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Stormy Poetry FOG by: Carl Sandburg The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on Figurative Language: Personification • A type of figurative language • Attributing human qualities to something nonhuman • Examples – The wind yells – The stars dance – Rays of sunshine tiptoed through the valley Figurative LanguageAlliteration, Metaphor, & Simile • Alliteration: the repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words – Examples: • Julie Jackson juggled the juicy, jiggly jello • Gary’s giraffe gobbled green goodies • Simile: when you compare two nouns that are unlike each other, with “like” or “as” – Examples: • As big as a bus • Eats like a pig • Metaphor: when you use two nouns and compare them to one another – Don’t use “like” or “as” in comparison – Examples: • The test was a breeze • I am a rainbow Free Verse Poetry • Does not follow any particular meter or rhyme scheme – So there are no rules????? • The writer gets to make up the rules and decide how the poem looks, feels, and sounds • To be considered poetry carefully chosen words should be arranged into verses • Should have rhythm – We’re going to break our poems into stanzas Severe Storms: Thunderstorms • Form when warm, humid air is pushed high into the atmosphere - Most likely to occur in spring or summer • Every thunderstorm has lightning – Lighting is a result of electric charges that build up in the cloud and eventually shoot electricity through the air – It’s VERY HOT along the path of a lightning bolt, which makes the air expand very quickly • The shock waves produce the sound of thunder – Thunder ISN’T dangerous, but lighting IS Severe Storms: Thunderstorm • Can include: – Heavy rain – Hail – Strong wind *May produce a tornado • Usually lasts less than 1 hour – Rain forms a cool downdraft that stops more warm air from moving up into the cloud Severe Storms: Hurricanes • Large & long-lasting • Winds move in a spiral – Exceed 74 mph • Starts as a low-pressure area over the ocean – Winds blow into this area, and the Earth’s rotation causes them to spin around the low – Prevailing winds push the hurricane • Hits land waves Heavy rain, strong winds, huge – Can cause flooding & destruction • Safety? Hurricanes • Center is called “the eye” • If the storm is over warm water, it can continue to grow Severe Storms: Tornadoes • An intense windstorm – NOT a cloud – Often form within a thunderstorm – Winds spin in a column of air that extends from the bottom of a thundercloud – The swirling funnel descends from the cloud – Funnel must touch the ground to be called a “tornado” • Does not produce any precipitation – This differentiates it from the other 2 types of storms Video • Severe Storms Poetry + Figurative Language + Weather = FUN! • You will write a free verse poem about 1 of the 3 types of storms we reviewed – Should be more than 10 lines, but no more than 24 lines *Remember to break the lines into stanzas • The poem should include: – Personification – Alliteration (at least 3 words in a row) – A simile or metaphor *Important: The poem must reflect your knowledge of the storm you choose Your Poem • Today you will complete your poem and share it with your partner • Tomorrow (in class) you will create a drawing to go along with your poem – Your drawing must show personification • Tomorrow (homework) you will type up your poem • Your poetry & artwork will be put on display for all to see!