ASSONANCE

Definition:


The repetition of vowel sounds in words that are chose together to create rhyming.


Example:

   And frightful a nightfall folded rueful a day

    Nor rescue, only rocket and lightship, shone,      

    And lives at last were washing away:

    To the shrouds they took,—they shook in the hurling and horrible airs. 

    Is out with it! Oh,      

    We lash with the best or worst   

    Word last! How a lush-kept plush-capped sloe      

    Will, mouthed to flesh-burst,

    Gush!—flush the man, the being with it, sour or sweet,

    Brim, in a flash, full!—Hither then, last or first.

Why is it important in Language Arts?

Assonance can create rhyming when add rhythm, beat or music into poems. Assonance can also affect the tone and mood of the poem.

ALLITERATION is complicated

Definition:


The repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close to each other. Alliteration can happens in the beginning, middle or end.

Example:


Don't delay dawns disarming display.
Dusk demands daylight.
Dewdrops dwell delicately
drawing dazzling delight.
Dewdrops dilute daisies domain.
Distinguished debutantes. Diamonds defray delivered
daylights distilled daisy dance.

Why is it important in Language Arts?


Alliteration makes poems form images and also make them more fun and interesting to read.

FREE VERSE is awesome

Definition:


Poems that don't follow a rhyme scheme or meter, but they include the basic elements of poetry like imagery, onomatopoeia, and figures of speech (metaphors, personification).

Example:


My heart flies when she runs
Her legs moving above the green grass
She looks so light, so peaceful
It's not love but it sure feels like it.

This LYRICS are different from songs

Definition:


Lyric poems are different from narratives, they don't tell stories but they express deep thoughts and feelings of the poet, and they tend to contain a very strong emotion.


Example:

"I felt a Funeral, in my Brain,
And Mourners to and fro
Kept treading - treading - till it seemed
That Sense was breaking through -
And when they all were seated,
A Service, like a Drum -
Kept beating - beating - till I thought
My Mind was going numb -  And then I heard them lift a Box
And creak across my Soul
With those same Boots of Lead, again,
Then Space - began to toll,
As all the Heavens were a Bell,
And Being, but an Ear,
And I, and Silence, some strange Race
Wrecked, solitary, here -
And then a Plank in Reason, broke,
And I dropped down, and down -
And hit a World, at every plunge,
And Finished knowing - then -"

BALLAD is like a love song

Definition:


Ballads are songs or song-like poems that tell stories, mostly about love, betrayal and tragedy.

Example:


There lived a wife at Usher's Well,
And a wealthy wife was she;
She had three stout and stalwart sons And sent them o'er the sea

EPICS are totally epic

Definition:


Epics are long narratives that tell stories with descriptive and old English about a journey and adventure of great heroes.

Example:


By the shore of Gitchie Gumee,
By the shining Big-Sea-Water,
At the doorway of his wigwam,
In the pleasant Summer morning,
Hiawatha stood and waited.

NARRATIVES tell us stories

Definition:

Narratives are poems that tell a story. Narrative always have a plot, a setting, themes and characters.


Example:


"Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
"Forward, the Light Brigade!
"Charge for the guns!" he said:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred."


Example from 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

METER is not like measuring

Definition:


The rhythmic order of a verse. Meter is when the stresses occur in a regular pattern.

Example:


u / u / u / u / u / Iambic: Shall I compare thee to a summers day
 


Why is it important in Language Arts?


Meter and rhythm are sharing the same job, to create the beat in the verse, which helps enhancing the interesting part in poetry, especially the emotions of how the author puts the order in.

RHYTHM is like rhyme

Definition:


The sounds of beat in a rhyming poem, it follows the pattern of the stressed and unstressed syllables.

Example:


The wind in her hair 
The chair that sat there
Eyes on eyes 
Fire and lye In the river sky

Why is it important in Language Arts?


Rhythm makes beat and creates a tune for a poem, which makes it so much more fun and interesting to read, rhythm also helps make the fun for children to learn poems.


 

RHYME are fun, no?

Definition:


The repeat of the similar tone of the word more than once.

Example:


Do you like bacon, honey?
I do but it costs money.
Do you like maple syrup, sweetheart?
I do and it's good for body parts!

Why is it important in Language Arts?


Rhyme makes rhythm, which creates the fun in poems and helps the readers remember the poem more easily and efficient!

SYMBOL is super necessary

Definition:


A symbol is a place, a person, a thing, or an event that has meaning in itself and stands for something else. In the World, a play, or a poem, symbols can be open and obvious, or mysterious and hard to figure out.


Example:


In 'The Diary of Anne Frank', her diary is the main symbol of the story, which connects to her life and what had happened during the hiding time with her family.


Why is it important in Language Arts?


Symbol helps the readers understand the significance of the special place, person, object or event, understand about the history and why was it chosen to be a symbol. In fictions, the symbol might be a very important part of the author's life and he/she wants to express it through words.

TONE comes from your mouth

Definition:


Feelings about a certain subject, like a person, an object or through questions in poems that are implied for the reader.

Example:


Around me are pirates,

Around pirates are the oceans,

Surrounding us are the tension,

I couldn't move, they'd shoot.

Their captain with an eye-patch and the sailors with angry looks.

I stand alone, I won't care.

I hear the gentle voice, I jump out,

Mommy is calling for cookies!

The tone of the poem above at first is tension, later on humorous.

Why is it important in Language Arts?


Tone helps show the audience what the author was feeling, which leads to the message that the author is trying to show us through lines and words.

SPEAKER talks the talk

Definition:


The poet or the main character in a poem or play's experiences, feelings, thoughts that are told through poems or dialogues.

Example:


With one quick yell, we run away.
With one ugly comment, we only sway.
With one loving word, we don't pray.
With one small hug, we repay.
With one big kiss, we never say,
I love you Mommy, please stay.

The poem's speaker was a kid with siblings that expressed his/her feelings for the Mother.

Why is it important in Language Arts?


The speaker always tells us a story, whether it's about their lives, their feelings for someone or their opinion on something. The speaker can always change the tone, which helps with the mood of the poem or story.

INTERPRETATION is like Sherlock

Definition:


The analysis, finding or explanation about the meaning of literature or art, like a poem or an essay.

Example:


Today’s lessons will help you go ahead in the raceYou are special; you mean the world to me
You are my daughter, a reflection of my entity

Every year, as I watch you grow by my side
No matter what you do, you are my source of pride

The umbilical cord may have been cut but you should know
You are still bound to my soul, wherever you go

Sometimes I am firm and you may think I am wrong
Remember it is easy to give in, but tough to be strong

Sometimes I am strict and you may think it is unfair
But I correct you only because I love and care

I harden my heart and nag, scold and fight
To teach you the difference between the wrong and the right

For soon, the days will pass swiftly all in a whirl
And into a woman will grow my baby girl

Tomorrow when you need inner strength above all

I hope my values will give you the courage to stand tall
I hope that in my teaching you will find tips few

Soon when you strive to make your dreams come true
At a later date, when the real world you have to face

Some day in the future when a mother you will be
From my point of view, the world you will see


For your baby then you will do what is bestTo blend discipline with kindness is every mom’s test


Interpretation: The poem shows the love of the Mother through the age of her daughter growing up.

Why is it important in Language Arts?


Interpretation helps the reader to understand deeply about a poem or a literature work, it also helps the readers to make questions and connect it into their lives.

SONNETS are deep and meaningful

Definition:

A type of poem that uses 14 lines with a rhyme scheme to express a complete thought, idea, or an opinion.

Example:

Talking to myself there
Someone had overheard.
I was lost for a word.
There was nothing to share.
Embarrassed I was there.
Left awkward and absurd .
A broken wingless bird.
With nowhere to fly there.
Caught red faced there was I.
Didn't want to be seen.
I just wanted to die.
I just wanted to scream.
I'm so terribly shy.
Lost for words it would seem. 

That is an example from Red Blushed and All Cut Up by Paul McCann, it consists of 14 lines with a rhyme scheme and is expressing feelings.

ELEGIES are sad, aren't it?

Definition:

A poem or song that expresses sadness, especially for somebody who has died.

Example:

The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,
The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea,
The plowman homeward plods his weary way,
And leaves the world to darkness and to me.

Up there is an example elegy by Thomas Gray.


Why is it important in Language Arts?


Elegies express a very sad emotion, mostly tragic, grief, regrets or depression, and usually dedicate for the passed away beloved ones, which helps the author to let out their feelings without keeping that sad emotion inside.

LINES are super important!

Definition:

A row of words on an empty page or space where they will present, or the words of a song or poem.

Example:

Tweedle-dee and Tweedle-dum
Walk around in their slum
Wailing, wailing with their mum
Because they don't have bread crumbs

The poem above consists of 4 lines.

Why is it important in Language Arts?


Lines are what people read! Without lines, they would not understand the uniqueness, the differences and the idea that it holds.

ONOMATOPOEIA doesn't sound like a sound

Definition:

Words that sound similar to how they are described.

Example:

The snake hissed at me when I tried to touch it, it didn't like me close to it.

The word hiss sound like the hissing of a snake.

Why is it important in Language Arts?

Onomatopoeia helps the reader to understand the sound of the word without describing it, just like my example, which is hiss.

ODES for celebrating!

Definition:

A type of poem that is written to talk to a person or thing or to celebrate a special event.

Example:

It is not growing like a tree
In bulk, doth make man better be;
Or standing long an Oak, three hundred year,
To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sear.
A Lily of a day
Is fairer far, in May
Although it fall and die that night;
It was the plant and flower of light.
In small proportions we just beauties see;
And in short measure, life may perfect be.

Up there is the Ode to Sir Lucius Gray and Sir H. Morison by Ben Jonson.

Why is it important to Language Arts?

Odes are important for celebrating a special event, such as Christmas and Easter, increasing the fun in poetry, which attracts more people to write odes and increases their imagination.

Have you ever heard of STANZA?

Definition:

A group of lines, usually four or more, that forms a verse that has a certain length and contain a rhyme scheme.


Example:

Writing feels good
And I know it should
Who could have knew
That what I do
Is write, write, write

Why is it important in Language Arts?

Having stanzas in poems help organize with the order of the poem, which leads the ways of reading easier for the reader. If the order is unorganized, the reader will have a hard time understanding the meaning of the poem.

I love the sound of FREE VERSE

Definition:

A poem that does not contain a certain rhyme scheme or meter. Does not have to be musical or perfect.


Example:

I have no desire left in my soul
For the fridge is empty in my house
My Mom's not home
So is my food
When will she come back to me?

Why is it important in Language Arts?

Free verse poems allow students to be more open-minded and wide with the amount of their imagination. It doesn't need to be rhyming or correct, which is easier for some people to work with.

What do you know about COUPLET?

Definition:

Couplet is a fancy word for two lines of poetry of equal length, one after the other. Sometimes it's necessary for rhyming, sometimes it's not necessary for rhyming.

Example:

•  Oh how the sun come shining above/Showering me with a sky full of dove.
• People say madness is not the cure/And I think either is being pure.
• I hate homework so much, it drives me crazy/But I think not doing them, is called being lazy.

Why is it important in Language Arts?

Couplet is the most common thing people would learn in Language Arts, it helps people get familiar with poetry and rhyming.

PERSONIFICATION connects with us!

Definition:
 
When an author uses human actions on an object, uses human feelings on an object, describing the object's mood and telling it what to do.

Example:

• The rabbit weep into its Mother's fluffy, stained chest. He sobbed and sobbed and sobbed, first his Father, then his Brother, now his last family member, how could the giant creatures do this to his family? His tears kept falling down his furry cheeks, the salty drops of water stained the fur.

Why is it important in Language Arts?

Personification is using a character to represent a new abstract idea. Abstract ideas are hard for a lot of people to understand, since you cannot imagine them, see them, hear them or touch them! Using personification in an animal or object character helps us understand them much easier and faster that way!

SIMILE explains twins!

Definition:

A word or phrase that compare a subject with another subject, using the words like or as! Using simile to describe the similarities between two subjects.



Example:

• His skin was as white as the clouds and cold as the snow. She brushed her fingers over his cheeks and pulled back immediately, the chilliness made her shivered and her mind caught with fear. Her face paled and her arms wrapped around her own body, her lips turned purple like grapes' skin.

Why is it important in Language Arts?

Using simile helps the author to compare the subject to a character, describing the feelings, the moods and giving out the information for the reader to visualize the picture in their heads.

EXTENDED METAPHOR allows you to get into its heart

Definition:

A metaphor that is explained and extended through a poem or a stanza. Usually have different comparisons in different subjects.

Example:

• Her emerald eyes represented the fire in her soul, always looking fierce and strong. Ever since she was a child, her eyes helped her showing other people that she would be a strong and confident woman in the future, she needed no help. But her strong eyes did not only contained her confidence, it also held the color of the clear grass that matched perfectly with the clear blue skies. One moment her eyes will contain the fierceness, the next her eyes contain the love that only a Mother can contain.

Why is it important in Language Arts?

Extended metaphor helped the reader to have more ideas of a certain character or a certain scene without thinking critically and making a schema up in their heads. It is also super important because that way, the author could increase the vocabulary list and add up the descriptive words while explaining the character or scene effectively.

METAPHOR increases the fun in everything

Definition:

A phrase used to describe a subject, in order to show that the two things have similar qualities and similarities. This is different from comparing!

Example:

• Her heart was made out of stone, firm, strict and hard to break. But somewhere deep inside the stone, its soft spot always seem to find its way out of the hard shell.
• He was an exact replica of Pumbaa, all chubby and big, not to mention his friendliness and the ability of accepting and not denial.
• Her fingers were paintbrushes on those white paper, working effectively, patiently, yet softly and silky. The way her fingers moved, the way they swayed whenever she finished an artwork.

Why is it important in Language Arts?

  Metaphor also adds up to the list of 'How can you improve your imagination?' by using 2 or more different subjects to describe them without telling the audience. Metaphor will help you realize the personalities, the event or the characters of a story, the more metaphor there are, the better the story will get!

IMAGERY is super important!

Definition: Language that helps people that read or think to form images in their minds. Imagery also helps people increase their imagination and how pictures will form into their own unique ways in their minds! Imagery is a friend of descriptive words.

Example: 

• The sweet smell of apple pies lingered in the living room, dragging all the little kids into the kitchen.
• Her eyes distanced as the sun began to set, the orangey-red color covered the skies.
• The thumpa-thumpa continued throughout the club, people began to dance themselves onto the dance floor and followed the rhythm in their minds.
• He licked the brown-colored popsicle on his hand, the soda taste stuck on his tongue. He moaned at the sugary sensation.
• She reached out for the gooey subject on the table, her index finger dipped into the liquid and shivered at the coolness at the tip of her finger.

 Why is it important in Language Arts?


Imagery helps people to hear, to taste, to smell, to sense, and to see whatever they are reading about. Just like my examples above, I did not tell their actions, but I described them out, helping the audience to take a look inside my mind and imagine what I was imagine. Imagery would work best with descriptive words and would help you increasing your imagination!

What is POETRY?

Definition: A form of art being made into words, using rhythm, descriptive words and your imagination. Poetry is often used for describing your emotions, your life, your friends, family and your surroundings. Poetry with good rhyming can make it sounds like a song or lullaby!

Example:

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Ice cream is sweet,
And so are you!
But the roses are wilting
The violets are dead
The ice cream's empty
And so is your head!

Why is poetry important in Language Arts?


Because poetry is beautiful and deserves to be appreciated. It's another form of beautiful literature that not only help us improve our imagination, but also to help us recognize music within only words without sounds! Poetry has its own special way to express the author's feelings, by using short verses and beautiful, colorful words to say it. It deserves as much attention as literature throughout the World!