1st of May: Homework: Types of Poetry

Type of poetry: narrative
Definition: a poem that tells a story.
Example: I wanted to tell everyone about the incident so I wrote a narrative

Type of poetry: ballads
Definition: a poem about betrayal, death and love.
Example: He was upset about her betraying me so read a ballad in the dark.
 
Type of poetry: epic 

Definition: a poem about heroes and their adventures.
Example: They loved epics because heroes of epics were always so cool.
 
Type of poetry: lyric
Definition: a poem that expresses the writer's ideas, feelings or perception, such as a sonnet or an ode.
Example: He was tired of discrimination so he wrote a lyric to express his feeling of anger.
  
Type of poetry: sonnets
Definition: a poem which consist of 14 lines which consists of two quatrain and six more lines.
Example: Sonnets were so hard to write since he had to shorten his idea into 14 lines and still think of rhyme and rhythm.
  
Type of poetry: odes
Definition: a lyric which is used to express someone's appreciation for something or someone.
Example: The day when she came back from the performance, she decided to write an ode to the talented actress who performed that night.
  
Type of poetry: elegies

Definition: a poem written about a deceased person.
Example: Her dad was no longer with us and she was too busy to come to the funeral where people read elegies in his honor.
  
Type of poetry: free verse
Definition: a poem that may or may not have rhyme, rhythm or meter but still use poetic devices.
Example: Free verses seemed easy to write but were pretty complicated, too.
 

1st of May: Homework: Line

Definition:
A row of words in a poem.

Example:
Every week, we have to memorize 20 lines of that poem.

Significance:
Line is a unit in a poem.

1st of May: Homework: Symbol

Definition:
Something that is used to represent something else.

Example: 
This bracelet is a symbol of our friendship.

Significance:
Symbols are like metaphors. They represent something and by paying attention to these symbols, readers can understand the story better.

1st of May: Homework: Onomatopoeia

Definition:
A formation of a word that imitates the sound the word tries to represent.

Example:
The word "meow" is an example of onomatopoeia because it tries to imitate a cat.

Significance:
Onomatopoeia is important to describe sounds that can't be describe using any other word. It also helps people understand how a sound sounds. For example, if someone says "A cat meowed." a person can interpret that the sound sounds like "meow".

1st of May: Homework: Assonance

Definition:
The use of the same or similar sound of vowel in a sequence of nearby words.

Example:
We learned assonance in language arts today because we've started a poetry unit.

Significance:
Assonance is a way to make words rhyme but not at the end. It creates an internal rhyming scheme

1st of May: Homework: Alliteration

Definition:
The repetition of consonants.

Example:
Lissy learned alliteration and decided to impress everyone buy writing a poem where all words starting with the same letter but she failed.

Significance:
Alliteration makes a poem sound good in case there's no rhyme present. It also helps make good tongue-twisters.

28th of April: Project: Poem Recital: Matilda Told Such Dreadful Lies by Hilaire Belloc

I chose "Matilda Told Such Dreadful Lies" by Hilaire Belloc:

Matilda told such Dreadful Lies by Hilaire Belloc 

Matilda told such Dreadful Lies,
It made one Gasp and Stretch one's Eyes;
Her Aunt, who, from her Earliest Youth,
Had kept a Strict Regard for Truth,
Attempted to Believe Matilda:
The effort very nearly killed her,
And would have done so, had not She
Discovered this Infirmity.
For once, towards the Close of Day,
Matilda, growing tired of play,
And finding she was left alone,
Went tiptoe to the Telephone
And summoned the Immediate Aid
Of London's Noble Fire-Brigade.
Within an hour the Gallant Band
Were pouring in on every hand,
From Putney, Hackney Downs, and Bow.
With Courage high and Hearts a-glow,
They galloped, roaring through the Town,
'Matilda's House is Burning Down!'
Inspired by British Cheers and Loud
Proceeding from the Frenzied Crowd,
They ran their ladders through a score
Of windows on the Ball Room Floor;
And took Peculiar Pains to Souse
The Pictures up and down the House,
Until Matilda's Aunt succeeded
In showing them they were not needed;
And even then she had to pay
To get the Men to go away!
It happened that a few Weeks later
Her Aunt was off to the Theatre
To see that Interesting Play
The Second Mrs. Tanqueray.
She had refused to take her Niece
To hear this Entertaining Piece:
A Deprivation Just and Wise
To Punish her for Telling Lies.
That Night a Fire did break out--
You should have heard Matilda Shout!
You should have heard her Scream and Bawl,
And throw the window up and call
To People passing in the Street--
(The rapidly increasing Heat
Encouraging her to obtain
Their confidence) -- but all in vain!
For every time she shouted 'Fire!'
They only answered 'Little Liar!'
And therefore when her Aunt returned,
Matilda, and the House, were Burned.

This is the audio of me reciting the poem:

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22nd of April: Homework: Elegy

Definition
A sad, mournful poem, usually a poem about death.

Example:
On his funeral, his fellow writers wrote him an elegy.

Significance:
An elegy is a type of poetry and just like any work of literature should be appreciated.

22nd of April: Homework: Couplet

Definition:
A pair of lines that usually rhyme with each other or have the same meter in a poem. Not all couplets rhyme though.

Example:
Since the lines in my couplet didn't rhyme, I used white space to mark out couplets.

Significance:
Couplet is an important unit in a poem.

22nd of April: Homework: Interpretation

Definition:
The understanding and point of view about a certain subject.

Example:
Different people have a different interpretation about what this painting means.

Significance:
Interpretation is important because poems use little words and depend a lot on the reader to read between the lines and understand the meaning.

22nd of April: Homework: Speaker

Definition:
The narrator in a poem.

Example:
The speaker in a poem doesn't have to be the author, it can be a fictional character.

Significance:
The speaker is the narrator in the poem and thus is very important since not many poems can go without one.

22nd of April: Homework: Rhythm

Definition:
A pattern of stress on different words in lines in a poem.

Example
The music was so catchy that even adults stomped their feet to the rhythm.

Significance:
Rhythm gives a better flow to words in a poem.

22nd of April: Homework: Rhyme

Definition: 
Repetition of two or more sounds in different lines in a poem.

Example:
I tried to make words rhyme in my poem but it took come time to come up with the right words.

Significance:
Rhyme makes a poem sound good and there's a better flow to the words.

22nd of April: Homework: Meter

Definition:
A repetitive rhythmic structure of lines in a poem.

Example:
While writing a poem, you need to consider meter.

Significance:
Meter makes a poem sound good and rhythmic.

17th of April: Homework: Personification

Definition:
A metaphor in which a things is given human characteristics.


Example:
I love it when poems have personification because i can imagine what things would look like while doing human actions.


Significance:
It is important if a character is not a living thing or is an animal because that way, animals and non living things can speak up with human actions.

17th of April: Homework: Tone

Definition:
A literature technique in which the author uses a specific way or attitude of talking.

Example:
The authors tone was dark and serious and made me feel very sad.

Significance:
Tone helps the reader identify different characters and understand the author's thought and feelings

17th of April: Homework: Extended Metaphor

Definition:
A metaphor that appears many times in a work of literature.

Example:
Our teacher encouraged us to use extended metaphors since they are very effective in poems. 

Significance:
Extended metaphor forms two or more layers of plot and meaning in a work of literature. While it still makes sense if you do not consider it as a metaphor, once you try to understand the meaning of an extended metaphor, you understand a story better and might find a deeper message behind actions of characters and the plot itself. This also makes a work of literature more interesting.

17th of April: Homework: Simile

Definition:
A figure of speech used to compare things using words "like" or "as".

Example:
He usually uses simile like my mom, while I like metaphors more.

Significance:
Simile is used to compare things.

17th of April: Homework: Metaphor

Definition:
A figure of speech used to compare things without using words like "like" or "as".


Example:
He isn't a pig, it was just a metaphor.

Significance:
Metaphors are used to compare things. Since it is not as direct as a simile, metaphors make readers think more and thus makes a work of literature more interesting to the reader.

17th of April: Homework: Stanza

Definition:
A unit of a poem, usually made up of a fixed number of lines.

Example:
For tomorrow, we have to memorize three out of five stanzas in the poem.

Significance:
Stanzas are important to divide the poem.

17th of April: Homework: Imagery

Definition:
The use of descriptive language to describe objects, actions, etc.; sensory language

Example: 
The author used imagery to describe a farm in the countryside.

Significance:
Imagery helps readers see, feel, taste, smell and hear what the characters see, feel, taste, smell and hear. It makes the story more interesting because readers can connect to the characters. Imagery makes the story more real and less 2-dimensional.

6th of April: Homework: Poetry

Definition:
Poetry is a form of literature that is organized in column form. Poetry may include rhythm, rhyme, imagery and may use figures of speech.


Example:
Poetry is hard because you have to consider rhythm, rhyme and also word choice.

Significance:
Poetry, just like any other form of art, should be appreciated and analyzed to find important lessons or messages.