A group of lines in a poem, like a paragraph

What does audience positioning mean?

How language is used to make audiences feel/believe a certain point of view

What does invited reading mean?

How the author invites you to feel/think about the poem

the feeling that a word implies, beyond its literal meaning

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Poetry Analysis Vocab

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What is an example of an onomatopoeia?
greedy goblins
Screeched
Grinned
Metallic
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Figurative language means...
Alliteration & portmanteau
metaphors & similes
Having to figure out what something means
The pattern of rhyming
3
A stanza means...
When a poet is taking a stand on something
A group of lines in a poem, like a paragraph
When two words are combined to create a new word (e.g. brunch)
A poem that rhymes
4
Which is an example of a portmanteau?
Smoke-filled
Brunch
Jellybean
Boom!
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What does audience positioning mean?
Whether the audience has shared experiences with the poet
How language is used to make audiences feel/believe a certain point of view
Where the readers are when they read the poem
Using language to make the audience disagree with you
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What does invited reading mean?
Using inclusive language like "let's" and "we"
All of the above
How the author invites you to feel/think about the poem
Being invited to a poetry reading
7
A metaphor is a comparison between two things using like or as
False
True
8
Authorial context can include
All of the above
The poet's cultural background
When the poet lived
Where the poet is from
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What is another example of a portmanteau
Scruptious
Squeak
Annoying arvarks
Fantabulous
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Which is an example of alliteration
The clown frowned
Catch you later, alligator!
Armies of angry brown ants
Schools of fish raced past
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What does imagery mean?
metaphors & similes
visually descriptive language
describing something with like or as
adding pictures along with your poem
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Which is an example of a simile
I like pizza!
He is as strong as an ox.
I felt like vomiting.
I did what Mum asked as I didn't want to get in trouble.
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Connotation means...
annotating a poem in the margins
the feeling that a word implies, beyond its literal meaning
the literal meaning of a word
rewriting sentences to be positive or negative

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