Literary Roots: Literature, Nature, and the Environment

Performing a Close Reading of a Poem

Literary Terms (General Terms)

Diction

Tone

Speaker

Genre

Stanza

Imagery and Figurative Language Devices

Metaphor

Simile

Personification

Allusion

Imagery

Apostrophe

Paradox

Hyperbole

Allusion

Irony

Symbol

Sound Devices

Alliteration

Assonance

Consonance

Onomatopoeia

Repetition

Anaphora

Types of Rhyme

Planning

Annotating a Poem

Preliminary Thesis Statement

Outline

Drafting

Drafting the Thesis Statement

Drafting the Introduction

Drafting the Body Paragraphs

Drafting the Conclusion

Literary Style

Literary Present

Consistent Point of View

Clarity and Conciseness

Sentence Fluency

Revising

Revising for Organization

Revising for Development

Revising for Coherence and Unity

Revising for Style

Editing and Proofreading

Major Grammar Errors

Major Punctuation Errors