Verbals and Using Verbs
Sound Sentences and Using Pronouns
Musical/Literary Devices
Types of Poetry/ Reading Strategies
Poems and Poetic Forms
100
What are the three kinds of verbals?
Participles, gerunds, and infinitives
100
What are the three cases of personal pronouns?
1) Nominative 2) Objective 3) Possessive
100
What is alliteration?
Alliteration is the repetition of the first sound of several words.
100
What is atmosphere?
Atmosphere is the overall feeling that a story or poem conveys.
100
True of false? Haikus and Tankas rhyme?
False. They are unrhymed.
200
A gerund is used in a sentence in the same way that a __________ is used.
noun
200
What is a sentence fragment?
A sentence fragment is a group of words that does not express a complete thought.
200
What is assonance?
Assonance is the repetition of similar vowel sounds.
200
What is a metaphor?
A metaphor is a comparison by writing or speeking about one thing as if it were another.
200
Which of the poetic forms that we've studied is always written in iambic pentameter?
Sonnet
300
What is the difference between active and passive voice?
The active voice indicates that the subject is performing the action. The passive voice indicates that the action of the verb is being performed upon the subject.
300
1) What is an elliptical clause? 2) What two words might an elliptical clause begin with?
1) An elliptical clause is a subordinate clause in which words are omitted but are understood to be there. 2) Elliptical clauses begin with "than" or "as."
300
What is onomatopoeia?
Onomatopoeia is the use of words to imitate actual sounds.
300
1) What is lyric poetry? 2) Identify at least one lyric poem that we read.
1) Lyric poetry is poetry expressing the observations and feelings of a single speaker, and originally written to be accompanied by music. 2) Acceptable responses: "The Guitar," "Making a Fist," "Jade Flower Palace," "The Moon at the Fortified Pass," "What are Friends For," or "Some Like Poetry"
300
What is iambic pentameter?
Iambic pentameter is five unaccented syllables each followed by an accented one.
400
When is it acceptable to shift back and forth between the present and past tense?
never
400
A pronoun must agree with its antecedent in both _______________ and ________________.
number; gender
400
What is consonance?
Consonance is the repetition of similar consonance sounds at the end of accented syllables.
400
What does it mean to "envision" when it comes to poetry?
Envisioning refers to seeing images and figures of speech or any figurative language in your mind's eye.
400
How many syllables does a haiku have in each line (what is the syllable "scheme"?
Five, seven, five
500
1) An infinitive can be used in almost all the ways a _____________ can be used, but can also be used as a(n) ________________ or a(n) ____________________. 2) What do infinitives always begin with?
1) noun; adjective; adverb 2) "to"
500
1) What is the nominative case used for? 2) What is the objective case used for? 3) What is the possessive case used for?
1) Nominative Case: used for subjects and predicate nominatives 2) Objective Case: used for direct objects, indirect objects, and objects of a preposition 3) Possessive Case: used to show ownership or possession
500
What is meter?
Meter is the formal organization of rhythms in a poem.
500
What does it mean to read according to punctuation?
Reading according to punctuation is a reading strategy used to aid the reader in figuring out the meaning of a poem. Many poems do not have punctuation at the ends of individual lines because of the rhyme and flow of the poem. Reading according to punctuation is purposely reading a poem WITHOUT the rhythm and rhyme scheme so as to figure out the poem's meaning more easily.
500
How many syllables does a tanka have in each line (what is the syllable "scheme"?
Five, seven, five, seven, seven
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