Saturday, June 2, 2012

Meter

Defenition: Stressed or unstressed syllables. 


Example: 

Significance: Meter's are important parts of poetry because they add rhyme to the poem. Meter's make poetry better because it makes poems rhmye a lot more.


Rhyme

Defenition: Words that go together and sound the same.


Example: "My Car was Far."


Significance: Rhyming is an important part of poetry because it makes words come together in a cool and unique way. Ryhming makes poetry better because you can make words that ryhme sound good in poetry.


Rythm

Defenion: The beat or pattern a poem has.


Example: 

Significance: Rythm is an important part of poetry because it helps you define how the poem sounds. Rythm makes poetry better because it makes it so you can hear the beat of the poem.


Thursday, May 24, 2012

Onomatopoeia

Defenition: A word that imitates the sound it represents.


Example: "Splat!"


Significance: Onomatopoeia's are important parts of poetry because they help let you understand what the object sounds like. Onomatopoeia's make poetry better because it gets you thinking more on things in poetry.



Personification

Defenition: Giving non human objects human characteristicts.

Example: 


Significance: Personification's are important parts of poetry because it gives animated objects feelings. Personification's make poetry better because it helps connect the reader to the object.


Imagery

Defenition: Words in a poem that help you feel like your in the poem and imagine what it is like using your five senses. (See, Taste, Touch, Smell, Hear)

Example: "The fresh popcorn out of the microwave."

Significance: Imagery is an important part of poetry because it helps you understand a poem by having an image in your head to understand the poem well. Imagery makes poetry better because it helps you imagine that your in the poem.

Simile

Defenition: A figure of speech in which two different things are compared usin like or as.

Example: "She is as short as a leprochaun."

Significance: Simile's are an important part of poetry because it makes it so people don't have to explain too much in poetry. Simile's make poetry better because it makes it fun to learn.