Thursday, February 7, 2013

Identifying Figurative Language in Poetry

We are going to begin to study how figurative language is used in poetry.  Use these two sites to find definitions of the following poetic terms:  Alliteration, Assonance, Simile, Rhyme

Glossary of Poetic Terms
Shadow Poetry


Look at some poems in the poetry books I have in class.  Read some of the poems and find some that has examples of the poetic terms you just defined.

Looking for more poems?  Try these sites:

Giggle Poetry

poetry4kids