Introduction
This presentation presents language in a very
creative way. You will analyze the language and
guess the topic through visualization created.
Then, you are going to work on creating short
imagery “poems” of your own. The purpose of
your poem will be to make the reader visualize
what you are trying to tell them by using more
than one craft or technique. You must create the
“image” with the words. The reader will actually
have to GUESS what you could be talking about
in your stanzas.
On the following slides you are going to play a
guessing game. It is helpful to read the slides with
your group out loud and more than one time. Use
the data sheet to write two or three things that the
author could be describing in their short poem.
Jot two of the most significant phrases to you and
what type of “craft” is being used (metaphor,
simile, vivid description, personification,
hyperbole, etc…)
You may have to read some poems several times.
They are very descriptive and full of creative word
choices!
Poem #1
Transparent chunks of stone beating like fists
on rooftops, pinging like darts off of
windshields.
Slapping and bouncing off the ground
creating a carpet of cloudy beads.
Be careful! Take cover! Hide!
Showers of small, yet gigantic pebbles
bombard in all directions,
Never-ending torrents. Will it end soon?
Poem #2
A winking eye over the horizon sending endless
rays of golden-orange and yellow blends
Like a group of friends forming a team.
Slowly, silently, sleekly, the eye opens,
Revealing white brightness that washes the
brilliant colors away,
Sending the ball of fire high, higher, to the
highest peak of the sky.
Poem #3
Spirals of soft curls spin,
Bouncing like millions of tiny balls let
loose in a frenzy.
Colliding in soft bumps,
no sounds to be heard as they hit,
Yet they continue their game as if in a
frenzy on a basketball court.
The jump rope game continues as joyous
laughter fills the air.
Poem #4
Reaching, reaching, reaching,
Right and left, up and down, side to side,
Creating tangles among themselves.
Dropping gems of gold, orange and red to the
ground as the gentle breeze puffs its cheeks,
Blowing in spurts to unleash the colors.
Poem #5
Splashes of delicious fruit flavors gliding across
the rough surfaces of my tongue,
Flowing like liquid race cars competing for the
finish line,
Quenching the most intense of thirsts,
Cooling and refreshing like a spring morning
waking the world from its sound sleep.
Simile: This kind of technique makes a direct comparison
between two unlike subjects. The simile always uses the words
"like" or "as".
Example: "Waves crashing on the ocean look like knives;
Sadness falls inside me like the rain; I wandered lonely as a
cloud"
Metaphor: This kind of a technique makes a direct
comparison without using "like" or "as". Example: "Fog
comes in on little cat's feet ; April is my girlfriend's face;
All the world's a stage"
Personification: This kind of a figure of speech gives human
characteristics to a non human subjects. Example: "Father
time; Whispering trees; Babbling brook"
Adjectives are words that describe nouns. They are
usually put in front of the noun like:
Hilarious laughter filled the entire auditorium like
crackling thunder exploding in the sky.
Adverbs, on the other hand, are words that describe
verbs! These words usually end in “ly”. They really
“spice” up the action in your phrase…….. Like………
Hilarious laughter suddenly filled the entire
auditorium like crackling thunder exploding wildly
in the sky.
*Notice that the adverb can come in front of the
verb or after the verb!
Final Task: Write some poems of your
own using these techniques to describe
something so well that your reader will
be able to guess several things that it
could be.
Get a large index card. Your task is to
create TWO “Guess what I am” Imagery
poems. We will test them out after
everyone has created one.
Good luck!