Poetry Vocab
Line Break
What is the space between each stanza?
Setting
Where or when a story takes place?
What should you make sure you have for any written response you have on the test?
Hint: it supports your response.
Text evidence!!!
Subject
What is who or what the sentence is about?
What continent is the United States of America in?
North America
Rhyme Scheme
What is the pattern of rhyming words that end each line?
Adjective
What is a word that describes a noun?
What should you do if you don't know the definition of a word on the test?
USE THE DICTIONARY!
Predicate
What is the rest of a sentence, also known as what the subject is doing?
Where are the fibula and tibia located?
Lower legs
Stanza
What is a paragraph in poetry?
Noun
What is a person, place, thing, animal, idea, or concept?
What should you do if you start to get tired on the test tomorrow?
TAKE A BREAK!
A complete sentence
What is a phrase that includes both a subject and a predicate?
When did the movie "The Sandlot" come out?
(You must be within 5 years of the release date)
1993
Simile
Verb
What is a word that shows action?
What is the subject of the following sentence?:
Ms. Parsons and her students are going to have a great day tomorrow!
Ms. Parsons and her students
A sentence fragment
What is a phrase that is missing either a subject or a predicate?
How many natural satellites does Earth have?
One! (The moon!)
Metaphor
What is a comparison between two things that does NOT use "like" or "as"?
Adverb
What is a word that describes a verb?
What is the predicate of the following sentence?:
The ants tried to steal our food.
Parts of a paragraph
What is a topic sentence, at least 3 supporting details, a conclusion sentence?
What gas do plants breathe in that humans breathe out?
Carbon Dioxide