When teaching poetry, it is often helpful to refresh or introduce students with technical words. “Alliteration”, “consonance”, “imagery”, “assonance”, and “synecdoche” are a few important terms.
After you have read the poem, ask your students to do a scavenger hunt using the Storyboard Creator. Give them the list again and have them create a storyboard that depicts and explains the use of each literary element in the poem. They will have an absolute blast and gain mastery of the words.
| DESCRIPTION | EXAMPLE | |
|---|---|---|
| Alliteration | Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words in a sentence or line | “Husky of voice- Stout of / Step” |
| Consonance | The repetition of similar consonant sounds at the ends of words | “...To discover books / Desks...” |
| Imagery | The use of descriptive or figurative language to create vivid mental imagery that appeals to the senses | “How they led / Armies / Headragged generals / Across mined / Fields / Booby-trapped / Ditches…” |
| Assonance | The repetition of a vowel sound | “How they knew what / We / Must know / Without knowing a page...” |
| Synecdoche | The use of a part of something to represent the whole | “With fists as well as / Hands...” |
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Student Instructions
Create a storyboard that shows five examples of literary elements in “Women”.