Define
To examine in detail.
Analyze
A brief statement or account of main points.
Summary
Written Work
Text
Once upon a midnight dreary,
while I pondered, weak and weary
Rhyme
When water is heated, the molecules move quickly, therefore the water boils
Cause & Effect
Not influenced by personal feelings or opinions.
Objective
A poem that contains certain letters at the beginning of the lines.
Acrostic
Category, Group
Genre
Her tears flowed like a river down her cheeks.
Simile
On either side of the trail stood spruce laden with quilts of sparkling white.
Figurative Language
the use of irony to mock or convey
Sarcasm
Poetry that does not rhyme or have regular meter
Free Verse
Flat
Static
The class was a zoo.
Metaphor
She sells sea-shells by the sea shore.
Alliteration
Short Japanese poem, 5-7-5 syllables.
Haiku
A group of lines in a poem.
Stanza
Storyline
Plot
Ticktock, ticktock… the sound of the clock was all that could be heard in the hospital waiting room.
Onomatopoeia
The leaves danced in the wind.
Personification
Reason or intent of writing a text
Author's purpose.
Someone who undergoes an important change.
Dynamic Character
Personal, Emotional
Subjective
This bag weighs a ton.
Hyperbole
In a story about a girl who is afraid of heights, a girl recalls a time when she fell off of the top of a playground as a young child.
Flashback