Form, in poetry, can be understood as the physical structure of the poem: the length of the lines, their rhythms, their

system of rhymes and repetition. In this sense, it is normally reserved for the

type of poem where these features have been shaped into a pattern, especially a familiar pattern.

Chronological time This is similar to the word "shape";

asked to think about "a shape", you would expect a triangle or a circle, but Alaska too has a shape.

Visual

The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.

Synonyms: phraseology, phrasing, turn of phrase, wording, word choice

Specific words used to invoke a connotation

Character’s Author’s

Repeating ideas or extended treatment of specific pieces of the whole

What details were used? Why do you think the author focused

the details where he/she did?

Syntax refers to word order, and the way in which it works with grammatical structures. As we are used to hearing things in certain orders, the effect of breaking with normal syntax is to draw attention to what is being said and the way it is said.

Some poets will also deliberately fracture syntax beyond what is considered grammatically correct, which demands a lot of attention, and affects the meaning.

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The angle of vision from which a story is narrated. A work's point of view can be: First person Second person Third person Limited Omniscient

How does the POV of the author/speaker impact the message of the text?

Dialect, vernacular, colloquialism, jargon Distinctive and idiosyncratic way one expresses oneself. The way you talk with your friends might be very different

from the language you use with your parents (code switching)

May include idioms (that’s sick…that movie was really cool)

For example, "My lady be stylin." Roughly translated, this means something like "My girlfriend consistently dresses in an attractive and fashionable style."

What we're talking about here is personal style. You can develop your own style by making your poetry true to your spoken voice. Learn your characteristic cadences, vocabulary, syntax. The poet Donald Justice said that after writing a poem, "When I listen to it and it sounds like me, then it's a good poem."

Imagery is the name given to the elements in a text that spark off the senses.

The five senses (sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell)

Figurative language

A poet could simply state, say, "I see a tree", but it is possible to conjure up much more specific images using techniques such as simile ("a tree like a spiky rocket"), metaphor ("a green cloud riding a pole").

The culmination of all literary terms to create the writer’s overall feeling toward the topic (attitude of text)

Tone can shift throughout a text. Shift in tone is part of what is enjoyable about reading a text.

Organization Diction Attitude Detail Syntax Point of View Language Imagery Tone