1.7 Poetry Assessment: How Does Communication Change Us?

Provide one example of each sound device from any poem assigned in this course. Explain the effect the use of that device has on the author’s communication of the poem’s message. (24 points) Sound DeviceExampleEffectAlliterationPoem: “Summer”Quote:Juice dripping running and rippingI can analyze that juice is dripping from something the characterhas as he/she rips & run around.AssonancePoem: “Ziggy’s Coffeehouse”Quote:smooth stones crunch beneath my shoesThe effect is the crunching soung from the rocks or stones the character is walking on.ConsonancePoem: “Analysis of Baseball”Quote:Ball hit bat, or ithits mitt.The effect is the ball hitting the ball or hits mittOnomatopoeiaPoem: “Summer”Quote: Bugs buzzing The effect I have from this quote is that

There are various ways to communicate, but what is the best way to do so? Poetry is one mean of communication, which uses creative and figurative language in a rhythmical way to express distinct emotions. To create a variety of expressions, poets use sound devices, which are techniques that give poems musical effects. Sound devices include rhyme, rhythm, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and repetition. There are three expressive poems that use different sound devices, being “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe, “Martin Luther King” by Raymond R. Patterson, and “I’m Nobody” by Emily Dickinson.

Richard Blanco is a Cuban- American poet who was given the oppurunity to write an inaugaration poem for Barack Obama's second swearing-in. He wrote a poem titled "One Today" that praised the good and unique things about the United States and also the everyday people who's daily routines help to make America the proud country that it is.

In this essay I am going to compare and contrast ‘When we two parted’ a poem of George Gordon, Lord Byron’s written in 1815 and Letitia Elizabeth Landon’s ‘Love’s last lesson’ written in c1838, both poets are British and of the romantic period.

[Describe in a short paragraph how, in a recent conversation, your communication behavior contributed to your physical, relational, identity, spiritual, and instrumental needs. Which need or need took precedence? Why? Page 9]

28. ________, talking about communication assists in improving relationships by distinguishing the message from the metamessage and being clear about which one you are reacting

COMG  151  Personal  and  Public  Speech  Spring  2013  Study  Guide  –  Midterm  Exam DATE:  Wednesday,  February  27  at  12:30pm  in  Bilger  152 *This  review  sheet  is  for  the  midterm.  The  ideas  listed  below  represent  issues  and  content  with which  you  should  be  familiar.  They  do  NOT  necessarily  represent  an  exhaustive  list  of  all material  subject  to  examination  but  should  give  you  direction  in  your  preparation  for  the  exam.* YOU  WILL  NEED  TO  BRING  A  NUMBER  2  PENCIL. Chapter  1  –  Communication  Perspectives 1. Why  is  communication  important? ● Communication  is  inescapable  and  we  spend  80%  -­  90%  of  our  waking  hours  communicating 2. What  are  the  communication  models

Today 's lesson objective is: Students will explain how the author’s use of similes and/or metaphors contributes to the meaning and tone of the poem.

In today’s society one would not be able to communicate effectively with the world if writing was not involved. People all around the world send emails, texts, and letter to numerous amounts of individuals each second. Talking on the phone is slowly becoming a thing of the past while the writing side of technology is taking over. The meaning of writing is changing in society. Writing used to be specifically for academics or the occasional letter to a loved one. As time has passed writing has taken more forms and more meanings. In the world we live in now writing is classified as texting, emailing, instant messaging, and even comments or tweets on social media. Although writing has these multiple new forms, it still holds its academic side strongly. Everything with meaning in turn affects a person’s day to day life. Writing has the effect of making one more intellectual. Writing has become a bridge between communication and the cultures and people of today’s society. It gives way for different options in stating sentences or phrases. (Olson). Each affect should change with age. As a person grows older, their writing styles should mature and take on a more professional aspect.

Year 8 examination semester 1 2015 Samantha penny Question 1 Three poetic devices used at the start of the poem the spoonbill by Sally Marsden are ‘Squelching through the mud’, ‘it gobbles like a greedy calf’ and ‘with its oily, coal-black beak’. The poetic devices used are onomatopoeia, simile and alliteration. The effect of the onomatopoeia when it says ‘Squelching’ is that it allows the reader to hear the sound, creating a more vivid image. The effect of the simile in ‘it gobbles like a greedy calf’ is that it allows the reader to see a more vivid image in his or her mind by replacing the way a spoonbill eats shrimp with that of a calf drinking milk greedily.

Before this unit, I only knew t owrite as my mind told me to, not knowing the tolls andeveices i could use to express myself in a poem even more than I do already. Although having the knowledge of these tools, like metaphors and personification, I did not know to and how to insert these into my poems. In my old poem, “Shadow”, I have none of the devices mentioned in class, making it duller and more boring than what it could be. Other than the devices, I didnt use any fixed rule of line-breaking nor white space, creating an uninteresting poem for the reader. After the recognition of hte literary devices and tehniques, I rewrote the poem to inlcude those devices. Alsot titled Shadow, my new poem included many devices, along with other poem techniques. Using these added depth to the poem, and made it interesting and feel relatable, with the new elements in the poem. The learning and recognition of the devices and techniques were completely new to me helping to create a much better poem to read and feel.

A quote I found in the poem is ‘’ There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside of you.I think the book Speak and the poem are very similar because they are both about people who are different to other people because of their appearances. The poem is about, when the African Americans were slaves. And the book is about being rude to people who don’t look like the other people. They are both similar because they are both about some people looking different, so they are treated differently.

In the previous lessons you analyzed poetry; and you composed different types of poetry using various elements and devices.

Poetry has never been an easy part of the English curriculum for me. I don’t know if it was because of my age or my teachers, but I feel like I never received a solid basic understanding of poetry in middle school. All my teachers since then have assumed that I understand poetic devices and the different terms used to analyze poetry. When I was handed the first sheet of poems in college, I was terrified. But the second paper I was given gave me hope. It was a list poetry terminology along with their definitions, something I hadn’t seen since middle school. While I still found it difficult to interpret the poems written by Mary Oliver, the class discussions after helped a lot. I found meanings in Oliver’s “Snails” and “Porcupine” that I had not seen before. I found these poems very easy to relate to. “Enemies of a House” by John Updike, however, was one poem I was able to relate to without the help of the class or the poetry terminology sheet. These three poems, “Enemies of a House”, “Snails”, and “Porcupine” were the easiest for me to comprehend and relate back to my own life and personal experiences.

Communication--it is a fundamental part of our everyday lives. It characterizes who we are, what we do, and how we relate to others in society. It is a very powerful tool that holds many different uses for our basic needs and survival. At a very simplistic level, it is key in attaining our very basic needs for survival. In that respect, it is key in achieving all needs in Maslows hierarchy. Its uses and possibilities endless.