Poetry
5-7-5
Is this a metaphor or simile?
"She was light as a feather, gliding over the dance floor."
Simile
What comes before the pep talk?
The pit of despair
What is the very first thing you should write for a paper?
Spicy Hook!
This should be constantly referred back to throughout a paper
Your thesis
How many lines in a couplet?
2
When you give human traits to an inhuman object
Personification
What step comes after the exposition, or "Normal"?
Initiating event/The call
What is a thesis statement?
A strong thesis statement expresses one main idea, the main argument of your paper.
A type of figurative language focused on the five senses, making the reader feel like they're there
Imagery
What is assonance?
When words have the same middle sounds
What is alliteration?
When words start with the same letter
What are the two parts of every climax?
Emotional and physical
What are the parts of a an introductory paragraph?
Hook, topic sentence 1, topic sentence 2, topic sentence 3, Thesis, so what statement.
A pattern of same ending words at the ends of lines in poems
rhyme scheme
What is a stanza?
A group of lines in a poem, like a paragraph or section.
What is a metaphor
A comparison that doesn't use like or as
Every story is either a ______ story or a ________ story
Overcoming ego, gaining self respect
Lots of ads, doesn't list an author, super long URL address
A funny english poem with the rhyme sceme AABBA
Limerick
What is a quatrain?
A four line stanza
What is hyperbole?
Exaggerated statement
What comes right after the climax?
Falling action, or Fix ya plotholes
What is the order of the seven sentences in a body paragraph
Topic sentence, Claim A, Source/evidence, Claim B, source/evidence, tie back to thesis, transition
A reference to another work of literature is known as...
allusion