Poetry

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Poetry

• Childrens Literature
• ELE300

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Poetry is..

• the genre of literature written through
  composition of rhyme and/or imaginative and
  beautiful words, selected for their richly
  resonant effect.

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Anne Terrys Study revealed...

• Narrative forms of poetry was popular with
  readers of all ages.
• Free verse and haiku were the most disliked
  forms.
• Students preferred poems that contain rhyme,
  rhythm, and sound.

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Terry (1972), continued

• Children preferred poetry that used human,
  familiar experiences, and animals.
• Younger students preferred contemporary poems.
• Students disliked poems that contained visual
  imagery or figurative language.

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Most Popular Poetry Books(Kutiper and Wilson,
1993)
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NCTE Poetry Award

• Given annually for excellence in poetry for
  children from 1978 - 1982
• Now awarded every three years
• Not frequently found or highly circulated in
  schools

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Forms of Poetry(Jacobs and Tunnell)

• Narrative poems
• Lyric poems
• Limericks

• Haiku
• Concrete poems
• Free verse

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Elements of Poetry

• Figurative Language
• Personification
• Rhythm, Rhyme and Repetition
• Alliteration and Assonance
• Imagery

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