Figurative Language
It's as cold as ice in here!
Simile
What is the first thing you should do when you see a poem?
Number the lines, number the stanzas, and figure out the rhyme scheme.
The story's overall meaning, message, or life lesson.
Theme
Lists the order in which they happen.
Sequence
Chronological
Look up keenly in the dictionary.
Give me one synonym.
Acutely, badly, dearly, desperately, extremely, intensely, deeply, passionately, sorely, and strongly.
The rain kissed her cheek as it fell from the sky.
Personification
What is the second step of the Poetry Steps?
Box and label any figurative language.
The first step of the plot diagram: where the characters and the setting is introduced.
Exposition
Gives characteristics, features, and examples to describe a subject.
Description
Look up assertion in the dictionary.
Give me TWO synonyms.
Statement, proposition, or declaration.
Please hold your horses!
Idiom
What does PST stand for?
POV, shift, and theme
That point in a plot that creates the greatest intensity, suspense, or interest.
Climax
Explains similarities and differences.
Compare and Contrast
Look up assiduously in the dictionary.
Give me ONE antonym.
Lazy/lazily
There are times when I think my computer hates me!
Personification
There are several types of graphical elements. Name at least two.
Capitalization, line length, word position, stanzas, or the poem makes a picture.
What point of view has all characters that are described using pronouns, such as 'they', 'he', and 'she'.
Third Person POV
When you are handed a problem, but are also given how to fix it.
Problem and Solution
Which definition best matches the way the word flow is used in line 14?
"He wants to go on with the flow of his life."
A. the movement of liquid
B. an amount that passes through a specific point
C. uninterrupted progress
D. an energy transfer
C. uninterrupted progress
He was a volcano of rage.
Metaphor
WHY would a poet choose to use capitalization as a graphical element in a poem?
It emphasizes that word, phrase, or line. It makes that word, phrase, or line seem very important to the poem.
A conflict involving opposing forces within a person's mind.
Internal Conflict or Man vs Self
When one event leads to another event.
Cause and Effect
The Latin root testis, meaning “witness,” helps the reader understand that the word testimony in paragraph 2 means:
"Pitiful testimony to the challengers who had tried and failed."
A. warning
B. evidence
C. attempt
D. assistance
C. attempt