Who has seen the wind?
Neither I nor you:
But when the leaves hang trembling,
The wind is passing through.
Who Has Seen the Wind?
Neither you nor I:
But when the trees bow down their heads,
The wind is passing by.
Monday, August 27, 2012
Sunday, August 26, 2012
New Vocabulary for This Week!
1) Rhyme-the repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them.
2) Alliteration-the repetition of the same or very similar consonant sounds in words that are close together.
3) Meter-a regular pattern of accented or unaccented syllables.
4) Free Verse-poetry that is "free" of a regular meter and rhyme scheme.
5) Simile-a comparison between two unlike things using a word such as like, as, than, or resembles.
6) Metaphor-a comparison between two unlike things in which one thing becomes another thing.
7) Personification-a special kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman or nonliving thing or quality is talked about as if it were human or alive.
8) Tone-the attitude a writer takes toward an audience, a subject, or a character.
9) Imagery-language that appeals to the senses---sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell.
10) Ode-a poem written to honor someone or something of great importance to the speaker.
11) Onomatopoeia-the use of the word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning.
12) Hyperbole-an intentional and obvious exaggeration.
13) Setting-the time and place of a story, a poem or a play.
14) Character-a person or an animal in a story, play or other literary work.
15) Rhythm-a musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables.
16) Stanza-in a poem, a group of lines that form a unit.
17) Prose-any writing that is not poetry.
18) Epic-ancient literature (The Illiad and The Odyssey)
19) Form-the shape the words and lines make on the page.
20) Line- a verse of a poem.
21) Mood-the overall emotion created by a work of literature.
2) Alliteration-the repetition of the same or very similar consonant sounds in words that are close together.
3) Meter-a regular pattern of accented or unaccented syllables.
4) Free Verse-poetry that is "free" of a regular meter and rhyme scheme.
5) Simile-a comparison between two unlike things using a word such as like, as, than, or resembles.
6) Metaphor-a comparison between two unlike things in which one thing becomes another thing.
7) Personification-a special kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman or nonliving thing or quality is talked about as if it were human or alive.
8) Tone-the attitude a writer takes toward an audience, a subject, or a character.
9) Imagery-language that appeals to the senses---sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell.
10) Ode-a poem written to honor someone or something of great importance to the speaker.
11) Onomatopoeia-the use of the word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning.
12) Hyperbole-an intentional and obvious exaggeration.
13) Setting-the time and place of a story, a poem or a play.
14) Character-a person or an animal in a story, play or other literary work.
15) Rhythm-a musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables.
16) Stanza-in a poem, a group of lines that form a unit.
17) Prose-any writing that is not poetry.
18) Epic-ancient literature (The Illiad and The Odyssey)
19) Form-the shape the words and lines make on the page.
20) Line- a verse of a poem.
21) Mood-the overall emotion created by a work of literature.
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