What's that word again?
Argument for Arguments' sake
Stories, but short.
Shall I compare thee to a poetic form?
Authors
100

Rockabye baby in the-- what? This vocab word means "tree branches."

What are boughs?

100

The namesake of our category-- this is an attempt to persuade someone to think or act in a certain way.

What is argument?

100
A very macabre story, this is the story of how an unreliable narrator killed a man because of his eye and buried him under the floorboards.

What is "The Tell-Tale Heart"?

100

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?

100

This author was known for his satire and wrote the book Animal Farm.

Who is George Orwell?

200

This word means "sensitive."

What is acute?

200

Similar to a thesis/hypothesis, this is your basic belief about a particular topic, issue, event, or idea.

What is a claim?

200

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"?

200

Poems of this form would include "How Do I Love Thee?" and have fourteen lines and a specific rhyme scheme.

What is a sonnet?

200

This short story author often wrote dystopian works, not including his short story "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh."

Who is Ray Bradbury?

300

This word, one that Christ stated on the cross, means "abandoned" or "desolate."

What is forsaken?

300

This is a solid and reasonable argument that opposes or disagrees with your claim.

What is counterclaim?

300

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?

300

This type of poem originated in Japan and is usually only three lines long.

What is a haiku?

300

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?

400

An adverb that could describe how students do their homework, this word means "without interest" or "spiritlessly."

What is listlessly?

400

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?

400

This is the technical term for the good guy/main character.

Who is the protagonist?

400

This type of poem is exalted verse with a single purpose and a single theme.

What is an ode?
400

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?

500

"Your kingdom come, your will be done," but in the King James Version-- this word means "your."

What is "thy"?

500

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?

500

This is the form of language spoken in a particular region-- in the south it would include words like "y'all."

What is dialect?

500

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?

500

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?

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