Poetry LIT Terms
Sentence Types
Writing / Parts of Speech
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Odyssey
100
Symbols
What is "Fire" and "Ice" used as in Robert Frost's poem Fire and Ice?
100
--a Noun and Predicate
What is needed to have a Complete Sentence?
100
--to explain, describe, give information (inform)
What is the purpose of Expository Writing?
100
First Person
What is the point of view as shown through Scout Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird?
100
Odysseus
Who is the epic hero in the Odyssey?
200
a unit (grouping of lines) within a larger poem
What is a Stanza?
200
--a sentence which contains one Main Clause
What is a Simple Sentence?
200
When you share common knowledge, such as "Holland is famous for its tulips."
What is the information that does NOT need to be cited?
200
Simile
What is "as wide as a bed slat and twice as hard" an example of?
200
Telemachus
Who is the character which undergoes a rite of passage from naive adolescence to manhood?
300
--has no set meter or rhyme
What is Free Verse?
300
--a sentence which contains more than one Main Clause
What is a Compound Sentence?
300
MLA documentation can protect writers from accusations of plagiarism.
What is true about MLA documentation?
300
The dog has rabies.
What is the reason Atticus shoots the dog?
300
Ithaca
What is the name of Odysseus's kingdom?
400
--made up of three quatrains and a rhyming couplet
What is a Sonnet?
400
--a sentence which contains one Main Clause and one or more Subordinate Clause
What is Complex Sentence?
400
Adjective
What is the Part of Speech which modifies Nouns or Pronouns?
400
Courage
What is the theme illustrated when Atticus confronts the mob in front of the jailhouse?
400
Athena
What is the name of the goddess who often assists Odysseus?
500
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean Sonnet?
500
--a sentence which contains two or more Main Clauses and one or more Subordinate Clause
What is a Compound-Complex Sentence?
500
Adverb
What is the Part of Speech that modifies Verbs, Adverbs, and Adjectives?
500
Personification
What is "From the day Mr. Radley took Arthur home, people say the house died" an example of?
500
--a beggar
What is the disguise that Athena places on Odysseus to hide his identity when he returns home?
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