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    The document discusses several poetic elements and techniques: 1) It defines figurative language as a departure from normal meaning through devices like metaphor, simile, personification, and hyperbole. 2) It explains that symbols can represent both literal and abstract meanings, with examples of common symbolic elements and situational symbols in specific works. 3) It describes imagery as the concrete representation of sensory experiences like visuals, sounds, textures, smells, and tastes. 4) Additional poetic techniques covered include rhythm, meter, rhyme, and the five key elements of poetry - sound, form, imagery, figurative language, and speaker.

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    The document discusses several poetic elements and techniques: 1) It defines figurative language as a departure from normal meaning through devices like metaphor, simile, personification, and hyperbole. 2) It explains that symbols can represent both literal and abstract meanings, with examples of common symbolic elements and situational symbols in specific works. 3) It describes imagery as the concrete representation of sensory experiences like visuals, sounds, textures, smells, and tastes. 4) Additional poetic techniques covered include rhythm, meter, rhyme, and the five key elements of poetry - sound, form, imagery, figurative language, and speaker.

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    The document discusses several poetic elements and techniques: 1) It defines figurative language as a departure from normal meaning through devices like metaphor, simile, personification, and hyperbole. 2) It explains that symbols can represent both literal and abstract meanings, with examples of common symbolic elements and situational symbols in specific works. 3) It describes imagery as the concrete representation of sensory experiences like visuals, sounds, textures, smells, and tastes. 4) Additional poetic techniques covered include rhythm, meter, rhyme, and the five key elements of poetry - sound, form, imagery, figurative language, and speaker.

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    Poetic Elements & Techniques/Devices

    Figurative Language a departure from the normal meaning of words . metaphor . simile .
    apostrophe/personification . hyperbole . litote .

    Symbol a combination of the literal and the abstract . universal symbols: flowing water suggests time and
    eternity; a voyage suggests life; color symbology . situational (my name for it): rain is a symbol for death in A
    Farewell to Arms; the white whale of Moby Dick has different meanings for the different crew members
    Imagery the concrete representation of a sensory experience . see (visual) . hear (aural) . touch (tactile) .
    smell (olfactory) . taste (gustatory)

    Rhythm the pulse or beat in a line of poetry, created by the recurrence of accented or stressed syllables .
    meter: the measure or patterned count of a line of poetry; a “unit” of English poetic meter is a “foot” (iamb,
    trochee, dactyl, etc.)

    Rhyme repetition of similar sounds that are sustained through two or more lines of verse . sound o full
    rhyme-same vowel sound followed by the same consonant sound o approximate rhyme-either the vowel
    (assonance) or the consonant (consonance) sound the same, not both o alliterative rhyme-identical initial
    consonant sounds

    Five Key Elements of Poetry

    Sound-Form- Imagery-Figurative language-Speaker

    Sound

    Rhyme-similarity of sounds at the end of words. Rhythm-a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in the
    line of a poem. Alliteration-repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. Example-Sally sells sea
    shells Onomatopoeia- uses words that sound like their meaning. Example- Bang, shattered

    Form

    Form-the way a poem looks Lines-the way poems are written, may or may not be sentences Stanza-lines of
    poetry are grouped this way (looks like a paragraph)

    Imagery and figurative language-

    Imagery-language that appeals to readers 5 senses (hearing, sight, taste, touch, and smell)

    Figurative language-choosing words or phrases that help readers picture things in a new way.

    Simile-comparison using like or as


    Examples: She’s as cute as a button.

    It’s like shooting fish in a barrel.

    He’s as nutty as a fruitcake.

    Ogres are like onions.*


    Metaphor- comparison that does not use like or as
    - refers to words or expressions that mean something different from their literal definition.
    Examples: Love is a battlefield.

    Bob is a couch potato.

    Baby, you’re a firework.

    I am titanium.

    Personification-giving an object or animal human qualities


    - the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the
    representation of an abstract quality in human form.

    Example: The lion yelled my name.

    Look at my car. She is a beauty, isn’t she?

    The wind whispered through dry grass.

    The flowers danced in the gentle breeze.

    Time and tide wait for none.

    The fire swallowed the entire forest.

    Speaker-is the voice that relates to the story or idea of the poem.

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