Poetry Terms
The voice or narrator of a poem
Speaker
When a reader uses evidence and clues from the text to guess what will happen next in the story
Predicting
The main character central to the plot of the story
Protagonist
An exaggeration used to emphasize a point or add excitement
Hyperbole
The introduction that gives the necessary details about the characters and setting
Exposition
A group of lines grouped together as a unit; similar to a paragraph in prose
Stanza
This strategy has three types: Text-to-Text, Text-to-Self, and Text-to-World
Connecting
A character who opposes or goes against the main character
Antagonist
A reference made to a well-known person, place, character, or event
Allusion
The rising action is a series of events that develop the _________________.
Conflict
The beat of the poem heard in the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
Rhythm
Using sensory details and descriptive language from the text to create a vivid picture in the mind
Visualizing
This type of character stays the same and does not experience a major change in a story
Static
To describe non-human things using human characteristics; "the flowers danced in the wind"
Personification
The conclusion of the story that reveals the solution
Resolution
A pattern of rhymes at the end of lines; noted by assigning a letter of the alphabet starting with "A"
Rhyme Scheme
Giving a brief account of the main points of a text; what it was all about; SWBST is a method of this
Summarizing
This type of character changes and grows over the course of a story; often when faced with a conflict
Dynamic
An expression that means something other than what it says; "It's raining cats and dogs."
Idiom
The moment everything leads up to; the peak or most tense moment of the story
Climax
The repeating of words, phrases, or lines to emphasize a point, feeling, or idea
Repetition
Coming to a conclusion about something based on evidence from the text and personal reasoning
Inferring
This type of character is complex and has many sides
Round
Words or phrases, that when placed together, create contradictions; "bittersweet"
Oxymoron
The events after the climatic moment of the story where everything falls into place
Falling Action