Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Pre-Assessment Task
Acomparisonwheretwo
thingsaresaidtobethe
same
Metaphor
Humancharacteristicsgiven
toanonhumanobject
Imagery
Therepeatingofwordsfor
emphasisofpersuasion
Alliteration
Therepetitionofthesame
letteratthebeginningofa
groupofwords
Personification
Vividpicturescreatedby
words
Tier1Activity
LANGUAGEDEVICE
Imagery
Repetition
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Internalrhyme
Endrhyme
EXAMPLES
Tier2Activity
LANGAUGEDEVICE
Imagery
Vividpicturescreatedby
words
Repetition
Therepeatingofwordsfor
emphasisofpersuasion
Simile
Acomparisonoftwothings
usinglikeoras
Metaphor
Acomparisonwheretwo
thingsaresaidtobethe
same
Personification
Humancharacteristicsgiven
toanonhumanobject
Onomatopoeia
Awordwhosesoundimitates
itsmeaning
Hyperbole
Thedeliberateuseof
exaggerationtoconvey
meaningorproveapoint
Alliteration
Therepetitionofthesame
letteratthebeginningofa
groupofwords
Internalrhyme
Rhymethathappenswithina
singlelineofpoetry
Endrhyme
Thesimilarityintheend
soundsofwordsattheend
oflines.
EXAMPLES
Tier3Activity
LANGUAGEDEVICE
Imagery
Vividpicturescreatedby
words
Repetition
Therepeatingofwordsfor
emphasisofpersuasion
Simile
Acomparisonoftwothings
usinglikeoras
Metaphor
Acomparisonwheretwo
thingsaresaidtobethe
same
Personification
Humancharacteristicsgiven
toanonhumanobject
Onomatopoeia
Awordwhosesoundimitates
itsmeaning
Hyperbole
Thedeliberateuseof
exaggerationtoconvey
meaningorproveapoint
Alliteration
Therepetitionofthesame
letteratthebeginningofa
groupofwords
Internalrhyme
Rhymethathappenswithina
singlelineofpoetry
Endrhyme
Thesimilarityintheend
soundsofwordsattheend
oflines.
EXAMPLES
Hefumedandchargedlikeanangrybull
Ahorseisahorse,ofcourse,ofcourse
AstallasabeanstalkorRunlikethewind
Thisclassroomisazoo
Thestarsdancedplayfullyinthemoonlitsky
Buzz,tinkle,bang,crash
Ivetoldyouamilliontimes
Shesellsseashellsbytheseashore
Thegrainsbeyondage,thedarkveinsofhermother
Thecatinthehat/satonamat
PoetryExitCard
Name:______________
1) Givethreeexamples(notlistedbelow)ofalanguage
deviceusedinthestudyofpoetry
______________________________________________
_____________________________________________
2) Definethetermsonomatopoeiaandpersonification
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
3) WhileInodded,nearlynapping,suddenlytherecamea
tapping.Findanexampleofinternalrhymeand
alliterationintheaboveexcerptfromTheRaven.
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
______________________________________________