Types of Poems
Literary Devices
Fanboys and Chumm Chumms
Types of Sentences
Parallelism
100
A 14 line poem
What is a sonnet?
100
The repetition of words with the same letter.
What is alliteration?
100
In the beginning of a sentence.
Where are chumm chumms usually found?
100
Compound complex sentence
What do you get when you combine a compound sentence and a complex sentence?
100
Words that show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance.
What is parallelism?
200
A song like poem that tells a story.
What is a ballad?
200
Hyperbole
The exaggeration of a simple statement to make a greater effect.
200
But
What fanboy is used in this sentence: He wanted to but the toy, but he knew it was not necessary.
200
Has one independent clause, subject and a verb.
What makes a simple sentence?
200
It is used after a comma and describes or names the person or object that had been mentioned.
Where is an appositive used?
300
A celebration poem.
What is a ode?
300
Simile's use "like' or "as" and metaphors do not.
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
300
Although
What is the chumm chumm used in the sentence: Although he knew he would get punished for breaking the law, he still stole the car.
300
Compound sentence
What type of sentence is this: He loves eating candy but he knows he can get cavities.
300
Answers may vary. ex: My favorite hobbies are playing sports, doing homework, and writing music.
Give an example of parallelism.
400
A speech that takes place at a funeral.
What is an elegy?
400
Personification
What type of literary device is used in the sentence: The wind whispered to the girl as she passed by.
400
Since, even though, although, after
Name 4 chumm chumms.
400
For-----F And----A Nor----N But----B Or-----O Yet----Y So-----S
What stands for F.A.N.B.O.Y.S?
400
Answers may vary. ex: I like, doing chores and cooking, and hearing music.
Give an example of bad parallelism.
500
A lyric is a short poem about nature that is usually in 1st person.
What is a lyric?
500
Imagery
What type of literary device is used in the sentence: She looked out upon the lush green mountains that were covered with hundreds of flowers that rioted with all sorts of colors of the rainbow.
500
But, and, yet, so, nor.
Name 5 fanboys.
500
Independent clause, subordinating conjunction, dependent clause.
What is needed to make a complex sentence?
500
Rene, Marcos's brother, is as tall as a basketball player.
Where do the commas need to be placed: Rene Marcos's brother is as tall as a basketball player.
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