Parts of Poems
A repeated grouping of two or more lines in a poem that often share a pattern of rhythm and rhyme?
What is stanza? :)
A figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it was something else.
What is metaphor? :)
Figure of speech in which the words like or as are used to compare two apparently dissimilar items.
What is simile? :)
The authors choice of words.
What is diction?
The step of PTP-CASTT requires you to predict what the story will be about.
What is tittle?
The rhythm of a poem, usually created through the number and pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in each line.
What is meter? :)
A deliberate exaggeration or overstatement.
What is hyperbole? :)
The use of words that imitate sounds.
What is onomatopoeia? :)
Which one of these examples are denotation and which is connotation?
Blue:
1)Sadness
2)A color
1) What is connotation?
2)What is denotation?
What does PTP-CASTT stands for?
Purpose, title, paraphrase, connotation, attitude, shifts, tittle, theme.
The descriptive or figurative language used in literature to create word pictures for the reader.
What is imagery? :)
A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art.
What is allusion? :)
What form of Figure Language is this example:
"I'm so tired I could sleep a year"
What is hyperbole?
Literal (dictionary) definition of a word.
The step of PTP-CASTT requires you to determine speakers tone?
The repetition of initial consonant sounds.
What is alliteration? :)
What form of Figurative Language is this example:
He makes Einstein jealous.
What is allusion?
A type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics.
What is personification? :)
Figurative (emotional/imaginative) connotation of words; can be positive or negative.
What is connotation?
The step of PTP-CASTT requires you to surface level read.
What is paraphrase?
The repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in two or more stressed syllables.
What is assonance? :)
What type of figurative language is this example:
"He is my star."
What is metaphor?
What form of Figurative Language is this example:
"The leaves were dancing in the wind"
What is personification?
The author's attitude towards the subject he/she writes about; created by choice of words and specific connotation.
What is tone?
The step of PTP-CASTT requires you to identify and interpret figurative language and diction.
What is connotation?