Slam Poetry part 2

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 5

Spoken Word

video exercise 

We are going to watch 2 short video's of poets performing slam poetry. Pay attention, afterwards you will have to answer a few questions about the themes, tone, etc.

We will also have a little discussion about the video's afterwards.

Perfect. Which words do I associate with perfect?

What is the mood of the poem? (Or How does it make me feel?)

What is the message of the poem?

Search for a picture that resembles this poem. warning: no dirty images because I can see your name!

Did you hear any figures of speech? which ones?

Which words do I associate with happiness?

What is the mood of the poem? (Or How does it make me feel?)

What is the message of the poem?

Figures of speech 

• Metaphor --> He is a shining star.
• simile --> cold as ice, white as snow, slept like a log (as/like)
• hyperbole --> she could feed a whole army with that
• alliteration --> Dan's dog dove deep in the dam, drinking dirty water as he dove.
•  onomatopoeia -->The sheep went, “Baa.”    The best part about music class is that you can bang on the drum.
• Repetition

Did you hear any figures of speech? which ones?

Which of these two slam poems (Pefect or Happiness) did you prefer more and why?