Poetic devices

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Poetic devices

Today's Goals

• Get to know or review poetic devices- Figures of speech
• recognize the poetic devices 
• Get to work: evaluate a song and its lyrics

Which poetic devices do you know?

Poetic devices+ figures of speech 

simile

metaphor

personification

rhyme scheme

But there's more...

allusion

oxymoron

assonance

consonance

alliteration

Wait! There's even more?!

• symbolism
• onomatopoeia
• imagery
• juxtaposition
• repetition 

Figures of speech 

How many of these devices do you recognize?

Choose one device, and define it or give an example:

Answer the following questions as best you can.

Metaphor

Simile

Personification

I'm drowing in a sea of grief.

The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.

My love for you is as deep as the ocean.

What is the aim of imagery?

1. To build suspension.
2. To evoke a response from the reader.
3. To make the writing attractive.
4. To highlight jokes.

Death

Love

Religion

Example 

of

Alliteration

Assonance

Consonance

Alliteration

Repitition

She sells sea shells by the sea shore

Make the grade

Her finger hungered for a ring

O Captain! My Captain!

What types rhyme
did you see
in the song?

Name one poetic device you learned today and can now use:

Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan;

born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Generally regarded as one of the greatest songwriters ever, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture over his 60-year career. 

Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s, when songs such as "Blowin' in the Wind" (1963)  became anthems for the civil rights and antiwar movements. 

His lyrics during this period incorporated political, social, philosophical, and literary influences

ORAL EXERCISE!

Book page 130