Parts of Speech
This is a person place or thing
Noun
A poem that spells one word down, and explains that letter left to right.
Wrote a 7 book series about a young wizard
J.K. Rowling
You find me at the end of a sentence
Period
This magical genre tells of worlds that function a little differently than the world you're used to.
Fantasy
pronoun
A poem that follows no specific structure
Free verse
Wrote children's books that are famous for writing in rhyme and its hand drawn art, including Bartholomew and the Oobleck.
Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel)
Sentences always start with...
This genre sometimes has structure, sometimes rhymes, and typical grammar rules aren't always exactly in play.
Poetry
Verb
This is a three line poem that typically has the structure of 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables
Haiku
Famous author who wrote books like "James and The Giant Peach", and "The BFG".
Roald Dahl
Two words that are not found at the beginning of a sentence in prose
And, But
This genre speaks of worlds where technology that is more advanced than our current level of technology.
Science Fiction
This word describes a noun
adjective
A narrative poem, telling stories of humans interacting with gods or legendary creatures.
Epic
This contemporary author has written many books that have included young adult novels, collaborating with historians, poetry books, and a comic book series about spiderman variant Miles Morales.
Jason Reynolds
This punctuation is used at the end of a complete sentence introducing a list or after complete sentence introducing a central quote.
Colon
This genre consists of a true story about the author, about a specific time in their life.
Memoir
This type of word describes an action
adverb
A 14 line, regular rhyme scheme poem, typically written in iambic pentameter. Made famous by Shakespeare.
Sonnet
Wrote a series of books that feature the the first use of the word Dwarves instead of Dwarfs.
J.R.R. Tolkein
This punctuation connects two related independent clauses without a coordinating conjunction
Semicolon
This genre uses animal characters to convey a specific moral.
Fable