Poetic Forms
The Writing Process
Grammatical Errors
Words of the Day
Authors
100
This poetic form has several variations, but always has fourteen lines. The English form has the rhyme scheme ABABCDCDEFEFGG.
What is a sonnet?
100
Writing your thoughts and ideas down before you begin a draft.
What is prewriting?
100
The following sentence has this error: Hana said "I'm going to punch you!"
What is a missing comma?
100
A secret meeting between lovers.
What is a tryst?
100
Author of "The Black Cat."
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
200
This form has six 6-line stanzas and one 3-line stanza, and it uses six repeating words instead of a rhyme scheme.
What is a sestina?
200
Making little corrections to your draft, such as spelling and punctuation errors.
What is editing?
200
The following sentence is an example of this type of error: Harry never really liked me, he just hung around because I bought him things.
What is a comma splice?
200
Suffering and dying from a cause.
What is martyrdom?
200
Wrote "Because I could not stop for Death."
Who is Emily Dickinson?
300
This Japanese form was mastered by Matsuo Basho.
What is the haiku?
300
Writing a rough copy of your story, poem, or essay.
What is drafting?
300
The following sentence has this type of error: Susan, don't go I need to here!
What is a run-on sentence?
300
Two dozen sheets of paper.
What is a quire?
300
Wrote the haiku, "An ancient pond / a frog leaps in / the sound of water."
Who is Matsuo Basho?
400
This Japanese form is older than the haiku and has five lines instead of three.
What is the tanka?
400
The final step of the writing process, after you have cleaned up your draft.
What is publishing?
400
The following sentence is an example of this type of error: Janet looked him straight in the eye. You're not good for me! Just go!
What is missing quotation marks?
400
Gloomy; dour.
What is saturnine?
400
Wrote the horror story "The Outsider."
Who is H. P. Lovecraft?
500
This form has eight lines with the rhyme scheme ABaAabAB.
What is the triolet?
500
Making major changes to your draft, such as adding or removing entire sections of text.
What is revision?
500
The following sentence has this type of error: Love is merely madness
What is a missing period?
500
Of, pertaining to, or about a hedgehog.
What is erinaceous?
500
Wrote the poem "Fire and Ice."
Who is Robert Frost?
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