Theme for English B

Lyric Poetry

• • expresses the speaker’s thoughts and feelings

• • uses figurative language and imagery that appeals to the senses

• • may include sound devices such as alliteration, assonance, repetition, and rhyme

• • expresses a theme, or a message about life

Tone

• writer’s attitude toward the subject of a poem

• reader's attitude toward the subject of a poem

• Protagonist's attitude toward the subject of a poem

• Antagonist's attitude toward the subject of a poem

Formal tone is more 1.______ while informal tone is more 2.______

• 1. 1. Serious 2. Light-hearted

• 1. 1. Light-hearted 2. Serious

• 1. 1. Anxious 2. Upsetting

• 1. 1. Calm 2. Disturbing

Theme

• a message about life or human nature that an author wants to convey

• A topic mentioned in a text

• Author's attitude toward a subject

• Use of the five senses

Alliteration

• the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• the repetition of vowel sounds within words that do not rhyme

• a repeated sound, word, phrase, or line used for emphasis

• similar or identical sounds at the end of two or more words

Repetition

• the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• the repetition of vowel sounds within words that do not rhyme

• a repeated sound, word, phrase, or line used for emphasis

• similar or identical sounds at the end of two or more words

Assonance

• the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• the repetition of vowel sounds within words that do not rhyme

• a repeated sound, word, phrase, or line used for emphasis

• similar or identical sounds at the end of two or more words

Rhyme

• the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• the repetition of vowel sounds within words that do not rhyme

• a repeated sound, word, phrase, or line used for emphasis

• similar or identical sounds at the end of two or more words