TENTH GRADE

Critical Thinking

Module 3 Lesson 1

 

Welcome!

 

Throughout this module, you will be able to use reading strategies, literary analysis, and critical thinking skills to construct meaning and develop understanding as well as an appreciation of a variety of genres of both fiction and nonfiction. You will learn by using the best way nowadays to work individually without the straight directions of a teacher; but remember, read very carefully the instructions given.

 

Table of Contents

Introduction and instructions

Lesson 1-Elements of poetry

Lesson 2-Genres

Lesson 3-Symbolism

Lesson 4-Alliteration

Lesson 5-Simile

Lesson 6-Metaphor

Lesson 7-Onomatopeia

 

Module 3

Objective:

After the studying this module, the students will:

 

  • Distinguish between different elements of poetry.

  • Analyze, interpret, and classify genres.

  • Define:

o   Alliteration

o   Simile

o   Metaphor

o   Onomatopoeia

o   Theme

 

  • Identify imagery and figurative language

  • Identify symbolism

 

Lesson 1

 

Elements of poetry

 

Elements of poetry can be defined as a set of instruments used to create a poem. Many of these were created thousands of years ago and have been linked to ancient story telling. They help bring imagery and emotion to poetry, stories, and dramas.

 

Here is a list of elements used within the writing of poems.

  • Alliteration

Two or more words which have the same initial sound.

  • Assonance

A partial rhyme which has the same internal vowel sounds amongst different words.

  • Metaphor

A comparison which does not use the words like or as.

  • Onomatopoeia

Words that sound like their meaning. For example, buzz, moo, pow.

  • Repetitions

The repetition of the same word throughout the poem to emphasize significance.

  • Rhyme

The repetition of sounds within different words, either end sound, middle or beginning.

  • Rhythm

The flow of words within each meter and stanza.

  • Simile

A comparison using the words like or as.

  • Style

The way the poem is written. Free-style, ballad, haiku, etc. Includes length of meters, number of stanzas along with rhyme techniques and rhythm.

  • Symbol

Something that represents something else through association, resemblance or convention

  • Theme

The message, point of view and idea of the poem.

 

Elements of poetry

Practicing exercise

Hunter's Song
By: Sir Walter Scott

The toils are pitched, and the stakes are set,
Ever sing merrily, merrily;
The bows they bend, and the knives they whet,
Hunters live so cheerily.

It was a stag, a stag of ten,
Bearing its branches sturdily;
He came silently down the glen,
Ever sing hardily, hardily.

It was there he met with a wounded doe,
She was bleeding deathfully;
She warned him of the toils below,
O so faithfully, faithfully!

He had an eye, and he could heed,
Ever sing so warily, warily;
He had a foot, and he could speed--
Hunters watch so narrowly.
 

I. Multiple Choices:

 

1.         What does the stag meet?

a.      a wounded doe

b.      an arrow

c.      a hunter

 

2.         What does the poem talk about in the first stanza?

a.   how the hunters are preparing for the hunt

b.   the place where they are hunting

c.   the fear of the animals

 

3.         What are the "branches" the author talks about in the second stanza?

a.   tree branches

b.   forks in the road

c.   antlers

 

4.         What hunting equipment is NOT mentioned in the first stanza?

a.   a gun

b.   a snare

c.   a bow

 

5.         Write down an example of a metaphor in this poem. What two things is the author comparing?


6.         What is the mood of the first stanza? Give reasons for your answer.

 

Elements of poetry

Practicing exercise-Answer key

 

  1. A
  2. A
  3. C
  4. A
  5. Answers will vary.
  6. Answers will vary.

 

 

Elements of poetry

Quiz

 

I. Choose the best answer:

 

1. A segment of a poem that is divided into groups of lines is called a:

A. Pair

B. Limerick

C. Stanza

D. Ballad

E. Haiku 

 

2. A description word that compares one thing to another is called a:

A. Metaphor

B. Onomatopoeia

C. Sonnet

D. Comparison

E. Lyric

 

3."Sally sells sea shells by the seashore" is an example of:

A. Paradox

B. Stanza

C. Irony

D. Alliteration

E. Syncopation

 

4. A poem that does not have a rhyme scheme or typical measure is called:

A. A lyric

B. Free Verse

C. Sonnet

D. Haiku

E. Ballad

 

5. True or False: In a dramatic poem, the speaker is unaware of the audience as they are speaking.

A. True

B. False

 

6. The repetition of VOWEL sounds is called:

A. Syncopation

B. Alliteration

C. Assonance

D. Rhyme

E. Free Verse

 

7. A comparison that uses the words "like" or "as" is called a:

A. Euphony

B. Trochee

C. Symbol

D. Rhythm

E. Simile

 

8. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables is called:

A. Lyric

B. Rhythm

C. Assonance

D. Repetition

E. Alliteration

 

9. Sound words such as "bang" and "buzz" are examples of:

A. Onomatopoeia

B. Simile

C. Euphony

D. Personification

E. Paradox

 

 

Elements of poetry

Quiz-Answer key

  1. C
  2. A
  3. D
  4. B
  5. False
  6. C
  7. E
  8. B
  9. A

 

 

Elements of poetry

Test

 

1) What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?

 

a) No difference; simply two different ways in referring to the same thing.

b) A simile is more descriptive.

c) A simile uses as or likes to make a comparison and a metaphor doesn't.

d) A simile must use animals in the comparison.

2) What is the word for a "play on words"?

a) pun

b) simile

c) haiku

d) metaphor

 

3) Which represents an example of alliteration?

 

a) Language Arts

b) Peter Piper Picked Peppers

c) I like music.

d) A beautiful scenery with music

 

4) What is the imitation of natural sounds in word form?

 

a) Personification

b) Hyperboles

c) Alliteration

d) Onomatopoeia

 

5) The theme is ..?

 

a) a plot.

b) an character

c) an address

d) the point a writer is trying to make about a subject.

 

6) Concentrate on these elements when writing a good poem.

 

a) characters, main idea, and theme

b) purpose and audience

c) theme, purpose, form, and mood.

d) rhyme and reason

 

7) Which is not a poetry form?

 

a) epic

b) tale

c) ballad

d) sonnet

 

8) Which is an example of a proverb?

 

a) Get a "stake" in our business.

b) You can't have your cake and eat it, too

c) The snow was white as cotton.

d) You're driving me crazy.

 

9) Which is an exaggeration?

 

a) Alliteration

b) Haiku

c) Hyperbole

d) Prose

 

 

 

10) Which of the following is not a poet?

 

a) William Shakespeare

b) Terry Saylor

c) Elizabeth B. Browning

d) Emily Dickinson

 

 

Elements of poetry

Test-Answer key

  1. c
  2. a
  3. b
  4. d
  5. d
  6. c
  7. b
  8. b
  9. c
  10. b

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