Poetry
A group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose.
What is a stanza?
The action of the story, leading up to the turning point
What is rising action
Can be proven with data, observations, and reliable sources,
What is a fact or factual claim?
an argument that claims since everyone else is doing it, you should too.
What is bandwagon?
The lake is a mirror reflecting the bright sunlight in the early morning.
What is a metaphor?
A poem that has no structure or rhyme
What is an free verse poetry?
The most exciting or "turning point" moment in a story.
What is climax?
States a belief, feeling or value and cannot be proven.
What is an opinion?
Events are arranged in the order in which they happen. This type of organizational pattern is used in short stories, biographies, and autobiographies.
What is chronological order?
The wind whispered through the the young leaves of the pecan tree.
What is personification?
Tells a story of a mythic or national hero and is usually long, serious in tone and doesn't rhyme.
What is an Epic?
person vs. person, person vs. self, person vs. society, person vs. nature
What is conflict?
You need this in order to prove something.
What is evidence or text evidence?
This pattern shows causal relationships between events, ideas, and trends. Some transition words used in this pattern are "because, since, as a result of."
What is cause and effect?
His head was small and flat at the top, with huge ears, and a long beakish nose, so that it looked like a weathervane perched upon his spindly neck to tell which way the wind blew.
What is a simile?
Because I do not hope to turn again; Because I do not hope; Because I do not hope to turn; Is an example of?
What is repetition?
Reveals the outcome of the story
What is the resolution?
Is a statement many people assume to be true but which may or may not be so and can be debatable.
What is a commonplace assertion?
the perspective from which the story is told (applies to fiction as well: first person, second person, etc)
What is point of view?
onomatopoeia
The rhythm produced by a poem's words,lines, and stanzas.
What is meter?
The overall message of a story that reveals something about the human experience.
What is theme?
Combining prior knowledge with new information (making an educated guess)
What is an inference?
The reason an author has for writing something.
What is author's purpose?
Uses an object to stand for an idea.
What is symbolism?