Rhyme Scheme
The wandering cat
jumped on a bat
he should've sat
on the dead rat
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The voice or persona presenting the poem or text; not always the author.
Speaker
Alliteration
Repetition of beginning sounds
The reader/viewer knows more.
Dramatic
'Cause you're a sky, 'cause you're a sky full of stars
Metaphor
The Mother of us all
The sacred Mother Earth,
Is constant in her giving,
And perpetual in her birth,
ABCB
The emotional atmosphere or feeling created for the reader by the text.
Mood
Denotation
The literal meaning of something.
When the outcome is starkly different from what was expected.
Situational
Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony.
Then, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked.
Shift
I wanna be the very best
Like no one ever was
To catch them is my real test
To train them is my cause
ABAB
The emotional and cultural associations surrounding a word—the implied or suggested meanings that go beyond its literal or dictionary definition.
Connotation
Couplet
A stanza with two lines
Saying something that is the opposite of what you mean.
Verbal
I'm freezing outside, I feel my skin tight
My coat is inside, but I look up at you
I tracked your plane ride for when you're in tonight
Assonance
And acknowledge her grand design,
She gives the templates,
Of the sacred,
And the patterns of the divine.
ABCA
A figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things without using “like” or “as.”
Metaphor
Tone
The author's attitude towards the subject.
A humorous way of criticizing people or ideas to show that they have faults or are wrong, especially in order to make a political point, or a piece of writing or a play that uses this style.
Satire
She had me goin' crazy, oh, I was starstruck
She woke me up daily, don't need no Starbucks
Allusion