Random
Has 5 lines
Limerick
When a text asks you to "analyze", what does that mean?
It's asking you to explain
What poem doesn't have to rhyme?
Concrete Poem or Haiku
True or false: The definition of a metaphor is not using like or as.
FALSE
I like it when the computer loads really fast. This is a simile: true or false
False
What does contribute mean?
To add to/relate to
What is author's purpose?
The reason WHY the author wrote it
Name the 3 possible author's purposes
Persuade, Inform, Entertain
This is a haiku, true or false:
Hoops, Shots, on the court
I love to play basketball
I am a great player
False
The last line has 6 syllables
What is a conflict?
The problem in the story
What is a plot?
The events that happen in the story.
What is the main/central idea?
What the story is mainly talking about.
What is onomatopoeia? Give an example
sound effects, BOOM
What is repetition in a poem?
When something is repeated
What is irony?
When the opposite happens
What is a stanza?
A group of lines
What is a theme?
The moral of the story
What is a hyperbole? Give an example.
An exaggeration
What should you use in your essay that will make it 10x stronger?
TEXTUAL EVIDENCE/QUOTES
What is a climax?
The turning point of the story.
Which poem follows the ABAB format?
Sonnet
Give the 5 things you need to start an argumentative essay, in order.
Attention Grabber
State the topic
Name your position
Your three reasons
Name everything you need to start a compare/contrast essay
1 Attention grabber
2 what you are comparing/conrasting
3 a sentence about each
4 your 3 paragraph topics
What is a couplet?
Two lines at the end of the poem that rhyme
What is an idiom? Give an example
A phrase that you know what it means but what is being said is different.