LITR

• Types of Poetry

  • Lyric
  • Narrative
  • Dramatic
• Lyric poetry


  • Explores the emotions of the speaker of the poem
  • Originated in ancient Greek literature
  • Originally intended to be set to music, accompanied by a musical instrument called a lyre
  • Common types include haiku, ode, elegy, and limerick
• Narrative poetry


  • Tells a story
  • Examples include epic poems that tell about conflicts or history and ballads that tell a story about a particular person
• Dramatic poetry


  • Written in verse and meant to be recited in public or acted out
  • Examples include soliloquy, dramatic monologue, character sketch, dialogue, closet dramas and drawing-room plays
• Sound devices are special tools the poet can use to create certain effects in the poem to convey and reinforce meaning through sound.
• Repetition refers to the use of the same word or phrase multiple times and is a fundamental poetic technique
• Assonance involves the repetition of sounds in a series of words, often consecutive words. However, rather than repeating the initial sounds, assonance focuses on the repeated internal vowel sounds.
• Types of Sound Devices Alliteration involves the repetition of the initial consonant sound of a series of words, often consecutively. Alliteration is most easily explained to students by looking at a few simple tongue twisters, such as Peter Piper or She Sells Seashells.
• Theme: Poetry often conveys a message through figurative language. The central idea and the subject matter can reveal the underlying theme of a poem.
• Language: From word choice to imagery, language creates the mood and tone of a poem. The way language is arranged also impacts the rhythm of a poem.
• Sound and rhythm: The syllabic patterns and stresses create the metrical pattern of a poem.
• Structure: The framework of a poem's structure affects how it is meant to be read. A poet sculpts their story around stanzas, line breaks, rhyme patterns, punctuation, and pauses.
• Context: The who, what, where, when, and why of a poem can help explain its purpose.
• Personification - assigning human attributes to nonhuman things.
• Litotes (lai tow teez) - uses a double negative to create a positive.
• Hyperbole - a deliberate exaggeration that adds emphasis, urgency, or excitement to a statement
• Antithesis - a literary technique that places opposite things or ideas next to one another in order to draw out their contrast
• Rhyme repetition of the final sounds in a line or end rhyme. Letters are often used to denote a rhyme scheme. A new letter is ascribed to each of the different sounds. For example, in the following example, the rhyme scheme is described as ABAB.
• Onomatopoeia word that sounds like the noise it describes
• Types of Poetry

  Lyric - explores the emotions of the speaker of the poem. Lyric poetry originated in ancient Greek literature and was originally intended to be set to music, accompanied by a musical instrument called a lyre; the most common type and includes haiku, ode, elegy, and limerick.
• Types of Poetry

  Narrative - tells a story. Examples are epic poems that tell about conflicts or history and ballads that tells a story about a particular person.
• Types of Poetry

  Dramatic - written in verse and meant to be recited in public or acted out.
• Poetry a type of literature based on the interplay of words and rhythm
• Visual Imagery: As they sat on the soft, sugary sand beach waiting for the sunset, the sinking sun shimmered on the water as the blue sky transformed into various shades of purple and pink.
• Auditory Imagery : The pitter-patter of rain and whispering breeze had progressed into a gushing downpour and howling wind.
• Olfactory Imagery: As she entered the warm house, she was welcomed by the scents of hot apple cider and cinnamon.
• Gustatory Imagery: The boy bit into the ripe peach and smiled as the sweet, soft fruit filled his mouth, and the juice ran down his chin.
• Tactile Imagery: A gust of cold air blew over her, causing her body to shiver. After she pulled the fuzzy blanket up to her chin, she was warm and cozy.
• Paulik –ulik – pag aatubili o pag kakaroon ng alinlangan
• Cabesa- isang salitang Espanyol na nangangahulugang ulo o lider, at ito ay nagpapakita ng kahalagahan ng liderato at pagkakaisa sa kwento.
• Tinungkod- ang "tinungkod" ay isang simbolikong elemento na nagpapahiwatig ng pagiging matanda, marurupok, at madalas na naiiwan sa isang sulok o tabi.
• Lilik- ang propitaryo ay ang taong may-ari ng lupa o ari-arian. Sa konteksto ng kwento, ang propitaryo ay ang may-ari ng lupa na pinagkukuhanan ng tubig na siyang pinag-aagawan ng mga magsasaka at ng lokal na pamahalaan.
• Marilip- mabatid, malaman, (tumutukoy sa malalim na pag iisip o pag ninilay
• Naulinig- narinig
• Kariktan- nag lalarawan ng isang tao, bagay, o lugar at hayop na nakikitaan ng kagandahan o kamanghaan
• Agam-agam – mga bagay na iniip o bumabagabag sa puso at damdamin
• Napatda- nagulat
• Magmasid- obserbahan, pagmasdan
• Frantic- emotionally out of control
• JUNGLE PRODUCE- any harvest found in the forest