Poetic Elements
What do we call paragraphs in poetry?
stanzas
To give human qualities to inanimate objects.
personification
A word that identifies a person, place, thing or idea.
noun
"There is two cars over there." What is incorrect about this sentence?
"is"
This type of essay requires the reader to analyze two different works of literature
Literary Analysis
Shakespeare published 154 of these 14-line poems
sonnets
Poems that don't rhyme are said to be written in this...
free verse
A word that shows an action?
verb
"Oh, this Airpod case? It's there's." What is wrong with this sentence?
There
correct form is their
In this type of essay, the author is attempting to make a case for what they believe in
Argumentative essay
What form of poetry follows the 5/7/5 line form?
haiku
When a poet uses words that sound like the sound they are representing, such as "sizzle", "bang" or "zip"
onomatopoeia
A word that describes a noun.
adjective
Alessa see Gian is catched by the authorities yesterday. What is wrong with this sentence?
saw, caught
In this type of essay, the author has to convince the reader to come to their side of the argument
persuasive essay
What is the structure of free verse?
there is no structure
The repetition of the beginning consonant sounds of several words within one line of poetry, as in "splashing horses stop in the silvery stream."
alliteration
A piece of punctuation, not a period, that separates two complete thoughts
Semi-colon ;
I found really interesting the classes. What is wrong with this sentence?
I found the classes really interesting.
In this type of essay, the author describes an object, person, place, experience, emotion, or situation.
Descriptive Essay
Name a poet we've read this year (only one is necessary)
Langston Hughes, Edgar Allan Poe, Ocean Vuong, Sylvia Plaith
The repetition of the consonant sounds inside several words within one line of poetry, as in "She sells seashells by the seashore"
Consonance
Name the grammatical rule, or structure, that this follows:
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.”
parallel structure/parallelism
A word that means unaware or ignorant
oblivious
In this type of essay, the author is asked to use their creative writing skills to write a story
Narrative