Poetry
Text Structures
Firsthand or Secondhand Account?
Grammar
Poetry 2
100
These are groups of verses. They look like small paragraphs, but they are made up of those short lines called verses.
What are stanzas?
100
This text structure puts past events in order and tell a story/situation. You see signal words like first, next and finally.
What is chronology?
100
Letters and Diaries
What is firsthand account
100
My dad told me to put my shoes in my room. How many prepositions are in this sentence?
2: to and in
100
This compares two or more unlike things using "like' or "as".
What is simile?
200
Name the five elements of a poem.
What are stanzas, verses, rhythm, rhyme, and meter?
200
This text structure can be put into a multi-flow map. It includes signal words like therefore, as a result, because, etc. It starts with one situation which leads to another situation.
What is cause and effect?
200
The Oregon Trail In 1843, thousands of people began traveling across America to the open lands of the West. Most of these people followed a path known as the Oregon Trail. Pioneers set out from towns along the Missouri River in the Midwest. They made a 2,000-mile trek to their new homes in California and Oregon. Some traveled in covered wagons. Others were on foot or horseback. The route was filled with danger and hardship.
What is secondhand account
200
My dad told me to put my shoes in my room. What are the prepositional phrases in this sentence?
to put in my room
200
This compare two or more unlike things without using "like" or "as".
metaphor
300
The West Wind It’s a warm wind, the west wind, full of birds’ cries; I never hear the west wind but tears are in my eyes. For it comes from the west lands, the old brown hills, And April’s in the west wind, and daffodils. It’s a fine land, the west land, for hearts as tired as mine; Apple orchards blossom there, and the airs’ like wine. There is cool green grass there where men may lie at rest; And the thrushes are in song there, fluting from theirnest… How many verses are in this poem?
8
300
This text structure includes a situation that needs to be fixed. Sometimes there are ways to fix the situation offered, or there is an exact way to fix it. Signal words include solve and fix. If I gave you the others, you would know exactly what text structure this is.
What is problem/solution
300
from Across the Plains in 1844 August 1st we nooned in a beautiful grove on the north side of the Platte [River]. We had by this time got used to climbing in and out of the wagon when in motion. When performing this feat that afternoon, my dress caught on an axle helve. I was thrown under the wagon wheel, which passed over and badly crushed my leg before my father could stop the team. He picked me up and saw the extent of the injury … The news soon spread along the train and a halt was called. A surgeon was found and the limb set How do you know this is a firsthand account? (Three ways)
It is written in first-person point of view. The narrator was actually there. You can read about many more details in this firsthand account. You know how she feels, what she saw, what people around her said. It uses first-person pronouns.
300
through the forest complete, run-on, or fragment?
fragment
300
Writer gives a non-living object a human quality.
What is personification
400
Harriet Tubman -Eloise Greenfield Harriet Tubman didn’t take no stuff Wasn’t scared of nothing neither Didn’t come in this world to be no slave And wasn’t going to stay one either “Farewell!” she sang to her friends one night She was mighty sad to leave ‘em But she ran away that dark, hot night Ran looking for her freedom What is the main idea of the poem?
Harriet Tubman was brave an escaped from slavery.
400
This text structure takes two or more things and tells you their similarities and differences. Signal words include on the other hand, likewise, both, like, same, different, differ, etc...
What is compare/contrast
400
The air was thick. I could feel the tension build in the room. Here I was stuck between my old best friend and my new one. I knew that if they would just give each other a chance, they would be fast friends. What type of account is this?
What is firsthand?
400
I love eating pizza with pepperoni on it it's my favorite! Complete, fragment, or run-on?
run-on
400
An overexaggeration written for effect Example: This bookbag weighs a ton!
What is hyperbole?
500
Harriet Tubman -Eloise Greenfield Harriet Tubman didn’t take no stuff Wasn’t scared of nothing neither Didn’t come in this world to be no slave And wasn’t going to stay one either “Farewell!” she sang to her friends one night She was mighty sad to leave ‘em But she ran away that dark, hot night Ran looking for her freedom What two verses from the poem prove that Harriet Tubman was brave?
Harriet Tubman didn’t take no stuff Wasn’t scared of nothing neither
500
This text structure puts steps in order. It's more of a "how to" piece. Cookbooks and instruction manuals are written in this text structure. Signal words include first, next, last.
What is sequencing
500
When a ballerina gets new pointe shoes for the first time, they destroy them on the first day. First, they rip the heel of the foot and bend it back and forth until it has movement. Next, they shred the toe of the shoe so that it has more traction on the floor. They hand-sew the ribbons onto the shoe. Finally, they wet the top part of the shoe to loosen it up before they put them on. What account is this?
What is second-hand
500
To whom did you give the letter to? What part of speech is "whom"?
relative pronoun
500
What is the difference between literal and figurative?
Literal is when the author says what they mean. Figurative language is used to create an image in the reader's mind. It's when you write one thing, but it means something else.
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