Figurative Language
Meow, moo, tweet
Onomatopoeia
Body paragraph 1
Topic/ Main Idea
Evidence
Explanation
This term refers to the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line in a poem.
What is a rhyme scheme?
Life lesson/ moral or main idea of the story.
What is theme?
The assignment was a breeze.
Metaphor Assignment and breeze are being compared.
Introduction
Hook
Connection
Thesis
A Shakespearean sonnet is divided into three quatrains followed by this type of stanza.
What is a couplet?
I was going to look for my missing watch, but I didn't have the time.
What is a pun?
The fire swallowed the entire forest.
Personification
Body Paragraph 2
Topic/ Main Idea
Evidence
Explanation
The lines in a sonnet are typically written in this meter, which has 10 syllables per line in an unstressed-stressed pattern.
What is iambic pentameter?
Dinner is on the house!
What is idiom?
An author uses words like “delighted,” “joyful,” and “cheerful.” What is the tone?
What is happy, positive, or optimistic?
Raining cats and dogs
Idiom
Thesis
Your argument/ Answer to the prompt
In literature, a character who changes significantly over the course of the story is called this.
What is a dynamic character?
A contradiction between what is expected and what happens in reality or between what is said and what is really meant describes what literary term?
What is irony?
How the reader feels after reading.
What is mood?
Sally sells seashells by the seashore.
Alliteration
Body Paragraph 4
Compare the poems
Evidence
Explain why your argument is stronger
In Romeo and Juliet (by William Shakespeare):
“A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life.”
This early line _____ the tragic fate of Romeo and Juliet, hinting that their relationship will end in death.
What is foreshadow?
The streets are calling.
What is a personification?
This is the acronym often used to remember the main reasons why authors write: to persuade, inform, or entertain.
P.I.E