Imagery and Poetic Devices for Grade 7 to 8.pptx

reading practice for grade 7 and grade 8 students

1. Appreciating the Use of Imagery and Poetic Devices

2. Imagery is a language that appeal to the senses. It refers to words and phrases that create vivid sensory experiences for the reader. While the majority of images are visual , imagery may also appeal to the senses of smell , hearing , taste , and touch . In poetry, the use of imagery adds rhythm and beauty to the lines of a poem. Imagery is one of the more commonly used poetic devices.

3. Alliteration – the repetition of initial consonant sounds. e. g. Your b eautiful b lack b lood (Africa) Sound Devices

4. Assonance – the repetition of vowel sounds . e. g. …w i ngs that cl i ck and fl i cker (Brazil)

5. Onomatopoeia – the use of words which imitate sound . e. g. tweet, tweet, tweet (the sounds of birds)

6. Rhyme – the similarity of ending sound existing between two lines e.g. I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills , When all at once I saw a crowd , A host, of golden daffodils ; Beside the lake, beneath trees Fluttering and dancing in the breeze

7. Rhyme Scheme – the sequence in which the rhyme occurs. The first end sound is represented as the letter “a”, the second “b”, and etc. The White Doe A pure-white doe in an emerald glade Appeared to me, with two antlers of gold, Between two streams, under a laurel’s shade, At sunrise, in the season’s bitter cold. Her sight was so suavely merciless That I left work to follow her leisure Like the miser who looking for his treasure Sweetens with that delight his bitterness. a b a b c d d c

8. Repetition – The recurring of words, phrases, lines, or stanzas. e.g. Oh Romeo, my Romeo, wake up my Romeo

9. Figurative Language Simile – A comparison between two objects using a specific word of comparison such as “ like ,” or “ as .” Ex. Her hair is as black as the night.

10. Metaphor – A comparison between two object with the intent of giving clearer meaning to one off them. Ex. He is a lion in the battlefield. Here, a warrior is compared to a lion which is fierce, eager to fight or kill.

11. Personification – A figure of speech which endows animals, ideas, or inanimate objects with human traits or abilities. Ex. The waves are playing in the shore. In this statement, the waves a re given human traits. (Note that only human can play but not a thing like waves.)

12. Metrics Meter – The recurrence of a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. Ex. DOC tor , DOCtor , I am s I ck , c ALL a DOC tor VE ry QUI ck DOC tor , DOC tor , sh ALL I die, O’ my MA ma do not cry.

13. Stanza – A grouping of two or more lines of a poem in terms of length, metrical form, or rhyme scheme. Example: The White Doe A pure-white doe in an emerald glade Appeared to me, with two antlers of gold , Between two streams, under a laurel’s shade , At sunrise, in the season’s cold .

14. Payong Mapalit ako hin payong , Dadamu -on ko la. Usa it para hit tag- sirak , Usa it para hit tag- uran . Lain it para ha gab- i , Lain it para ha adlaw . Mayda para ha aga , Mayda para ha kulop . Kon matugot ka … It usa , para gudla ha aton Nga duha .

15. Point-of-View Point-of-View – The author’s point-of-view concentrates on the vantage point of the speaker or “teller” of the story or poem. 1 st person: the speaker is a character in the story or poem and tells it from his/her perspective (uses “I”)

16. 3 rd person limited : the speaker is not part of the story, but tells about the other characters through limited information about what one character sees and feel. 3 rd person omniscient: the speaker is not part of the story, but “knows” and described what all the other characters are thinking.

17. Content Criteria 20 15 10 5 Total Organization Well-organized ideas, structure, and develop content which enhances effect of the poem to achieve its purpose. Focus/Content Uses vivid images or expressions that create sensory experience of the readers/listeners Proficient use of Language Uses words and expressions best suited to the topic Reader’s Impact Uses multiple techniques to artfully create reader’s interest. TOTAL Scoring : O+FC+PL+RI/4 = Total Score Rubrics for Scoring