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.