek mythology is found in this line from Oliver Wendell Holmes’s “The Chambered Na ...
Poetry
Poetry is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language—such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre—to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, the prosaic ostensible meaning.Poetry has a long history, dating back to the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh. Early poems evolved from folk songs such as the Chinese Shijing, or from a need to retell oral epics, as with the Sanskrit Vedas, Zoroastrian Gathas, and the Homeric epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey. Ancient attempts to define poetry, such as Aristotle's Poetics, focused on the uses of speech in rhetoric, drama, song and comedy. Later attempts concentrated on features such as repetition, verse form and rhyme, and emphasized the aesthetics which distinguish poetry from more objectively informative, prosaic forms of writing. From the mid-20th century, poetry has sometimes been more generally regarded as a fundamental creative act employing language.Poetry uses forms and conventions to suggest differential interpretation to words, or to evoke emotive responses. Devices such as assonance, alliteration, onomatopoeia and rhythm are sometimes used to achieve musical or incantatory effects. The use of ambiguity, symbolism, irony and other stylistic elements of poetic diction often leaves a poem open to multiple interpretations. Similarly figures of speech such as metaphor, simile and metonymy create a resonance between otherwise disparate images—a layering of meanings, forming connections previously not perceived. Kindred forms of resonance may exist, between individual verses, in their patterns of rhyme or rhythm.Some poetry types are specific to particular cultures and genres and respond to characteristics of the language in which the poet writes. Readers accustomed to identifying poetry with Dante, Goethe, Mickiewicz and Rumi may think of it as written in lines based on rhyme and regular meter; there are, however, traditions, such as Biblical poetry, that use other means to create rhythm and euphony. Much modern poetry reflects a critique of poetic tradition, playing with and testing, among other things, the principle of euphony itself, sometimes altogether forgoing rhyme or set rhythm. In today's increasingly globalized world, poets often adapt forms, styles and techniques from diverse cultures and languages.