Poetry/Poets
An open form of poetry that doesn't have rhythm or rhyming.
Free Verse
A picture book about a kitten who thinks the moon is a bowl of milk and tries many different attempts to drink it.
Kitten's First Full Moon
A comparison that does not use the words "like" or "as"
metaphor
Wrote "Brian's Winter" and "Hatchet"
Gary Paulsen
a person, place, or thing
noun
A Japanese poem that consist of 3 lines:
5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables
Haiku
On an island far away an imaginary friend is born. He patiently waits his turn to be chosen by a real child, but when he is overlooked time and again, he sets off on an incredible journey to the bustling city, where he finally meets his perfect match and-at long last-is given his special name
Beekle
the repetition of syllable-initial consonant sounds between nearby words
alliteration
The author of the book Holes
Louis Sachar
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What is this typographical symbol called?
ellipsis
Has exactly 14 lines and follows a specific pattern of 5 stressed then 5 unstressed syllables
Sonnet
It is the summer of 1869, and trains, crews, and family are traveling together, riding America's brand-new transcontinental railroad. These pages come alive with the details of the trip and the sounds, speed, and strength of the mighty locomotives; the work that keeps them moving; and the thrill of travel from plains to mountain to ocean.
Locomotive
two words used together that have opposite meanings
oxymoron
Author of the Phantom Toll Booth
Norton Juster
A type of sentence that is a command or request
imperative
This famous poet wrote "A Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Raven" He is known for writing spooky, creepy, and unique pieces. He had a mysterious death.
Edgar Allan Poe
A story of an adventurous winter night when a father and a daughter go out in a snowy dark meadow to find an owl. The story builds up anticipation till finally the daughter is able to see her father communicate with a great horned owl and she sees it up close.
Owl Moon
When an author purposely gives you an indication of what's going to come later in the book
foreshadowing
The author of the Alice and Wonderland books
a noun/ noun phrase that follows another noun/noun phrase and provides additional information about it.
appositive
He wrote many, many short, funny poems for children but is probably best known for a slightly longer poem called The Adventures of Isabel, about a little girl who meets a big, scary bear.
Ogden Nash
A woman tells her young son the true story of how his great-great-grandfather, Captain Harry Colebourn, rescued and learned to love a bear cub in 1914 as he was on his way to take care of soldiers' horses during World War I, and the bear became the inspiration for A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh.
Finding Winnie
A narrative in which a character, place, or event can be interpreted to represent a meaning with moral or political significance
allegory
Author of Number the Stars
Louis Lowry
a noun that comes after a linking verb and is equal to a subject of a sentence.
Example: Even after his break from the sport, he remained a leader.
predicate nominative