JC Language Techniques

In English class, what is a "speaker"?

• how the poem is built. Poems are built by stacking together syllables, words, lines, and stanzas .

• the voice of the poem

• The beat or pace of a poem. The rhythm of a poem can be found out by looking at the stressed and unstressed syllables in words

• Words that sound the same. A rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhyme in a poem; end rhyme, internal rhyme, free verse.

In English class, what is "structure"?

• how the poem is built. Poems are built by stacking together syllables, words, lines, and stanzas .

• the voice of the poem

• The beat or pace of a poem. The rhythm of a poem can be found out by looking at the stressed and unstressed syllables in words

• Words that sound the same. A rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhyme in a poem; end rhyme, internal rhyme, free verse.

In English class, what is "rhythm"?

• how the poem is built. Poems are built by stacking together syllables, words, lines, and stanzas .

• the voice of the poem

• The beat or pace of a poem. The rhythm of a poem can be found out by looking at the stressed and unstressed syllables in words

• Words that sound the same. A rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhyme in a poem; end rhyme, internal rhyme, free verse.

In English class, what is "rhyme"?

• how the poem is built. Poems are built by stacking together syllables, words, lines, and stanzas .

• the voice of the poem

• The beat or pace of a poem. The rhythm of a poem can be found out by looking at the stressed and unstressed syllables in words

• Words that sound the same. A rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhyme in a poem; end rhyme, internal rhyme, free verse.

In English class, what is a "Subject"?

•  The thing/person/place that that poem is about.

• How the reader feels after reading the poem 

• The message or idea the poem expresses. What the poem is really about.

• The attitude a poet expresses through their poem.

In English class, what is a "Theme"?

•  The thing/person/place that that poem is about.

• How the reader feels after reading the poem 

• The message or idea the poem expresses. What the poem is really about.

• The attitude a poet expresses through their poem.

In English class, what is a "Tone"?

•  The thing/person/place that that poem is about.

• How the reader feels after reading the poem 

• The message or idea the poem expresses. What the poem is really about.

• The attitude a poet expresses through their poem.

In English class, what is a "Mood"?

•  The thing/person/place that that poem is about.

• How the reader feels after reading the poem 

• The message or idea the poem expresses. What the poem is really about.

• The attitude a poet expresses through their poem.

What is a Simile?

• A language technique where non human things are given human characteristics

• Repeating the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words

• A technique in language where the author compares two things using “like” and “as”

• A type of language technique where the author compares two different things and as a result reveals their similarities

What is a Metaphor?

• A language technique where non human things are given human characteristics

• Repeating the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words

• A technique in language where the author compares two things using “like” and “as”

• A type of language technique where the author compares two different things and as a result reveals their similarities