Vocab Definitions
Different from anyone or anything else.
Unique
She gave a passionate speech about human rights that convinced her audience to support her cause.
What is the meaning of passionate.
Having strong feelings.
What are the four parts of a poem's structure.
Line length, stanzas, rhythm, and rhyme.
The creative use of language that goes beyond the literal meaning.
Figurative Language
When a reader asks a question about the title or author, it is called _____________.
Before Reading Questioning
Suffering
Hardship
The skateboard sellers conspired to raise prices.
What is the meaning of conspired.
To work together to make something bad happen.
Groups of lines that focus on the same idea.
Stanzas
A type of figurative language that gives human qualities to animals.
Personification
When a reader asks a question to know more about the text, it is called a _______.
During Reading Question
To produce or make.
Generate
Ice cream is sublime on a hot summer day.
What is the meaning of sublime.
Beautiful and lovely.
The beat created by the words of a poem.
Rhythm
Two wires dangled from the heart of the machine and danced in the breeze.
What type of figurative language is the underlined phrase?
Metaphor
When a reader wonders about the meaning of a word or sentence it is called _____________.
Asking Questions
To be useful to someone or something.
Benefit
The decision was immediate and irrevocable: any player who was disrespectful was not allowed to play.
What is the meaning of irrevocable.
not able to change or take back.
A pattern of words with the same end sound at the end of the lines.
Rhyme
The soft wood groaned under the weight of the sailors.
What type of figurative language is underlined.
Personification
What kinds of diseases do mosquitoes carry? Do all mosquitoes carry diseases?
These are examples of why type of questions?
During Reading Questions
To show how something works.
Demonstrate
While we cannot see them, there are traces of pollution in the air.
What does trace mean?
Hints of something
Changing this to be longer or shorter can give the reader a different feeling when reading a poem.
Line Length
Double Jeopardy!
"Write your own example of personification."
Answers Vary
I look at the title and introduction. How can fabric help protect me from mosquitoes?
This is an example of what type of questioning?
Before Reading