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It is the physical structure of a poem.
What is form?
Marks (period, exclamation) used in writing to separate sentences and clarify meaning.
What is punctuation?
What is a simile?
These are the "sections" of a poem that separates lines and groups them together.
What are Stanzas?
What is a simile?
The attitude or mood that is conveyed in the writing.
What is tone?
The literary devices and figurative elements that are used to add meaning in a poem or work of writing.
What is style?
What is a metaphor?
This form element is used when the author wants to emphasize a certain word or idea more than others.
What is repetition?
Giving an inanimate object human-like qualities or traits.
What is personification?
The central message of the piece of writing that addresses a universal human experience.
What is the theme?
The movement that occurred in the 1920s that amplified African American art, music, and literature.
The boy believed black birds bite.
What is alliteration?
This type of poem is only 3 lines and its lines follows a pattern: 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables.
What is a Haiku?
Something that represents or stands for something other than itself.
What is a symbol?
What is poetry analysis?
A strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound.
What is Rhythm?
My feet are killing me.
The rhyme scheme of the following poem:
Let me fetch sticks/Let me fetch stones/Throw me your bones/Teach me your tricksWhat is ABBA rhyme scheme?
The author's specific word choices.
What is diction?
A phrase that is used so often that it becomes overused and loses meaning because it is the most obvious phrase.
What is a cliche?
Something that is deliberately contrary (the opposite) of what was expected in a situation, typically for humorous effect.
What is Irony?
Her hope was a fragile seed.
What is a metaphor?
Something that is used multiple times within a song that usually contains the title or main idea of the song.
What is the chorus?
These are the literary devices an author uses in order to enhance the readers experience and convey deeper meaning within their writing.
What are authorial choices?