Poetry – is a piece of writing in which words and their sounds are used to show images and express feelings and ideas. Noticings Author’s Purpose: to entertain or express Form: includes free verse, narrative, lyrical, and haiku Stanzas: the sections of a poem; a stanza may focus on one central idea or thought; lines in a stanza are arranged in a way that looks and sounds pleasing Rhyme: words that have the same ending sound may be used at the ends of lines to add interest to the poem and to make it fun to read Book Examples Author’s Purpose: to entertain the reader with a funny poem that tells the story about a how a man lost his leg Form: narrative poem Stanzas: I saw the other day when I went shopping in the store A man I hadn't ever, ever seen in there before, A man whose leg was broken and who leaned upon a crutch- I asked him very kindly if it hurt him very much. "Not at all!" said the broken-legg'd man. I ran around behind him for I thought that I would see The broken leg all bandaged up and bent back at the knee; But I didn't see the leg at all, there wasn't any there, So I asked him very kindly if he had it hid somewhere. "Not at all!" said the broken-legg'd man.
Poetry – is a piece of writing in which words and their sounds are used to show images and express feelings and ideas. Noticings Rhythm: the beat of how the words are read; may be fast or slow Sound Effects: Repetition occurs when poets repeat words, phrases, or lines in a poem to create a pattern, increase rhythm, and strengthen feelings, ideas and mood in a poem. Rhyme Scheme the pattern of rhyme that the poet uses Alliteration the repetition of the first consonant sound in words, as in the nursery rhyme “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.” Onomatopoeia words that represent the actual sound of something are words of onomatopoeia. Thunder “booms,” rain “drips,” and the clock “ticks.”Appeals to the sense of sound. Imagery & Sensory Detail the use of words to create pictures, or images, in your mind. Appeals to the five senses: smell, sight, hearing, taste and touch. Figurative Language tools that writers use to create images, or “paint pictures,” in your mind. Simile compares two things using the words “like” or “as.” Metaphors compare two things without using the words “like” or “as.” Personification gives human traits and feelings to things that are not human – like animals or objects. Book Examples Rhythm: The pickety fence The pickety fence Give it a lick it's The pickety fence Give it a lick it's A clickety fence When the night begins to fall And the sky begins to glow You look up and see the tall City of lights begin to grow – Sound Effects: Repetition Someone tossed a pancake, A buttery, buttery, pancake. Someone tossed a pancake And flipped it up so high, That now I see the pancake, The buttery, buttery pancake, Now I see that pancake Stuck against the sky. Rhyme Scheme Alliteration Onomatopoeia Imagery & Sensory Detail: Figurative Language: Simile Metaphors Personification
Topic: State Fair ***The highlighted Sensory Details are the ones you can use for modeling during your Minilesson. See Big Tex Ferris Wheel Thousands of people Auto Show Bike Show Farm Animals Crafts Rides – Texas Skyway, Extreme Rides, Carousel Games Hear “Hurry, hurry! Step right up!” People laughing People screaming (on rides) Music playing An announcer shouting the beginning of a performance Everything is loud Smell Fried food Sweet cakes Beer Animal smells in the barns Straw in the barns Taste Cotton Candy Corn Dogs Ice Cream Cones Funnel Cakes Soda Carmel Apples Nachos Chili & Cheese Fries Feel Hot Sweaty Sticky Sun burned Dusty Dirty Feelings Excited Lots of energy Want to do everything at once Eyes are wide
Figurative Language Type of Figurative Language Definition Example Simile Comparison of 2 things using like or as The emerald is as green as grass. Metaphor Comparison of 2 things but does not use like or as The night is a big, black cat. Personification Giving human traits & feelings to things that are not human (animals/objects) The moon smiled down at me. Idiom Phrase that has a figurative meaning She’s pulling my leg. He laughed his head off.
Figurative Language Type of Figurative Language Definition Example Simile Comparison of 2 things using like or as Metaphor Comparison of 2 things but does not use like or as Personification Giving human traits & feelings to things that are not human (animals/objects) Idiom Phrase that has a figurative meaning