The message or main idea relevant to the real world that the author wants the reader to take away.

A brief statement outlining the main points.

A feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place, or thing and serving to identify it

Chunks of lines in a poem

Words and phrases that help the reader imagine with the senses

When two words have similar ending sounds or sound the same

Beat or rhythm of a poem

How a text is organized

Poems that don't rhyme or have a rhythm (beat) to it.

Details or ideas from the text that connect back to the main idea

Writing without rhythm or rhyme - it follows the natural flow of speech