Poetry
Fig. Lang/Lit. Terms
Vocabulary
Argumentative Writing
Miscellaneous
100

What is a Stanza?

a group of lines forming a verse

100

What is Mood?

How the reader feels about the passage

100

What is Lackadaisical?

Showing little spirit

100

What is Rebuttal?

To prove the other side wrong

100

What is a Pun?

a play on words (example: Making mirrors is a job I can really see myself doing.)

200

What is Assonance?

a repeating of a vowel in poetry

200

What is Tone?

The attitude the author gives during the passage

200

What is Entreat?

To beg

200

What is Conclusion Paragraph?

 A paragraph where you finish up your writing; leaving a good impact on the reader

200

What is Repetition?

To keep repeating something said or written 

300

What is Meter?

a measure of lines in poetry

300

What is Allusion (Classical & Biblical)?

Referring to the Bible or to Greek Gods.

300

What is Assimilate?

To absorb into the population

300

What is Counterclaim?

To state the other side

300

What is Onomatopoeia?

a form of the word that sound like it name (example: Swoosh, buzz, mumble)

400

What is Sonnet?

Fourteen line using any formal writing 

400

What is Symbol? 

A thing that represents or stand for something else

400

What is Despondent?

Depressed

400

What is corrections? (Fix the sentence)

I have too exams that i'm extremliy worry about

I have two exams that I'm extremely worried about.

400

What is Mutiny?

To rebel

500

What is TP-CASTT?

T-Title

P-Paraphrase

C-Connotation

A-Author's Attitude

S-Shifts

T-Title 

T-Theme  

500

What is Theme?

Overall message/life lesson (never one word; always a sentence.)

500

What is Serene?

Calm;Peaceful

500

What is Argumentative writing?

Persuading the audience with the writing

500

What is Tirade?

a long; anger speech

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