Poetry
This type of poetry follows a specific set of rules.
Formal Verse
This part introduces us to the setting, characters, and their motivations.
Exposition
First person
Repetition of similar ending sounds.
Rhyme
This is the number of lines in a sonnet.
14
Poetry written in "mini paragraphs."
Stanzaic Poetry
The turning point of the story.
Climax
When a story's narrator uses you.
Second person
Giving human qualities to a nonhuman object.
Personification
A common misconception with poetry.
It needs to rhyme.
Poetry written in a large block of text.
Stichic Poetry
This is where the characters grow in tension and begin solving the story's crisis.
Rising Action
When a story's narration knows what all characters are doing but not what they're thinking.
Third-person limited
The author's attitude toward their work.
Tone
The number of acts in a typical story structure.
3
When a line of poetry continues into the next line or stanza.
Enjambment
This is when the characters begin putting the world back together.
Falling Action
When the narrator knows EVERYTHING about EVERY character.
Third-person omniscient
The beat or flow of poetry.
Rhythm
The difference between formal and free verse.
One follows specific rules while the other does not.
A pause inside a line of poetry.
Caesura
This is the struggle between what the character wants and what prevents them from achieving it.
Conflict
Fascinated, Harry leafed through the rest of the contents of the envelope. Why the hell did Filch want a Kwikspell course? Did that mean he wasn’t a real wizard?”
Third-person limited
A structured rhythm pattern.
Meter
The author of "Fish Cheeks," the story of a girl who invites her crush to an atypical Christmas dinner.
Amy Tan