Poetic Elements
Paragraphs in poetry.
What are stanzas?
To give human qualities to inanimate objects.
What is personification?
A word that identifies a person, place, thing or idea.
What is a noun?
What is being discussed in a piece of nonfiction writing.
What is the central idea?
Joe Coronado
Ms. Hardy
English 12, Period 7
18 May 2026
What is MLA format for an essay heading.
Shakespeare published 154 of these 14-line poems.
What are sonnets?
This is a reference to some other well-known work.
What is an allusion?
A word that shows an action.
What is a verb?
Why an author is writing what they are.
What is the purpose of a text?
Point of View?
"I stood at the edge of the overlook, wrapping my windbreaker tighter around my chest as the desert air bit through the fabric. Below me, the Las Vegas Strip was just beginning to wake up. I could feel my heart thudding a jagged rhythm in my chest; the upcoming meeting would either secure my future or cost me everything."
What is an example of first person point of view?
The pattern of end rhyme in a poem.
What is rhyme scheme?
When a poet uses words that sound like the sound they are representing, such as "sizzle" or "ring."
What is onomatopoeia?
Name the grammatical rule that this follows:
My heroes are my parents, Superman, and Wonder Woman.
What is commas in a series?
Using what is directly stated in the text to make an educated guess.
What is an inference?
Use "As a result" or "Therefore" to connect events - the second event resulted due to the first event.
Use "However" to contrast previous information.
Use "Similarly" to show two ideas are alike.
Use "All in all" to conclude ideas.
What are words used as transitions?
Poets use this to paint pictures in the minds of readers.
What are figurative language and imagery?
The repetition of the beginning consonant sounds of several words within one line of poetry, as in "splashing horses stop in the silvery stream."
What is alliteration?
A piece of punctuation, not a period, that separates two complete thoughts.
What is a semi-colon (;)?
Types of themes in a text:
Love and Sacrifice
Overcoming Adversity
Power and Corruption
What are Universal Themes?
It is correct to write "a well-known author" or "the author was well known."
It is not correct to write "the author was well-known."
What is a an example of the hyphen rule for two or more words that act as a single unit to describe a noun only when the modifier comes before the noun?
Poems that don't have a set rhyme scheme are said to be written in this.
What is free verse?
The contrast between what happens and what is expected. It is used to create suspense.
What is irony?
Name the grammatical rule, or structure, that this follows:
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.”
What is parallel structure?
These themes provide insight into the societal norms, traditions, and experiences of a specific group.
What are culturally specific themes?
Use this to find a similar word and avoid repetition.
Use this to find a long-range weather forecasting, planting advice, general trivia, and astronomical data.
What are a Thesaurus and an Almanac?