Sound Devices in Literature (Figures of Sounds)

Sound devices can be used in different literary pieces most especially in poetry and novels

1. Sound Devices in Poetry

2. What have you noticed with the statements?

3. Sound Devices in Poetry

4. Sound Devices in Poetry “figures of sounds” creates poetic effect

5. ONOMATOPOEIA words that imitate sound examples: ring, click, slurp Sound Devices

6. ONOMATOPOEIA the whistling wind crackling of dry leaves the buzzing bees Sound Devices

7. some sour seeds fireflies, fish, and frogs Sound Devices s ome s our s eeds f ireflies, f ish, and f rogs

8. ALLITERATION repetition of initial sounds in consecutive words Sound Devices

9. ALLITERATION Example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Sound Devices

10. a great break six, thick, prickly stems Sound Devices a gr ea t br ea k s i x, th i ck, pr i ckly stems

11. ASSONANCE the repetition of similar vowel sounds within words. Sound Devices

12. ASSONANCE Example: Faye may stay today . Sound Devices

13. Can we consider this an example of assonance? I can see big gears meeting.

14. Sound Devices the pitter – patter of raindrops creep and beep in sleep the pi tt e r – pa tt e r of raindrops cree p and bee p in slee p

15. CONSONANCE the repetition of similar consonant sounds in the middle or end words. Sound Devices

16. CONSONANCE Example: Meek Rick picked some sticks. Sound Devices

17. Is it possible to have more than one sound device within the same statement or combination of words?

18. Sound Devices assonance & consonance creep and beep in sleep cr ee p and b ee p in sl ee p

19. Do these use sound devices? Hoods commonly shade their darkness further . Even great private eyes could hardly dig deeper

20. LET’S READ AND EXPLORE! Read the lines from “The Tempest” by William Shakespeare.

21. LET’S READ AND EXPLORE! Curve line- alliteration Box– consonance Underline – assonance Encircle– onomatopoeia

22. LET’S WRITE! Group Activity

23. GROUP ACTIVITY Think of any topic that can be used in a poem.

24. GROUP ACTIVITY Compose a one stanza poem with 4 – 5 lines.

25. GROUP ACTIVITY Each member should at least contribute one (1) line to the poem of the group.

26. GROUP ACTIVITY Use the sound device given to your group.

27. GROUP ACTIVITY Five (5) minutes will be given to finish the task.

28. LET’S TEST WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED! Maintain silence and listen carefully while the teacher reads the “The Pied Piper of Hamelin” by Robert Browning.

29. Write the words or statements that used sound devices in the poem to be read. LET’S TEST WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED!

30. Classify what you have written by which sound device it belongs to. LET’S TEST WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED!

31. The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning

32. The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning Hamelin Town’s in Brunswick, By famous Hanover city; The river Weser , deep and wide, Washes its wall on the southern side ; A pleasanter spot you never spied;

33. But, when begins my ditty, Almost five hundred years ago, To see the townsfolk suffer so From vermin, was a pity The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning

34. Rats! They fought the dogs and killed the cats, And bit the babies in the cradles, And ate the cheeses out of the vats, And licked the soup from the cooks’ own ladles, Split open the kegs of salted sprats , The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning

35. Made nests inside men’s Sunday hats, And even spoiled the women’s chats By drowning their speaking With shrieking and squeaking In fifty different sharps and flats. The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning