Poetry
True or False: All poems need to rhyme.
False
What is the main idea/central idea?
the boy ran away.
What is wrong with this sentence?
What is needs a capital letter?
a comparison using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
The thought of eating a rat is ABHORRENT to most people.
What is the Horrible/ Nasty
the "paragraph" of a poem
What is a stanza?
A conclusion or suggestion reached by using an educated guess.
What is an inference?
Did you see the boy run He is going to the store.
What is missing?
What is a question mark?
giving an object human qualities
What is personification?
Over the holidays, families can show their GENEROSITY by donating food to the homeless.
Willingness to give
Which sentence below is an example of a Central Idea of a poem, and which is an example of a Theme of a poem?
1) Life is too short to hold grudges against people
2) James got into a fight with his brother over their political beliefs, but they decided to make up two days later and forget about politics.
1) Theme
2) Central Idea
anything that helps to prove that something is or is not true
What is evidence?
The boy said, I am going to the store.
What is missing?
What are quotation marks?
Tom taught Tina to play tennis.
What is alliteration?
When you read you often come to words that you don't know. One way to find out a words meanings is to look for_________________________________
What is Context Clues?
Roses are red
Violets are blue
I passed ELA
I hope you did too!
What is the rhyme scheme?
What is ABCB?
Which is a synonym for the word achieve?
A. strive
B. accomplish
C. request
D. insufficient
What is B. accomplish?
Which part of RAP is missing in the following short answer response?
Darkness, and I know this because the text calls the room "gloomy".
Restate (R)
BOOM!
BAM!
Bzzzzzzz!
Ringgggg!
What is onomatopoeia?
The garrulous boy rambled on continuously as he told his mother about his day at school.
What does garrulous mean?
What is Talkative?
Name the Speaker, Audience and Author's Purpose in the song/poem "Dear Mama" by 2Pac
-- And when it seems that I'm hopeless
You say the words that can get me back in focus
When I was sick as a little kid
To keep me happy there's no limit to the things you did
And all my childhood memories
Are full of all the sweet things you did for me
And even though I act crazy
I gotta thank the Lord that you made me--
S: Tupac
A: His Mom
AP: To entertain
Diagrams, timelines, captions, photographs, graphs, subtitles, and headings are examples of what?
What are text features?
When you are introducing a quote as evidence in your writing, give one "transition phrase" you should use.
"In the text it states..."
"I know this because..."
"The author writes..."
Why do many poets and musicians use the figurative language "Rhyming" in their poems and songs?
The rhyming sounds entertain the reader/listener and grab their attention.
What are the three steps Mr. B says you must master to do well on the 6th Grade Reading EOG?
1) Read the passage at least twice to understand it
2) Break down and understand the question
3) Eliminate/analyze the answers to find the BEST answer