Bell Ringer28 February 2011

• Take out your homework– Irony poem– Language: 732-3 Rev. B & C

TODAY TP-FASTT AnalysisReview for poetry test

Homework: Study for poetry test

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• Onomatopoeia: the use of words to imitate the sounds they describe

“crack” or “whir”

“Gr-r-r—there go, my heart’s abhorrence!”

Rhyme: when the ending vowel and consonant sounds are the same in two or more words

• End rhyme: words rhyming at the end of poetic lines

It's enough to make me weep... And all because of that little creep

• Internal rhyme: ne or both rhyming words occur in the middle of a line

For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams

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• True rhyme: perfect rhyme (snow/go)

• Half rhyme/slant rhyme: the words sound something alike but are not identical

(wreath/breathe, Dolores/stories)

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• Consonance: when the consonant sound is repeated at the end of words and the vowel sounds are different

Examples: “hot” and “cat” or “young” and “strong”

And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain OR

Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown

– Note: this is the weakest of the major sounds devices and used the least

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• Hyperbole - use of exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally

Example: Her smile was a mile wide.

Symbol• An object, action, or person that stands for

something outside itself

Symbols in film:Wizard of OZ?

Dorothy innocence

Lion bravery

Tin Man compassion

Scarecrow intelligence

Yellow brick road wisdom

Star Wars? Obi-Wan & Yoda

wisdom Darth Vader

evil Luke Skywalker

quest for self-knowledge

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