POPTTTISS

=POPTTTISS = //An acronym for a series of elements to consider when annotating a poem (or a passage)//.

    Plot .........................................................what's happening in the passage? Oral devices............................................such as rhyme, alliteration, and onomatopoeia    Point of view............................................of the narrator, speaker or character     Title........................................................significance     Theme......................................................writer's message     Tone........................................................attitude of narrator or speaker toward subject     Imagery..................................................images that incroporate sensory details     <span style="FONT-SIZE: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif">Sentence structure................................length, variety, and complexity     <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif">Setting on page.......................................such as words captalized or in italics