Poetry 1

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 4

Poetry

On the agenda today:

1.  Literary devices

2. Making your own poems

3. War songs (deadline)/self-study projects

What are Literary Devices?

Literary devices are techniques used by writers and poets to convey meaning and create a specific effect on the reader.

This slide should provide a brief overview of what literary devices are and why they are important to understand.

Literary devices

• Metaphor
• Personification
• Onomatopoeia
• Rhyme
• Alliteration

metaphor

Personification

Personification is giving human qualities to non-human things.

Give examples of personification and have the students come up with their own.

onomatopoeia

ALLITERATION

Give an example of a metaphor

Give an example of personification

Give an example of an alliteration

Onomatopoeia