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simple, compound, complex and compound- complex
figurative language
types of poems
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What is the following sentence a compound, simple, compound-complex or complex: The pirate lost her treasure map, but she still found the buried treasure.
Compound
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name at least 5 types of figurative devices
answers may vary Idioms Hyperbole Onomatopoeia Alliteration Personification Metaphor Simile Imagery Irony Symbolism Dialect
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What is ballad?
song like poem that tells a story, often sad story of betrayal, death or loss. Usually have a steady simple rhythm with a refrain.
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What does personification do in a poem?
Talks about objects as if they were people.
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What is A character that is always good
protagonist
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What is in a compound complex sentence?
two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses
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What is Alliteration?
The repetition of the same initial letter, sound, or group of sounds in a series of words.
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What is lyric poem?
does not tel a story, but expresses the personal fellings of the spaeker
200
What does imagery do in a poem?
Refers to the five senses. What the words of the poem make the reader ' see ' in their imagination.
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What is the rising action
Conflict is developed there
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what is the following sentence: When we won the state championship, the team captain jumped for joy, and the fans cheered.
compound complex
300
What is Personification?
A figure of speech in which human characteristics are given to an animal or an object.
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What is this an example of: Turn back the heart you've turned away Give back your kissing breath Leave not my love as you have left The broken hearts of yesterday But wait, be still, don't lose this way Affection now, for what you guess May be something more, could be less Accept my love, live for today.
lyric
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How are metaphors and similes alike?
They are both types of figurative language. They are both comparisons.
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What is the Exposition
Introduces the characters, setting, and conflict
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what type of sentence is the following: Because the soup was too cold, I warmed it in the microwave.
complex
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What is a narrative poem?
poem that tells a story or related event
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What is personification?
Giving human qualities to a non-human object/animal.
400
What is the Climax
Conflict is solved here
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what is in a complex sentence?
A complex sentence has an independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses. A complex sentence always has a subordinator such as because, since, after, although, or when or a relative pronoun such as that, who, or which.
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What is Onomatopoeia?
The use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sound or the sound made by an object or an action.
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What is a sonnet?
14 line poem, ( 3 quatrains and a couplet is a Shakespearian sonnet ) follows strict rules of structure breaking down imagery and figurative language
500
What is irony?
A plot twist. When something unexpected happens in a story.
500
What is a subplot
a smaller plot