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Poetic devices

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    Personification, anthropomorphism, mood, tone, and theme
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  • The author's feelings toward a subject, idea, or object.
    Tone
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  • How the reader feels when reading a poem or literary work.
    Mood
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  • To give inanimate objects or natural phenomena humanlike characteristics in a metaphorical way
    Personification
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  • Non-human things displaying literal human traits
    Anthropomorphism
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  • The messeage an author wants to communicate. 
    Theme
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  • “The sun smiled down on us.” is an example of...
    Personification
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  • What is the theme of this movie?
    Childhood and growing up
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  • We love our magic toilet. / It’s super fun to use./ My brother flushed his baseball bat. / My sister flushed her shoes.
    Anthropomorphism
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  • What is the tone of this fragment? "My heart quailed at the idea of sharing a roof with her again, all of us swept up in the tornado vortex of her illness."
    Fearful
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  • What mood is created by this picture?
    Excitement
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  • What is the theme of this movie?
    Persistence
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  • What is this? I built this awesome rocket ship / to take an interstellar trip, / and travel through the galaxy / to find a home for cows like me.
    Anthropomorphism
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  • "The story jumped out of the page" is an example of...
    personification
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  • What tone would you use to write a letter to your grandmother?
    Heartfelt
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  • "My dog likes to disco on TikTok for fun." is an example of...
    Anthropomorphism
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