Meter is the amount of emphasis put on a word.
Example:
Significance:
Different emphasis on different words can alter the meaning of the poem. Meter is used so the meaning is consistent.
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Thursday, May 31, 2012
Meter
Definition:
Meter is the amount of emphasis put on a word.
Example:
Significance:
Different emphasis on different words can alter the meaning of the poem. Meter is used so the meaning is consistent.
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Meter is the amount of emphasis put on a word.
Example:
Significance:
Different emphasis on different words can alter the meaning of the poem. Meter is used so the meaning is consistent.
Picture:
Rhyme
Definition:
A word which has a similar sound to another word.
Example:
"Cat" and "mat"
Significance:
Rhymes are used to help a poem flow more smoothly.
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A word which has a similar sound to another word.
Example:
"Cat" and "mat"
Significance:
Rhymes are used to help a poem flow more smoothly.
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Rhythm
Definition:
A pattern of sounds created with similar words.
Example:
Searching for an answer
Trying to find the way
Straining my brain til it hurts
almost every day.
I cannot wait
Til summer’s begun
Trying to think
Is not very fun.
Signifcance:
It makes a poem sound smoother and helps it flow better.
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A pattern of sounds created with similar words.
Example:
Searching for an answer
Trying to find the way
Straining my brain til it hurts
almost every day.
I cannot wait
Til summer’s begun
Trying to think
Is not very fun.
Signifcance:
It makes a poem sound smoother and helps it flow better.
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Thursday, May 24, 2012
Onomatopoeia
Definition:
A word that imitates a sound or noise.
Example:
BOOM!
Significance:
The use of onomatopoeia greatly helps us imagine the sound of an object.
A word that imitates a sound or noise.
Example:
BOOM!
Significance:
The use of onomatopoeia greatly helps us imagine the sound of an object.
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Personification
Definition:
The giving of human characteristics to inanimate objects to describe something.
Example:
The storm raved along the coast.
Significance:
By giving inanimate objects human characteristics, it helps imagining and understanding what is happening more easily.
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The giving of human characteristics to inanimate objects to describe something.
Example:
The storm raved along the coast.
Significance:
By giving inanimate objects human characteristics, it helps imagining and understanding what is happening more easily.
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Imagery
Definition:
The use of words to help us imagine something from our 5 senses.
Example:
The light from the sun illuminated the entire world.
Significance:
By using imagery, we can create mental images in our mind from the author's words.
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The use of words to help us imagine something from our 5 senses.
Example:
The light from the sun illuminated the entire world.
Significance:
By using imagery, we can create mental images in our mind from the author's words.
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Simile
Definition:
A figure of speech in which something is compared to another using "like" or "as".
Example:
As red as a tomato.
Significance:
It allows someone to easily understand a concept through comparing an object.
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A figure of speech in which something is compared to another using "like" or "as".
Example:
As red as a tomato.
Significance:
It allows someone to easily understand a concept through comparing an object.
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Friday, May 18, 2012
Repetition
Definition:
To constantly repeat to get the message across or to make the poem stronger.
Example:
"If" by Rudyard Kipling
He constantly repeats "if" to make the poem stronger.
Signifigance:
Poems that constantly repeat phrases are used so the idea will stay in their heads.
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To constantly repeat to get the message across or to make the poem stronger.
Example:
"If" by Rudyard Kipling
He constantly repeats "if" to make the poem stronger.
Signifigance:
Poems that constantly repeat phrases are used so the idea will stay in their heads.
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Tone
Definition:
The feeling of the voice of the poem.
Example:
The tone of this poem is anger and rage.
Significance:
It is important to know the tone of the speaker so we can better understand his or her feelings.
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The feeling of the voice of the poem.
Example:
Anger is bubbling away at me,
Burning a whole in my heart,
Making me burn with rage,
I have good reason to be angry.
I only wish,
I could make them pay,
Put them through,
What they did to me.
Anger is destroying me,
For I’m hell bent on revenge,
I would love to dish out,
My own justice,
But I cant.
Anger Bubbles away.
Like a swishing sound,
Of [...]
Burning a whole in my heart,
Making me burn with rage,
I have good reason to be angry.
I only wish,
I could make them pay,
Put them through,
What they did to me.
Anger is destroying me,
For I’m hell bent on revenge,
I would love to dish out,
My own justice,
But I cant.
Anger Bubbles away.
Like a swishing sound,
Of [...]
The tone of this poem is anger and rage.
Significance:
It is important to know the tone of the speaker so we can better understand his or her feelings.
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Interpretation
Definition:
The way something is seen through someones point of view.
Example:
"If" by Rudyard Kipling
Someone may interpret this poem differently than another. For example, I may view this as an inspirational poem whereas someone else might see this as a list of things to do and things to avoid.
Significance:
It is important to know that the way someone sees something may be different from someone else so people can see how unique each person is.
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This picture can be interpreted in many different ways
The way something is seen through someones point of view.
Example:
"If" by Rudyard Kipling
Someone may interpret this poem differently than another. For example, I may view this as an inspirational poem whereas someone else might see this as a list of things to do and things to avoid.
Significance:
It is important to know that the way someone sees something may be different from someone else so people can see how unique each person is.
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Metaphor
Metaphor
Definition:
A type of figuratuve language in which we compare one thing to another.
Example:
"Under the weather" means sick
Significance:
We use metaphors everyday and they are an important aspect of our lives. We constantly use them to compare objects to other things. We even use them without knowing so.
Extended Metaphor
Definition:
A comparison of different things that lasts throughout the whole story or poem.
Example:
"Oh Captain! My Captain!" by Walt Whitman
Significance:
By comparing an entire story to another event, it can be used to present a theme in a story or poem.
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Definition:
A type of figuratuve language in which we compare one thing to another.
Example:
"Under the weather" means sick
Significance:
We use metaphors everyday and they are an important aspect of our lives. We constantly use them to compare objects to other things. We even use them without knowing so.
Extended Metaphor
Definition:
A comparison of different things that lasts throughout the whole story or poem.
Example:
"Oh Captain! My Captain!" by Walt Whitman
Significance:
By comparing an entire story to another event, it can be used to present a theme in a story or poem.
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Monday, May 14, 2012
Speaker
Definition:
The point of view of the person that is narrorating or saying the poem. The speaker does not have to be the writer, it can be a fictional character.
Example:
Love is not a thing to understand.
Love is not a thing to feel.
Love is not a thing to give and receive.
Love is a thing only to become
And eternally be.
-Sri Chinmoy
The speaker is not Sri nor the person reciting the poem, but an imaginary person who believes that love are the things described in the poem.
Significance:
It is important to know who the speaker is so we can have a better understanding of the poem by looking at the person's point of view. It is also important to know that the speaker is usually not the writer.
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The point of view of the person that is narrorating or saying the poem. The speaker does not have to be the writer, it can be a fictional character.
Example:
Love is not a thing to understand.
Love is not a thing to feel.
Love is not a thing to give and receive.
Love is a thing only to become
And eternally be.
-Sri Chinmoy
The speaker is not Sri nor the person reciting the poem, but an imaginary person who believes that love are the things described in the poem.
Significance:
It is important to know who the speaker is so we can have a better understanding of the poem by looking at the person's point of view. It is also important to know that the speaker is usually not the writer.
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Symbol
Definition:
An object that stands for somethings else.
Example:
♀
Significance:
Symbols are used to easily represent an object, idea, or its history. Symbols may also have an underlying meaning within it.
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An object that stands for somethings else.
Example:
♀
Significance:
Symbols are used to easily represent an object, idea, or its history. Symbols may also have an underlying meaning within it.
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
Couplet
Definition:
A pair of lines in a poem that usually rhymes.
Example:
Sir Lancelot was the first knight of the round table,
Saying he was a coward is a complete fable.
Significance:
Couplets are used to make the poem easier to read as well as sound better.
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A pair of lines in a poem that usually rhymes.
Example:
Sir Lancelot was the first knight of the round table,
Saying he was a coward is a complete fable.
Significance:
Couplets are used to make the poem easier to read as well as sound better.
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Stanza
Definition:
A set of lines that expresses similar ideas.
Example:
Alone i lay on a wooden raft
Alone i stay in the dark
Alone i pray to survive
Alone i may not survive
Alone i look out the sea
Alone i wake up on the sea
Alone i seek out for help
Alone i may not survive
Significance:
Stanzas are like paragraphs and are used separate ideas within a poem.
A set of lines that expresses similar ideas.
Example:
Alone i lay on a wooden raft
Alone i stay in the dark
Alone i pray to survive
Alone i may not survive
Alone i look out the sea
Alone i wake up on the sea
Alone i seek out for help
Alone i may not survive
Significance:
Stanzas are like paragraphs and are used separate ideas within a poem.
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