Poetry & Sound Devices
Words with the same sound at the end.
What is rhyme?
Comparing two unlike things using the words "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
A word’s exact dictionary definition.
What is denotation?
Refers to the way an author organizes information and ideas within a text.
What is structure?
Information and facts used to provide proof or support for a claim.
What is evidence?
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem.
What is rhythm?
A comparison of two things without using the words "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
The interpretation or emotional feeling of a word beyond its dictionary definition.
What is connotation?
A text structure used when one event brings about another.
What is cause and effect?
To quote a passage, book, or author directly as evidence.
What is to cite?
Words and phrases that appeal to a reader’s five senses.
What is imagery?
To examine how two things are the same.
What is to compare?
Using the words and phrases surrounding an unknown word to determine its meaning.
What is a context clue?
The preface or introduction to a literary work.
What is a prologue?
Information gathered directly from someone who personally experienced the action.
What is a primary source?
Using a word, phrase, or line multiple times for emphasis.
What is repetition?
To examine how two things are different.
What is to contrast?
A form of language that is spoken in a particular place or by a particular group of people.
What is a dialect?
To write a restatement of the main points of a text using your own words.
What is to summarize?
Information based on a primary source, written by someone who didn’t experience the event firsthand.
What is a secondary source?
A person, place, object, or activity that stands for something beyond itself, like an American flag representing peace.
What is a symbol?
A contrast of what is expected to happen and what actually happens.
What is irony?
To change or cause to change over the course of a text.
What is to develop?
To rewrite a specific passage or statement entirely in your own words.
What is to paraphrase?
To state or copy directly from a text.
What is to quote?