Poetry
The acronym that we used to annotate poems and songs.
What is TPFLAT?
The lesson or message that the author is trying to convey in the story.
What is theme?
Unfortunately the Houston Texans suck this year.
This change needs to be made in the sentence.
What is adding a comma after "Unfortunately"?
Similes are used to compare two things using one of these two words.
What is "like" or "as"?
While reading a story, I come across a word I don't know. This is what I can use to look up the meaning of the word.
What is use a dictionary?
The A in TPFLAT stands for Attitude. You must identify the mood and tone of the poem. This is the definition for tone.
What is the author's feelings or emotions?
What is characterization?
Choose the correct sentence.
1. I love dogs, my sister loves cats.
2. I love dogs and my sister loves cats.
3. I love dogs; my sister loves cats.
What is Sentence 3?
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers..." is an example of this kind of figurative language.
What is alliteration?
When writing my story, I keep using the word "said". I decided to use the word "voiced" instead.
The word "voiced" is the _________ of "said".
What is synonym?
The lines of a poem are grouped together into little sections (almost like verses in a song). This is the name of that term.
What are stanzas?
The acronym used to determine the traits and characteristics of a character in a story.
What is PAWATO?
Yesterday, my brother dressed crazy. He is wearing a blue shirt with purple shorts and pink crocs.
This change needs to be made in the sentence.
What is "change 'is' to 'was'"?
"The golden rays of the setting sun reflected upon the clear waters of the lake." This attention to detail would occur in this type of figurative language.
What is imagery?
When figuring out the rhyme scheme of a poem, I should look at this word in the lines in the stanza.
What is the last word in the line?
The P in TPFLAT stands for "paraphrase". There are three things that need to be done when paraphrasing. Number the stanzas, summarize each stanza, and...
What is letter the rhyme scheme?
"Harriet always wore a silver ring. It was given to her by her mother before her mother passed away."
A part of PAWATO is being described here.
Hint: It's the P
What is "possessions"?
When I was younger, I had long hair. I was much longer then it is now.
This change needs to be made to the sentence.
What is change "then" to "than"?
"Cat caught your tongue" or "I have butterflies in my stomach" are two examples of this kind of figurative language.
What are idioms?
What are context clues?
Two lines in a stanza is a couplet. Three lines in a stanza is a triplet. Four lines in a stanza is a...
What is a quatrain?
"Did you hear about what Vicky said to her sister? It was horrible! Vicky can be so mean!"
A part of PAWATO is being described here.
What are "Other's Words"?
Kaylee has a sentence in her third paragraph that repeat information that she already stated earlier in the paragraph. This is what kind of sentence it is.
Hint: There are two different words it can be. You only need to say one of them. They start with a "r" or an "e"
What is "redundant" or "extraneous"?
An idiom is a phrase that has a different meaning than the literal definition. For example, saying that "Ms. Chavez spilled the beans" would mean that Ms. Chavez did this.
What is she told a secret or talked too much?
Tammy writes down the sentence, "Spot the Dog ran outside, he chased a squirrel." I told her that she can't just put a comma between the two sentences.
These are the three suggestions that I give Tammy that will fix her sentence(s).
What is create two separate sentences, use a semicolon, or use a comma and a conjunction?