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Poetry - Coggle Diagram
Poetry
Author's Purpose
Persuade
The author wants to convince the reader to believe something
The food you love, now buy one get one free
Entertain
The author wants to amuse you with a story
Once upon a time there was a princess
Inform
The author wants to teach the reader about a topic
The average tree has 200,000 leaves
Point of View
1st Person
The narrator is a character in the poem
I was born in Derry
2nd Person
The narrator speaks directly to the reader
You have probably never heard of the city Derry
3rd Person
The narrator is not a character in the poem
Erin was born in Derry, and so was her friend Michelle
Theme
Text Evidence
Telling where in the text you found the theme
On line 5, it said Anna got an A
Tone
The authors attitude toward the subject
The author's tone is happy because Anna got a good grade
Main Idea
What the poem is mostly about
Anna studied hard for her test and got an A
Poetic Devices
Simile
Comparing two things using the words "like" or "as"
As sweet as pie
Metaphor
Comparing two things, saying it's another thing, not using "like" or
"as"
Life is a movie
Personification
Giving human character to a non-human object
The sun smiled down at me