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1. Poetic Devices Exploring the Tools Poets Use to Create Meaning and Music Your Name | Date | Class

2. What Are Poetic Devices? Poetic devices are techniques that poets use to enhance the meaning, sound, and overall impact of their poems. Purpose: - Add beauty - Create rhythm and mood - Emphasize themes or emotions - Engage the reader's imagination

3. Types of Poetic Devices Poetic devices can be grouped into: - Sound Devices - Figurative Language - Structural Devices

4. Sound Devices - Alliteration: Repetition of initial consonant sounds (e.g., She sells seashells...) - Assonance: Repetition of vowel sounds (e.g., Hear the mellow wedding bells) - Onomatopoeia: Words that imitate sounds (e.g., buzz, crash, bang) - Rhyme & Rhythm: Pattern of sounds and beats in a poem

5. Figurative Language - Simile: Comparison using like or as (e.g., as brave as a lion) - Metaphor: Direct comparison (e.g., Time is a thief) - Personification: Giving human traits to non-human things (e.g., The wind whispered) - Hyperbole: Exaggeration for effect (e.g., I’ve told you a million times!)

6. Structural Devices - Enjambment: A sentence or phrase running over from one line to the next - Stanza: A group of lines forming a unit in a poem - Repetition: Repeating words or phrases for emphasis - Caesura: A pause in the middle of a line

7. Example Time! Can you spot any poetic devices in this poem? (Include examples with color-coded highlights when presenting)

8. Why Are Poetic Devices Important? - Add depth and layers to a poem - Help convey emotions and ideas more vividly - Make poems more memorable and musical

9. Quick Quiz or Activity - Match the device to its example - Write a line using alliteration - Identify devices in a short poem

10. Conclusion - Poetic devices are essential tools for poets - They enhance both meaning and beauty - Next time you read a poem, look out for them!