Poetry
Literary Terms
Important Skills
100

What is free verse?

A type of poetry that has no rules!

100

Give an example of situational irony

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100

What is a claim?

Your main argument 

200

What is formal structure?

A poem that rhymes and/or has a certain structure. 

200

Give an example of dramatic irony

:o

200

How do you support a claim?

You use evidence!

300

What is this an example of?

Freddy the flea frolicked from France.

Alliteration 

300

What is a theme from Romeo and Juliet and why is it important?

300

What is a central idea?

It is the main topic of the reading

400

What is personification?

Giving human qualities to things that aren't human

400

What is a tragic flaw?

It is the one quality in a hero that leads to his downfall.

400

What is diction?

It is the author's word choice

500

Please give an example of a simile or metaphor

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500
Name a protagonist in a story or play that we have read
500

Name a rhetorical appeal.

Ethos=appeal to credibility

Pathos=appeal to emotion

Logos=appeal to logic