Poetry
The specific pattern of syllables that the ends of lines in a poem follow.
What is rhyme scheme?
What is a memoir?
A primary function of most first paragraphs in works or essays.
What is introduction?
a scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact.
What is an experiment?
Grammatical term for "she" in the following sentence:
She hit the ball.
What is subject?
The species of tree that is the subject of "The Loveliest of Trees."
What is a cherry tree?
Two of the four foods which Nikos describes in depth to try to impart a lesson on Harry.
What are olive oil, spices, cheese, and Greek salad?
The unifying message of a work or the major idea or lesson a work imparts.
What is theme?
The main claim of an essay. In our long-form writing, we wrote it at the end of our first paragraph.
What is a thesis statement?
"In," "up," "out" are examples of this type of word (used to link nouns to other words in a sentence)
What is a preposition?
A major theme of the poem "O Mistress Mine."
What is love and/or youth?
The fruit whose taste and experience has a lasting impact on Harry.
What are figs?
This is a example of simile.
(any example of a simile)
A process by which we look at the similarities between two or more things.
What is comparison?
Grammatical term for "hit" in the following sentence:
She hit the ball.
What is verb?
The number of years in a score.
What is 20?
Harry's experience of a "hollow victory" after he throws the fruit suggests he feels this about his actions.
What is remorse?
A poet using the word "trip" vs. "go" is an example of using ___ to create a specific mood in a work.
What is diction?
A process by which we look at the differences between two or more things?
What is contrast?
Grammatical term for "the ball" in the following sentence:
She hit the ball.
What is object?
The three things that Wordsworth personifies as dancing in his poem, "I wandered lonely as a cloud."
What are Daffodils, Waves, Heart?
The theme of the AWNAAP.
What is the importance of embracing one's background or culture?
This is an example of personification.
What is (any example of personification)?
The two specific foods which Harry refers to in the first paragraph of AWNAAP that he suggests are the epitome of American foods.
What are hot dogs and cokes?
Words that act as nouns and stand in for other, more specific, nouns. (She, He, It, etc.)
What are pronouns?