Love That Dog
Glossary of poetic terms
Define the following terms as they apply to poetry. Find examples in the text as your read "Love That dog "
Alliteration - when the same letter happens on closely connected words; " and jumping up on me his shaggy straggly paws."(p.46)
Assonance - When the sound of a vowel repeats; "Blue car, blue car, shining bright in the darkness of the night: who could see you speeding by like a comet in the sky?"(p.8)
Figurative Language - Not meanig it ; "as if they were saying Me! Me! Choose Me! I'm the best one."(p.26)
Hyperbole- Exaggeration; "And they will shout Car!"(p.32)
Irony-sarcasm; "I tried Can't do it Brain Empty"(p.2)
Irony - emphatic effect ;
" But it was too late because the blue car blue car splattered with mud hit Sky thud thud thud and kept on going in such a hurry. " (pg.70-71)
Imagery - photo anything visual ;
" We were outside in the street me and some other kids kicking the ball before dinner and Sky was chasing chasing chasing with his feet going every which way and his tail wag-wag-wagging and his mouth slob-slob-slobbing. (pg.58)
Metaphor - comparison without "like" or "as" "
Meter - rhyming pattern of poetry ;
" Blue car, blue car, shinning bright in the darkness of the night: who could see you speeding by like a comet in the sky?" (pg.8)
Point of View - the narrator's position in relation to the story being told
"Okay
I guess,
I'll put my name on it." (page 74)
Rhyme - two words that correspond
“Blue car blue car, shining bright in the darkness of the night who can see you speeding by like a comment in the sky? Pg 8
Rhythm - one of two or more words or phrases that end in the same sounds
Mabe you'll tell the anonymous tree peoms that his or her tree poem is really a poem really really and a good poem to
Pg 40-41.
Simile - “a phrase that uses the words like or as to describe someoneor something by comparing it with someone or something else that is similar. Pg 8 some of the tiger sounds are still in my ears like drums beat beat beating.”.
Stanza - a group of lines in a poem
I guess it does look like a poem hen you type it up like that pg 18
Style - A manner of doing something.
"Do you promise not to read it out loud? Do you promise not to put it on the board?"(pg.4)
Syntax - The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
"What do you mean-"(pg.5)
Theme - The subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic
"I don't want to because boys don't write poetry. Girls do."(pg.1)
Tone - a musical or vocal sound with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength
Alliteration - when the same letter happens on closely connected words; " and jumping up on me his shaggy straggly paws."(p.46)
Assonance - When the sound of a vowel repeats; "Blue car, blue car, shining bright in the darkness of the night: who could see you speeding by like a comet in the sky?"(p.8)
Figurative Language - Not meanig it ; "as if they were saying Me! Me! Choose Me! I'm the best one."(p.26)
Hyperbole- Exaggeration; "And they will shout Car!"(p.32)
Irony-sarcasm; "I tried Can't do it Brain Empty"(p.2)
Irony - emphatic effect ;
" But it was too late because the blue car blue car splattered with mud hit Sky thud thud thud and kept on going in such a hurry. " (pg.70-71)
Imagery - photo anything visual ;
" We were outside in the street me and some other kids kicking the ball before dinner and Sky was chasing chasing chasing with his feet going every which way and his tail wag-wag-wagging and his mouth slob-slob-slobbing. (pg.58)
Metaphor - comparison without "like" or "as" "
Meter - rhyming pattern of poetry ;
" Blue car, blue car, shinning bright in the darkness of the night: who could see you speeding by like a comet in the sky?" (pg.8)
Point of View - the narrator's position in relation to the story being told
"Okay
I guess,
I'll put my name on it." (page 74)
Rhyme - two words that correspond
“Blue car blue car, shining bright in the darkness of the night who can see you speeding by like a comment in the sky? Pg 8
Rhythm - one of two or more words or phrases that end in the same sounds
Mabe you'll tell the anonymous tree peoms that his or her tree poem is really a poem really really and a good poem to
Pg 40-41.
Simile - “a phrase that uses the words like or as to describe someoneor something by comparing it with someone or something else that is similar. Pg 8 some of the tiger sounds are still in my ears like drums beat beat beating.”.
Stanza - a group of lines in a poem
I guess it does look like a poem hen you type it up like that pg 18
Style - A manner of doing something.
"Do you promise not to read it out loud? Do you promise not to put it on the board?"(pg.4)
Syntax - The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
"What do you mean-"(pg.5)
Theme - The subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic
"I don't want to because boys don't write poetry. Girls do."(pg.1)
Tone - a musical or vocal sound with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength