Poetry
4 main types of poetry
What are:
Free Verse, Haiku, Narrative, & Sonnet
What is Diction
A speech written by a professional athlete listing the negative effects of steroids and urging young athletes to not use steroids
What are the 6 parts of the plot?
exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
Clear center of story; all major events are important to this character.
Protagonist
the formal arrangement of rhymes in a stanza or a poem. If it is one of a number of set rhyme patterns, it may be identified by the name of the poet with whom the set rhyme is generally associated with
What is a Rhyme Scheme
tone is the author's ______ or ______ about what they are writing about
what is perspective or attitude
A booklet containing the school rules and the consequences for violating those rules
To inform
Resolution begins; events and complications start to fall into place.
falling action
Characteristics of a character can be revealed through?
STEAL
Speech
Thoughts
Effects on others
Actions
Looks
The use of words outside of their literal meaning to add beauty and force.
What is figurative language
An author uses a condescending tone when ?
A story written about a young boy who moves to a new school and is bullied, but he gains self-confidence by joining a sports team and learns to stand up for himself.
To entertain
Time and location that a story takes place
the setting
One-dimensional character
flat character
Using the same word or key words throughout a poem
What is Repetition ?
a hint in the surrounding text that can help a reader infer the meaning of an unfamiliar word, phrase, or description
context clues
A poem about why the iPhone is the greatest consumer electronic device ever made
to entertain
Four Major components of the Short Story
Plot
Setting
Characters
Theme
Character that is instantly recoqnlzable because of the stereotype
Character Archetype
What type of poem is this?
Snowflakes are our friends
They descend when winter comes
Making white blankets
haiku
What is tone of these words?
scornful, belligerent, pretentious
An article where the author argues that an iPhone is better than an Android phone
to persuade
Central message, "moral of the story," and underlying meaning of a fictional piece; may be the author's thoughts on the topic or view of human nature.
What is the theme
Direct or indirect?
There was only one thing that Samantha loved more than her mother's locket, and it was the photo inside the locket.Direct