Analytical Essay Vocabulary

Main idea of the poem

• narrative

• stanza

• theme

• point

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

a tool used by the poet to describe something

• poetic device

• pen

• theme

• structure

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

language that describes our five senses

• metaphor

• imagery

• adjectives

• power words

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

to talk about in different ways

• speak

• describe

• discuss

• argue

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2B

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

discover, find out information

• utlise

• explore

• exemplify

• evoke

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

is as a good example of

• explore

• communicate

• exemplify

• reveal

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

connected with

• associated with

• relates to

• describes

• expresses

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

uses

• reveals

• expresses

• details

• utlises

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

makes the reader feel/think something

• explore

• evokes

• reveals

• exemplifies

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

sends a message from the poem to the reader

• reveals

• exemplifies

• communicates

• dictates

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10