Worksheet 3

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WORKSHEET THREE TASK ONE Poetic Devices! How well do you remember the devices below?

Example

Device

Meaning/Effect of Device

1) Bang! Bang! Quack!

Alliteration

The same sounds or the same kinds of sounds at the beginnings of words or

2) Love is like a rose.

stressed syllables. A figure of speech in which

Simile

two unlike things are 3) Pregnant clouds are in

compared Resemblance of a sound

personification

the sky. 4) His eyes were deep,

especially of the vowel sounds in words A figure of speech in which

Metaphor

black, oily pools.

a word or phrase that ordinarily designates

5) She sells sea shells.

another The formation or use of

onomatopoeia

words such as buzz or 6) Lisa had a piece of

murmur It’s formal

Standard English

cheese before she went to sleep, to help her dream. 7) Gimme that brolley, it’s gonna rain.

Alliteration

Personification

Assonance

Onomatopoeia

Simile

Metaphor

Non- standard English

TASK TWO

Create/Research Your Own Poetic Devices!

Task: Think of your own poetic examples for each of the following poetic devices: Alternatively, research examples on the laptop and provide your findings below. Alliteration ___Bye, baby bunting,

Daddy's gone a - hunting, Gone to get a rabbit skin To wrap baby bunting in._________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Personification ___________________________________________________________________ _Hey diddle, Diddle,

The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon; The little dog laughed To see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon______________________________________________________________ ____ Assonance ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ Onomatopoeia ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________

Simile ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ Metaphor ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ Non- standard English ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________

TASK THREE

Internet Poetry Research

Find a poem that appeals to you and which contains many of the poetic devices named above. Copy out a stanza from that poem and highlight and label key poetic devices from it. _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________