TV2 - poetry

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TV2n - Poetry

Figurative

Literal

Time flies when you're having fun. 

The fire destroyed thousands of acres of forests in only a few hours. 

Figure of speech 

Wally was as busy as a beaver. 

metaphor - entire poem (mom gives hope and love, reason/joy to wake up) 

simile - light up like coal (set on fire)

simile - warms like warm food (brightens their mood)

Fire and Ice

BY ROBERT FROST

Some say the world will end in fire,

Some say in ice.

From what I’ve tasted of desire

I hold with those who favor fire.

But if it had to perish twice,

I think I know enough of hate

To say that for destruction ice

Is also great

And would suffice.

What is the message
of this poem? 

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Both heat and cold are good enough to end the world. However, the author mentions desire and hatred. Suggesting it's not climate but us humans who will bring destruction ourselves.  

Today's objective

After today's lesson you will know and be able to identify and create multiple stylistic devices of comparative poetry.

Stylistic devices

• Denotation and Connotations 
• Homographs and Homophones 
• Similes 
• Metaphors
• Allusions  
• Analogies 
• Personifications

Denotations and Connotations

• Denotation = dictionary meaning 
• Connotation = second personal meaning
   
• Neutral - Negative - Positive  
  
  (pages 7 and 19)                         skinny   -   brave    -   month

skinny = negative connotation 

brave = positive connotation 

month = neutral 

Homographs and Homophones

• Homographs (same spelling - two meanings) 
     palm     1.                                      2.  
     bank     1.                                      2.
     light      1.                                      2. 
  
  
• Homophones (different spelling - same sound) 
     seam - _____________       week - ___________       there - _____________
  

palm 1. tree 2. part of hand

bank 1. side of river 2. place to store money

light 1. not heavy 2. not dark 

Seam - seem 

Week - weak 

There - Their - They're

Similes and Metaphors

• Similes    > comparison   >   "as", "like" 
• Metaphor    > speaks of one thing as if it were another
                            usually not very similar (one quality)
  
  A Claire and Sue are as alike as two peas.
  B The path snaked it's way through the hills. 

Allusions

• Comparison/description by referring to a place, person, thing in culture, history, religion and literature. 
• Risk of not working 
• "The man was as strong as Hercules." 
    "Paul was braver than Luke Skywalker."

Analogies 

page8

1. uncle 2. difficult 3. binding 4. observe
5. raincoat 6. bicycle

Analogies 

• Has two parts 
• Linked with the word 'as' 
• One set of things are alike - means the second set is alike in some way

Personification

• Human characteristics  given to non-human things 
  
  
• "The clothes on the line danced in the wind."

Choose and Practice

Mandatory
     Page 11  -  It's as Easy as Pie        and       Page 20  -  Finding similes

• Page 15  -  Study the page on Poems  
• Page 18  -  Figurative meaning
• Page 12  -  Figurative Analogies (challenge - not for the test) 

"Life is sometimes like a circus."

"Life is like a box of chocolates."

These are figurative analogies. Unlikely to have something in common. 

Find rhyme and repetition in the poem below. 

rhyme: ground-round
Camelot-pot 

Repetition: "he could make the" 3x. Usually added for more rhythm, remembrance of the poem and emphasis.  

Spin the wheel.

Explain the term.

OR 

Give an
example
  of the term.