Poetry
The paragraph of a poem.
What is a stanza?
Example: house, Ariana Grande, lion, liberty
What is a noun?
My husband is as tall as a skyscraper.
The events of a story.
What is plot?
We use this strategy to summarize expository readings.
What is the 5 W's?
Words used in poetry that help the reader create images in their mind.
What is imagery?
Example: quickly, softly, particularly, unusually
What is an adverb?
Frederick is a race car because he runs so fast.
What is a metaphor?
The central problem in a story.
What is conflict?
The narrator uses the words I, me, and my.
What is first-person?
When a poet uses words that have the same sounds, they create this.
Example: My cat jumped out of my hat.
What is rhyme?
What is a verb?
The sun smiled at me as I started my day.
What is personification?
The overall emotional feeling an author creates with their word choice.
What is mood?
We use this strategy to analyze poetry.
What is the SMILE strategy?
The repetition of beginning consonant sounds in poetry.
Example: The cool cat caught a cold.
What is alliteration?
Example: rancid, good, tasty, red
What is an adjective?
I'm so hungry that I could eat a whale!
What is hyperbole?
The message that an author creates about a topic.
What is theme?
These three appeals are used in persuasive texts.
What are ethos, pathos, and logos?
Patterns developed through stressed and unstressed syllables.
What is rhythm?
Example: he, she, it, they
What is a pronoun?
The sour taste of defeat sank into my tongue so strongly that I felt like I would throw up.
What is sensory language?
The narrator is all knowing and uses the pronouns it, he, and she.
What is third-person omniscient?
We use this strategy to help us better understand poetry, fiction, and even expository readings.
What is annotating/using hashtags?