What Are Sound Devices in Poetry? Teaching Resources

The presentation describes each device and gives an example for the students to study. The slide deck offers built-in check-for-understanding slides, making it easy to see which students need extra support while keeping your students engaged throughout the presentation. It also ends with a link to a sound devices worksheet, allowing your students to put their learning into action!

This instructional slide deck about sound devices in poetry is a valuable tool for you to help your students understand the different sound devices used in poems. It provides visual aids and examples that make it easier for your students to grasp complex concepts and retain the information they learn. Additionally, the interactive nature of this slide deck will help keep your students engaged and actively involved in the learning process.

The sound device types taught in this Google Slides instructional slide deck  include:

• Alliteration
• Assonance
• Consonance
• Rhyme
• Onomatopoeia

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This resource was created by Meagan Lee, a teacher in Texas and a Teach Starter Collaborator.

This presentation includes the link for the Elements of Poetry Worksheet to use at the end of the lesson. Click on the link below to download.

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Elements of Poetry Worksheet - Sound Devices

A worksheet to help students understand sound devices in poetry.