Poetry
True or False: All poems need to rhyme.
False
the purpose and point of the paragraph
What is the main idea/central idea?
When you had to terminate the contract, it was a difficult decision.
What is ... to end?
a comparison using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
The thought of eating a rat is ABHORRENT to most people.
What is the Horrible/ Nasty
the "paragraph" of a poem
What is a stanza?
the message or lesson the author is trying to teach
What is theme?
Identify the parts of speech (nouns, verbs, adjectives) in this sentence:
Carla waits in the sports car for her best friend.
N - Carla, car, friend
V - waits
Adj - sports, best
giving an object human qualities
What is personification?
Over the holidays, families can show their GENEROSITY by donating food to the homeless.
Willingness to give
the space between stanzas
What is a line break?
A conclusion reached by using an educated guess and clues from the text.
What is an inference?
The weather was oppressive, unlike the refreshing breeze we had expected.
This is an example of using context clues as:
A. synonym B. antonym
C. inference D. figurative language
What is B - antonym?
Tom taught Tina to play tennis.
What is alliteration?
When you read, you often come to words that you don't know. One way to find out a words meanings is to look around for these.
What are Context Clues?
Roses are red
Violets are blue
I passed ELA
I hope you did too!
What is the rhyme scheme or pattern?
What is ABCB?
Anything that helps to prove that something is or is not true. Also used to support a claim or argument.
What is evidence?
The dreary landscape seemed to reflect the sadness in the character's heart.
What is sad or somber?
BOOM!
BAM!
Bzzzzzzz!
Ringgggg!
What is onomatopoeia?
The GARRULOUS boy rambled on continuously as he told his mother about his day at school.
What is Talkative?
the "sentence" of a poem
What is a line?
Diagrams, timelines, captions, photographs, graphs, subtitles, headings are examples of these when reading.
What are text features?
The children were exuberant after winning the game, jumping and cheering loudly.
What is joyful or enthusiastic?
an exaggeration; For example, I am so hungry I could eat a horse!
What is hyperbole?
She was a warm and BENEVOLENT woman who tried to make this first day as easy as possible.
What is showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity?