An indirect comparison between two things that uses “like” or “as.”
Simile
100
A direct comparison between two things.
Metaphor
100
For this strategy readers try to picture the events of a story in their mind.
Visualization
200
A concrete representation of a sensory experience that draws on the five (5) senses: Sight, Sound, Smell, Taste, and Touch.
Imagery
200
The pattern made by placing words that end in similar sounds at the ends of lines. (ABAB / CDCD / EFEF)
Rhyme Scheme
200
A description of a non-human character or object as though it had human qualities.
Personification
200
The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kind of sounds at the beginning of words.
Alliteration
200
Readers categorize this strategy into "thick" or "thin."
Questioning
300
Repeating the same word or phrase for the purpose of making a deeper impression with the audience.
Repetition
300
The feeling of a poem.
Mood
300
The attitude of the author that comes through in the poem.
Tone
300
Exaggeration used to prove a point.
Hyperbole
300
When a reader stops periodically to think about what they have read.
Monitoring Comprehension
400
The repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession.
Consonance
400
A Shakespearian sonnet has this many quatrains.
Three
400
The repetition of a vowel sound within words.
Assonance
400
The rhythmic pattern of a stanza, determined by the kind and number of lines; the syllables.
Meter
400
List one of the 3 ways a reader can make a connection to a text.
1) Text-to-Text
2) Text-to-Self
3) Text-to-World
500
A Shakespearian sonnet has this many lines.
14
500
A haiku poem has this many lines.
Three
500
This is the number of syllables in the 1st and 3rd lines of a haiku poem.
Five
500
A figure of speech that makes a reference to, or representation of, a place, event, literary work, myth, or work of art, either directly or by implication.
Allusion
500
When readers try to interpret the meaning of the author's words or a character's actions.