Poetic Devices

Defined and Selected
for Elementary Students

by Judi Moreillon

Illustrated with Masks
by Sabino High School Students
(
2003)


Beth's mask
Japanese Noh Mask
by Beth

Author (Last name, First name):

Alarcón, Francisco X.

Title (of book): Laughing Tomatoes and Other Spring Poems/Jitomates risueños y otros poemas de primavera
"Title of Poem": "Morning Sun"/"Sol matutino"
Page Number(s): 6
   
Author (Last name, First name):

Grimes, Nikki

Title (of book): A Pocketful of Poems
"Title of Poem": "Mooon"
Page Number(s): 12
   
Author (Last name, First name):

Havill, Juanita

Title (of book): I Heard It From Alice Zuchchini: Poems from the Garden
"Title of Poem": "Garden Lullaby"
Page Number(s): 24-25
   
Author (Last name, First name):

Hughes, Langston

Title (of book): The Dream Keeper and Other Poems
"Title of Poem": "Winter Moon"
Page Number(s): 3
   
Author (Last name, First name):

Livingston, Myra Cohn

Title (of book): Celebrations
"Title of Poem": "Valentine"
Page Number(s): 10
   
Author (Last name, First name):

Myers, Walter Dean

Title (of book): Harlem
"Title of Poem": "Harlem"
Page Number(s): unpaged
   
Author (Last name, First name):

Prelutsky, Jack

Title (of book): The New Kid on the Block
"Title of Poem": "Clara Creech"
Page Number(s): 10
   
Author (Last name, First name):

Silverstein, Shel

Title (of book): A Light in the Attic
"Title of Poem": ""Clooney the Clown"
Page Number(s): 74
   

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