alliteration- two or more words of a word group start with the same letter, as in apt alliteration's artful aid.
assonance-
rhyme in which the same vowel sounds are used with different consonants in the
stressed syllables of the rhyming words, as in penitent and reticence.
connotation– something suggested or implied by a
word or thing, rather than being explicitly named or described.
denotation- a word that names or signifies something specific: “Wind” is the denotation for air in natural motion. “Poodle” is
the denotation for a certain breed of dog.
diction - an author’s choice of words
hyperbole- an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be
taken literally, as “to wait an eternity.”
onomatopoeia- the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the
sound associated with it (as buzz, hiss)
rhyme- one of two or more words or phrases that end in the same sounds
Then we used the TPCASTT learning strategy, and together as a class, we analyzed the poem The Rose that Grew from Concrete by Tupac Shakur.
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