Figurative Language
Giving human characteristics to unhuman like things
Personification
A rhythmic pattern in poetry that is usually repeated
Meter
6 steps
The author of a poem
Poet
First step
Read
Creates a picture in your mind
Imagery
Words that end in the same sound
Rhyme
Character analysis strategy
FAST
Taking a closer look at something
Analyze
Second step
Setting
A comparison between two unlike things that does NOT use like or as
Metaphor
The musical quality of a poem
Rhythm
Before I read the story I go look at the question and label them Part or Whole. I answer the ______ questions first.
Whole
to find out the meaning of something
Interpret
Third Step
Speaker
The repetition on the beginning consonant sounds in words
Alliteration
The paragraphs of a poem are called
Stanzas
What the text actually means
Explicit Meaning
Fourth Step
Mood
A deliberate exaggeration
Hyperbole
The message of a text
Theme
What you think the text means
Implicit Meaning
Visualize