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This word means great skill or ability.
What is prowess?
The dictionary definition of a word
What is denotation?
Receives the action of a verb
What is a direct object?
Sound words
What is onomatopoeia?
This type of poetry has 3 lines and 17 syllables.
What is a haiku?
This word means to sign the back of a check or to support.
What is endorse?
When a word can be positive, negative, or neutral
What is connotation?
Answers the question "To whom?" "To what?" or "For whom?"
What is an indirect object?
To compare 2 things not using like or as
What is a metaphor?
AABB and ABCB are examples of what?
What is rhyme scheme?
This word means putting an end to doubt; convincing.
What is conclusive?
Which has a more positive connotation:
persistent
stubborn
What is "persistent"?
Identify the direct object in the following sentence:
Sara baked cookies for her grandma.
What are "cookies"?
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
What is alliteration?
This type of poem has 14 lines that are 10 syllables each.
What is a sonnet?
This word means to slope or lean
What is incline?
Which has a more negative connotation?
focused
obsessed
What is "obsessed"?
Identify the indirect object in the following sentence:
Ida cooked us a spaghetti dinner.
What is "us"?
A reference to a famous person, place, or event
What is an allusion?
To create this type of poem, you select words from a text and put them in order, only making minor changes.
What is a found poem?
This word means a length of six feet, used in measuring the depth of water.
What is fathom?
Rank the following words in order from most positive to least positive:
filthy
untidy
sloppy
What is "untidy", "sloppy", and "filthy"?
Identify the direct and indirect objects in the following sentence:
My friend told me a secret.
What is "me" (indirect) and "secret" (direct)?
Combining two opposite ideas
What is an oxymoron?
What is a concrete poem?