Analytical Essay Vocabulary

Main idea of the poem

• narrative

• stanza

• theme

• point

a tool used by the poet to describe something

• poetic device

• pen

• theme

• structure

language that describes our five senses

• metaphor

• imagery

• adjectives

• power words

to talk about in different ways

• speak

• describe

• discuss

• argue

discover, find out information

• utlise

• explore

• exemplify

• evoke

is as a good example of

• explore

• communicate

• exemplify

• reveal

connected with

• associated with

• relates to

• describes

• expresses

uses

• reveals

• expresses

• details

• utlises

makes the reader feel/think something

• explore

• evokes

• reveals

• exemplifies

sends a message from the poem to the reader

• reveals

• exemplifies

• communicates

• dictates