Poetry IDEA Vocabulary
Kendra Petrea
Figurative Language
Example: In a sentence like "You were as dirty as a pig" you will use a simile
Sentence: You use figurative language a lot when you explain things like pictures of something with imagery.
Tone
Example: A conversation between a father and son that shows an exciting tone: Father "We are going on vacation." Son"That's great!!!"
Sentence:The tone of the story should be how the author makes you feel after reading the story.
Mood
Example: In the story Romeo&Juliet, the mood will be sad at the end because they both die.
Sentence: If a story talks about someone in a relationship and that they are happy then it should make you feel happy when you read it, so that is the mood.
Rhyme Scheme
Example: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star has a rhyme scheme of AABB
Sentence:usually when people make music they use a rhyme scheme for each verse or line in the song.
Verse
Example: After the Sea-Ship by Walt Whitman is a free verse poem that does not follow any pattern or have a rhyme scheme.
Sentence:A verse would be like a line in a song that you listen too.