Poetry Extra Practice

Hernandez
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Sound devices

Alliteration is the repetition of identical or similar consonant sounds, normally at the beginning of words
EX: Larry Love Lasagna
Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds in a short sequence of words, often at the end of
words
EX: Whose woods these
Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds
EX: Fleet feet sweep by sleeping Greeks
Onomatopoeia is the use of words whose sound suggests their meaning.
Ex: BAM! ZIP! BUZZ!
End Rhyme has to do with the words that rhyme at the end of a line.
EX:
I went to school full of joy,
A
Rhyme scheme is the pattern of end
Eager to meet each girl and boy.
A
rhymes in a poem.

Internal Rhyme has to do with the lines that have words that rhyme within the line
EX:
I was sad because my dad
A
Rhyme scheme is the pattern of end
Made me eat every beet.
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rhymes in a poem.
Identify:
The following is an example of what:
The following is an example of what:
1. in on a proud round cloud in a white high night
A) Internal Rhyme

B) Consonance

C) Onomatopoeia

D) Assonance

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The following is an example of what:
2. And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain"
A) Internal Rhyme
B) Consonance
C) Onomatopoeia

D) Assonance

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The following is an example of what:
3. To make a man to meet the mortal need A man to match the mountains and the sea
A) Alliteration B) End Rhyme
C) Onomatopoeia
D) Assonance
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The following is an example of what:
4. While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
A) Internal Rhyme B) End Rhyme
C) Onomatopoeia

D) Assonance

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Create:
5. 1.Create an example of alliteration:
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6. 1.Create an example of consonance:
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7. 1.Create an example of assonance:
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8. 1.Create an example of internal rhyme:
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9. 1.Create an example of end rhyme:
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10. 1.Create an example of onomatopoeia:
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Figurative Language
Personification is giving human qualities to an object, animal, or idea
Example: The window winked at me.
Explanation: The verb, wink, is a human action. A window is a non-living object.
Imagery is the images of a literary work
A metaphor is a direct comparison between two or more seemingly unrelated subjects
EX: Life is a journey, purposes are destinations, means are routes, difficulties are obstacles,

. Simile is directly expresses comparison of two objects or subjects by using "like," "as," or "than."
EX: as precise as a surgeon

as regular as a clock

Symbol is generally, anything that represents itself and stands for something else.
Allusion is a direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such
as an event, book, myth, place or work of art.
EX: "I violated the Noah rule: predicting rain doesn't count; building arks does."
Hyperbole is a deliberate exaggeration or overstatement
Ex: These books weigh a ton.
Understatement a writer or a speaker deliberately makes a situation seem less important or serious
than it is
EX: "I have to have this operation . . .. It isn't very serious. I have this tiny little tumor on the brain."
Identify:
The following is an example of what:
The following is an example of what:
11. counselors are guides, achievements are landmarks, choices are crossroads..
A) imagery B) Personification
C) Metaphor
D)Simile
Why:?_______________________________________________________________________________________
The following is an example of what:
12. The rain kissed my cheeks as it fell.
A) imagery B) Personification
C) Metaphor

D)Simile

Why:?______________________________________________________________________________________
The following is an example of what:
13. as cunning as a fox
A) imagery B) Personification

C) Metaphor

D)Simile

Why:?_______________________________________________________________________________________
The following is an example of what:
14. Root canal surgery can be uncomfortable for the dental patient.
A) imagery B) Understatement
C) Metaphor
D)Hyperbole
Why:?______________________________________________________________________________________

The following is an example of what:

15. I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse.
A) imagery B) Understatement
C) Metaphor

D)Hyperbole

Create:
16. 1.Create an example of personification:
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17. 1.Create an example of metaphor:
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18. 1.Create an example of simile:
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19. 1.Create an example of allusion:
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20. 1.Create an example of hyperbole:
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21. 1.Create an example of understatement:
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Form/Structure

Fixed form a poem that may be categorized by the pattern of its lines, rhythm, or stanzas.
Free verse, also called open form poetry, free verse refers to poems characterized by their
nonconformity to established patterns of lines, rhyme, and stanza.
Rhyme is the repetition of identical or similar concluding syllables in different words, most often at
the ends of lines.
Slant Rhymes are words that come near rhyming, but do not really rhyme
A Narrative poem is a poem that tells a story. A narrative poem may be short or long, and the
story it relates may be simple or complex.
A Lyric is a type of brief poem that expresses the personal emotions and thoughts of a single
speaker.
The Rose
Grew From
Concrete
Tupac
That
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that doby
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Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete?
Proving nature's law is wrong it learned to walk with out having feet
Funny it seems, but keeping it's dreams, it learned to breathe fresh air
Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else ever cared
22. Fixed or Free? Why?

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23. Rhymed, Slant Rhyme, or Unrhymed? Why?

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24. Lyric or Narrative? Why?

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Ambition over Adversity by Tupac Shakur
Take one's adversity
Learn from their misfortune
Learn from their pain
Believe in something
Believe in yourself
Turn adversity into ambition
Now blossom into wealth
25. Fixed or Free? Why?

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26. Rhymed, Slant Rhyme, or Unrhymed? Why?

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27. Lyric or Narrative? Why?

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And Tomorrow by Tupac Shakur

Today is filled with anger, fueled with hidden hate.
Scared of being outkast, afraid of common fate.
Today is build on tragedies which no one want's to face.
Nightmares to humanity and morally disgraced.
Tonight is filled with Rage, violence in the air.
Children bred with ruthlessness cause no one at home cares.
Tonight I lay my head down but the pressure never stops,
knowing that my sanity content when I'm droped.
But tomorrow I see change, a chance to build a new,
build on spirit intent of heart and ideas based on truth.
Tomorrow I wake with second wind and strong because of pride.
I know I fought with all my heart to keep the dream alive.
28. Fixed or Free? Why?

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239 Rhymed, Slant Rhyme or Unrhymed? Why?

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30. Lyric or Narrative? Why?

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31. Create a Fixed, Rhymed Lyric.
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32. Create a Free, Slant Rhymed Narrative.
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