Pink
Alliteration
same beginning sounds (Peter Piper Pizza)
Personification
(The wind dance with my hair)
Figurative Language
Stanza
paragraph in the poem
hyperbole
an exaggeration
Metaphor
comparing not using like or as (My house is a zoo.)
Speaker
narrator in the poem
Poet
author of a poem
Simile
Comparing using like or as (My house is like a zoo.)
line break
space between stanzas that represent a shift/change or pause
point of view
the perspective from which the poem is being told (Who is the speaker?)
line
is a sentence in the poem
ryhme
same ending sounds
repetition
same as refrain helps emphasize an idea
Contradiction
Onomatopoeia
Sound words (bang, vroom)
What is the author purpose for poetry is
to express feelings
Theme
main message or lesson learn
Mood
Is the way the author word choices make you feel.
Tone
the attitude that the author has toward his or her own writing and the reader is able to tell based on word choice
Controlling idea
same as main idea
Sensory language
Language that uses the five senses to describe
Refrain
same as repetition
limited point of view
only knows the thoughts and feelings of main character or one character
Omniscient point of view
Knows thoughts and feelings of more than one character