Poetry
2 lines of poetry that rhyme at the end
What is a couplet?
A story about a person's entire life, written by someone else.
What is a biography?
Comparing 2 things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
An eerie feeling that something's not quite right.
What is tension?
They wrote The Hate You Give
Who is Angie Thomas?
the grouping of multiple lines within a poem
What is a stanza?
Narration that reads like this: "You go to the door. It's locked. You take the secret key out of your pocket, swiveling your head to make sure no one else sees you entering the magic gate to The Other Place. You turn the key and push, ready for whatever is to come."
What is second person narration?
hearing happiness heats my heart
What is assonance?
An author leaves tiny clues for you that will make more sense later on in the story
They wrote The Tell Tale Heart
Who is Edgar Allen Poe?
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What is a Shakespearean Sonnet?
Narration that reads like this: Evette thought to herself, "why does everyone think I'm a bad person?" She was stunned that no one like her. How quickly she had forgotten about crop-dusting the entire class the week before.
What is third person narration?
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What is repetition?
exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
What is the plot diagram?
They wrote It
2 speakers who alternate stanzas within a poem
What is a double-voice poem?
What is First Person narration?
Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers
What is alliteration?
A feeling impending doom; something is coming, and we're bracing for it, but we don't know what it is!
What is suspense?
They wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
“A World of Dew” by Kobayashi Issa
A world of dew,
And within every dewdrop
A world of struggle.
A story about a specific part of one's life.
What is a memoir?
Crack! Boom. Pow! (you have to spell me correctly)
What is onomatopoeia?
This passage, for example:
It started way back in February of 2000. It was a horrible time to be alive. No iPhones. No YouTube. No Bluetooth. Now, things are different.
What is flashback.
They wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Who is Maya Angelou?