When teaching poems, it is often helpful to refresh or introduce students with technical words. “Metaphor", "alliteration", "personification", "imagery", "apostrophe", and "assonance" 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 | “Runic rhyme” |
| Personification | Giving human-like characteristics to non-human objects or abstract ideas | ”For every sounds that floats / From the rust within their throats / Is a groan.” |
| Imagery | The use of descriptive or figurative language to create vivid mental imagery that appeals to the senses | “Yet, the ear distinctly tells, / In the jangling, / And the wrangling, / How the danger sinks and swells, / By the sinking or the swelling in the anger of the bells—” |
| Assonance | The repetition of a vowel sound | ”What a world of happiness their harmony foretells!” |
| Onomatopoeia | The spelling of a word mimics the sound it represents | ”How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, / In the icy air of night!” |
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Student Instructions
Create a storyboard that shows five examples of literary elements in “The Bells”.