Poetry Terms
a section of a poem, like a paragraph
What is a stanza?
a one-sentence summary of your argument
What is a thesis?
a direct comparison between two unlike things
What is a simile?
the feeling a word gives the reader
What is connotation?
the voice of a poem, like the narrator in fiction
Who is the speaker?
when a writer acknowledges how someone might disagree with them
What is a counterclaim?
a direct comparison between two unlike things
What is metaphor?
What is denotation?
The emotional response the writer wants the reader to feel through their choice of words
What is mood?
What is evidence?
giving human characteristics to a nonhuman
What is personification?
when what the reader expects is different from what is in the story
What is irony?
The author's attitude toward a certain subject.
What is tone?
it comes in a body paragraph following your topic sentence and before your evidence
What is context?
repeating beginning sounds
What is alliteration?
the lesson or message of a story or poem
What is theme?
Which poet wrote Stopping By the Woods on a Snowy Evening?
Who is Robert Frost?
you use these words to tell the difference between an argument essay prompt and an informative prompt
a reference to something outside the text
What is allusion?