A Love Story

Throughout Lesson 1, you have explored the many ways in which authors use elements of poetry to communicate the meaning of a poem.  Now, you have an opportunity to share what you know and do so in a multimedia format. You may choose any multimedia presentation tool you would like.  Here are some possibilities:

Powerpoint                   Prezi.com            SlideDog.com            Sway

Animoto.com                Slideful.com         Powtoon.com             YouTube.com

IN YOUR MULTI-MEDIA PRESENTATION YOU WILL USE A WELL-KNOWN POEM OR SONG LYRICS. (It cannot be something written by you or a friend.) Do not use a Haiku or Tanka, as they are too short. Make sure you selection allows you to find the following information which will go into your presentation. Also, be sure to see the sample presentation link below.

 Forms of Poetry:

Narrative – poem that tells a story

Epic Poem – long, narrative poem about heroic deeds

Ballad – a song with a plot oftentimes about love

Lyric – no plot; rather just the speaker’s feelings on a topic

Ode – commemorative in nature; a poem often written to something or someone ex. Ode to a Grecian Urn

Elegy – somber toned poem, lament for the dead

Sonnet – very specific formed poem that has 14 lines and focuses on a central idea

*DO NOT choose a haiku or tanka.  They are too brief.

Types of Sound Devices:

Alliteration – repetition of consonant letter at the beginning of adjacent or nearby words. (Example: Peter Piperpicked a peck of pickled peppers.)

Assonance – repetition of vowel sounds within adjacent or nearby words.

(Example: So old it is that no man knows how and why the first poems came.

Consonance – repetition of consonant sound with adjacent or nearby words.

Example: Pitter and patter/chuckle, fickle, kick)

Rhyme – Rhyming words have a different beginnings, but the same middle and ending sounds.

(Examples: dreary/wearly, rapping, tapping, song/wrong)

Types of Figurative Language:

Metaphor – comparison between two unrelated items that share common characteristics.

(Example: Love is a rose.)

Simile – comparison between two different things using “like” or “as”

(Example: Her kisses are like wine.  She is as innocent as an angel)

Personification – giving an idea, thing, or animal, human characteristics

(Example: The sun smiled down on us.)

Sensory details – details that reflect the 5 senses – visual, auditory, oral, touch, smell)

Examples:

• Blurry, dim.
• Cheer, shriek
• Touch: bumpy, chilly
• Taste: bitter, delicious
• Smell: foul-smelling, fragrant

Hyperbole – Exaggeration for effect

(Example: He was 10 feet tall. Her smile was a mile wide.)