Poetic Techniques

Poetic techniques can be quite hard for students to grasp. Last year on teaching practice I used the following presentation to help discuss poetic techniques. Poetry Techniques

I went through each technique with the students, using characters they knew and could relate to and tongue twisters. I then played Katie Perry’s ‘Firework’. I handed the students out the words of the song and an envelope with the poetic techniques inside them. As they listened to and read the words of the song, they had to identify the poetic techniques that was utilize. They responded really well to this as it was a song that they were familiar with and could sing along to as they learned more about poetic techniques.