Poetry Vocab
Line Break
What is the space between each stanza?
Setting
Where or when a story takes place?
Parts of Speech
What are the different types of "words," such as nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs?
Subject
What is who or what the sentence is about?
Regular past tense
What is a verb that adds "-ed" to the end of it when it is moved into the past tense?
Rhyme Scheme
What is the pattern of rhyming words that end each line?
Adjective
What is a word that describes a noun?
Short Constructed Response
What is a writing prompt that requires you to provide
1) a response
2) evidence that supports that response
Predicate
What is the rest of a sentence, also known as what the subject is doing?
Irregular past tense
What is a verb that NOT add "-ed" to the end of it when it is moved into the past tense?
Stanza
What is a paragraph in poetry?
Noun
What is a person, place, thing, animal, idea, or concept?
Extended Constructed Response
What is a writing prompt that requires you to write a paragraph that includes appropriate evidence and a topic and conclusion sentence?
A complete sentence
What is a phrase that includes both a subject and a predicate?
The capital of Texas
What is Austin, Texas
Simile
Verb
What is a word that shows action?
Inference
What is a prediction or assumption you make based on the text?
A sentence fragment
What is a phrase that is missing either a subject or a predicate?
The third planet from the sun
What is Earth?
Metaphor
What is a comparison between two things that does NOT use "like" or "as"?
Adverb
What is a word that describes a verb?
To inform, to persuade, or to entertain
What is author's purpose?
Parts of a paragraph
What is a topic sentence, at least 3 supporting details, a conclusion sentence?
186,000 mi/s
What is the speed of light?