Poetry Terms
Ouch, Bang, Boom!
What is Onomatopoeia?
The main problem of the story
What is conflict?
A sentence that is only one independent clause
What is a simple sentence?
Patellar tendonitis and hypertension
What are dad's health problems?
Your smile is like the sun, but your breath is like a garbage dump.
What is are similes?
Reading the surrounding sentence of an unknown word to determine meaning
What is using context clues?
A sentence with two independent clauses.
What is a compound sentence?
Dad's favorite doughnut shop
What is Krispy Kreme?
Bouncing a basketball can be burdensome.
What is alliteration?
What is point of view?
The FANBOYS
What are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so?
The three nicknames of Alexis
What are Miss Sweet Tea, Pink Reebok Girl, and Precious?
In poetry and fiction, rivers can often represent the journey of life.
What is symbolism?
Which POV is this? "You walk into a dark room, flick on the lights and are blown back with a thunderous "surprise" from your closest friends and family."
What is second person?
When you do not need a comma in a complex sentence.
What is, the independent clause is first, dependent clause is second?
What is hit Josh in face with the basketball, breaking his nose.
The man accidentally left his artfully decorated valentine's candy in his scorching hot car. The chocolate melted into the fibers of his backseat, leaving a sticky, gooey mess.
When the narrator is writing from outside of the story and knows the thoughts of all the characters
What is 3rd person omniscient?
What can join two independent clauses WITHOUT fanboys?
What is a semicolon?
The author's name
Who is Kwame Alexander?