Essay
Poetry
Figurative Language
Definitions
100

Parts of an Introduction

What is the hook, context, and thesis

100

Speaker

What is the voice that is telling the poem

100

Metaphor

What is a comparison between two unlike things

200

Supporting Facts

What is evidence, or information that proves your claim

200

Compare and Contrast

What is comparing looks at similarities and contrasting looks at differences

200

Simile

What is a comparison between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"

200

Reflective Mood

What is a state of thinking where the speaker looks back at past event to gain understanding

300

Evidence

What is words or information that is able to back up your claim

300

Mood

What is the reader's feeling created by the text

300

Symbolism 

What is the use of an object to represent something else

300

Abounds

What is to be full or plentiful of something

400

Claim 

What is a debatable answer to the question or prompt

400

Tone

What is the attitude towards the poem

400

Alliteration

What is the repetition of words that have the same consonant sound

500

Subject Matter

What is the topic or the main discussion of the essay

500

Theme

What is the main message, or what the story trying to teach you

500

Imagery

What is the use of language to create a mental picture for the reader

500

Reverie

What is to be daydreaming