Literary devices poetry 4V

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

School exam

Poetry and writing essays

4V

Test

To be able to write your essay you will need to know a lot of literary devices.

- Use both readers.

- Use the Internet for inspiration to understand poems.

- First decide on which poem, then identify the literary devices and after that organize.

- Write your essay according to the standards.

Literary devices

Be able to:

• Identify,
• Show its effect,
• Use examples of the poem to highlight this effect.

Practice round!

Literary devices

Which literary devices do you know?

Metaphor

Simile

Personification

I'm drowing in a sea of grief.

The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.

My love for you is as deep as the ocean.

What is a 'narrator'?

Give an example of an onomatopoeia.

Which literary device is saying the exact opposite of what you mean?

1. satire
2. hyperbole
3. irony
4. alliteration

Alliteration

Hyperbole

Sarcasm

I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

Weather forcast for tonight: dark.

Kim's kid kept kicking like crazy!

'The poet labors all his days
To build the beauty in his rhyme'
is an ....................?

What is the aim of imagery?

1. To build suspension.
2. To evoke a response from the reader.
3. To make the writing attractive.
4. To highlight jokes.

What is meant with the 'form' of a poem?

What connotation do you have to the word 'crown'?

Death

Love

Religion

Which literary devices do you now know?