Keystone Poetry Terms A & B

Tool used by the author to enliven and provide voice to the text (dialogue, mood)

To examine or judge carefully

To make understandable, plain, or clear.

A writing device used to create expectation or set up an explanation of later events.

Language that is written to create a special effect or feeling. (metaphor, simile, hyperbole..)

A trend of beliefs or practices that mark an approach to literature (romantic, realism)

The process of identifying the parts of a whole and their relationship to one another.

The author's intent to inform, teach, entertain, or persuade.

Use of a word opposite of its meaning; expecting one thing and something else happens.

A category used to classify literary works; usually by form, technique, or content.

The repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words.

Descriptive language in a work; used to create sensory impressions.

Clearly expressed or fully stated in the actual text

A type of distinct language found in parts of the world.

To tell apart and notice differences between two or more items.

A reference in literature to a familiar person, place or event.

An author's choice of words, phrases, and figurative language.

Words or phrases which help reason out the meaning of an unfamiliar word.

What is a form of extended metaphor in which things in a story are equated with other meanings?

An exaggeration or overstatement

Implied; meanings that are understood by the reader rather than expressed in the text.

"Reading between the lines"; A conclusion based on reason rather than a direct statement.

To explain the meaning; your understanding of a text.

The associations that a word has other than its dictionary definition.

The center of interest or attention