What's that word again?
Rockabye baby in the-- what? This vocab word means "tree branches."
What are boughs?
The namesake of our category-- this is an attempt to persuade someone to think or act in a certain way.
What is argument?
What is "The Tell-Tale Heart"?
A formal poem that reflects on death or another solemn theme-- like that of "Do Not Go Gentle" or "O Captain! My Captain!"
What is an elegy?
This author was known for his satire and wrote the book Animal Farm.
Who is George Orwell?
This word means "sensitive."
What is acute?
Similar to a thesis/hypothesis, this is your basic belief about a particular topic, issue, event, or idea.
What is a claim?
This is a tragic story about a mentally challenged man who agrees to participate in an experiment to increase his intelligence.
What is "Flowers for Algernon"?
Poems of this form would include "How Do I Love Thee?" and have fourteen lines and a specific rhyme scheme.
What is a sonnet?
This short story author often wrote dystopian works, not including his short story "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh."
Who is Ray Bradbury?
This word, one that Christ stated on the cross, means "abandoned" or "desolate."
What is forsaken?
This is a solid and reasonable argument that opposes or disagrees with your claim.
What is counterclaim?
This is the type of point of view where the narrator is outside of the action and you can see everyone's thoughts.
What is third person omniscient?
This type of poem originated in Japan and is usually only three lines long.
What is a haiku?
This mysterious author wrote disturbing short stories like "The Cask of Amontillado" and "The Tell-Tale Heart" as well as poems like "The Raven" and "Annabel Lee."
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
An adverb that could describe how students do their homework, this word means "without interest" or "spiritlessly."
What is listlessly?
A response to a counterclaim, meant to take into account the ideas expressed in the counterclaim and explain why they aren't valid enough.
What is a rebuttal?
This is the technical term for the good guy/main character.
Who is the protagonist?
This type of poem is exalted verse with a single purpose and a single theme.
This poet was on fire-- not only did he write narrative poetry like "The Wreck of the Hesperus," he also wrote the well-known Christmas carol "I Heard the Bells."
Who is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?
"Your kingdom come, your will be done," but in the King James Version-- this word means "your."
What is "thy"?
This is a “partly-agree” stance in which you agree (in part) with another person’s argument or position but also disagree with part of it.
What is qualify?
This is the form of language spoken in a particular region-- in the south it would include words like "y'all."
What is dialect?
This type of poem is usually as long as a book, it tells a story, and often begins with an appeal to a muse.
What is an epic?
This Kentucky educator is most well-known for his autobiography "The Thread That Runs So True," but he also wrote short stories like "A Ribbon for Baldy."
Who is Jesse Stuart?