Poet

Highlighting positive words/ phrases in one color and negative words/ phrases in another color...

• helps you easily identify the poet's attitude in a poem.

• shows you if a poet feels happy or sad in their poem.

• helps you understand the theme of a poem.

• shows you the figurative language in a poem.

An easy way to identify the shift (change in tone) in a poem is to...

• understand the symbolic meaning of the title.

• observe if the figurative language used is funny or sad.

• count the stanzas.

• notice where your positive and negative highlighter colors change.

Which of the following is NOT true of theme?

• Theme is often represented in the symbolic meaning of a poem's title.

• Theme is the message or observation a poet wants to portray to the reader.

• Theme is universal- it can relate to anyone, anytime, anywhere.

• Theme must always be a life-changing, profound life lesson.

The author of a poem.

• poet

• poem

• theme

• mood

The number and style of accented syllables in a line. These are written in a repeated pattern.

• line

• meter

• rhyme

• stanza

This is when words have the same ending sounds.

• line

• meter

• rhyme

• stanza

A group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in other kinds of text.

• line

• meter

• rhyme

• stanza

A type of poetry with no form or structure.

• free verse

• rhythm

• couplet

• hyperbole

When text has movement with a regular repeating pattern; the beat, sound and feel of a poem.

• free verse

• rhythm

• couplet

• hyperbole

A pair of rhyming lines in a poem.

• free verse

• rhythm

• couplet

• hyperbole