Poetry
True or False: All poems need to rhyme.
False
the purpose and point of the paragraph
What is the main idea/central idea?
To show possession for a plural noun ending in "s," like "the students," you place this punctuation mark at the very end of the word.
What is an apostrophe?
Giving an object human qualities
What is personification?
Over the holidays, families can show their GENEROSITY by donating food to the homeless.
Generosity means...
Willingness to give
the "paragraph" of a poem
What is a stanza?
the moral/lesson learned
What is theme?
This punctuation mark is used to join two independent clauses without using a coordinating conjunction like "and" or "but."
What is a semicolon?
Often used in poetry, this is a reference to a well-known person, place, event, or literary work
What is allusion?
The thought of eating a rat is ABHORRENT to most people.
Abhorrent means...
Horrible/nasty
the space between stanzas
What is a line break?
This is the specific "vibe" or attitude an author takes toward a subject, often revealed through word choice.
What is tone?
To fix a "run-on" sentence, you can use a period, a semicolon, or one of these "FANBOYS" words.
What is a conjunction?
BOOM!
BAM!
Bzzzzzzz!
Ringgggg!
What is onomatopoeia?
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 are context clues?
Roses are red
Violets are blue
I passed ELA
I hope you did too!
What is the rhyme scheme?
What is ABCB?
diagrams, timelines, captions, photographs, graphs, subtitles, headings are all...
What are text features?
These "twins" are often confused: one is a verb meaning "to influence," while the other is a noun meaning "the result."
What are Affect and Effect?
I am so hungry I could eat a horse!
What is hyperbole?
The GARRULOUS boy rambled on continuously as he told his mother about his day at school.
What does garrulous mean?
Talkative.
a 14 line poem, with a couplet
What is a sonnet?
This is the art of effective or persuasive speaking and writing, often using figures of speech and other compositional techniques.
What is rhetoric?
This is the specific term for words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings, such as "complement" and "compliment."
What are homophones?
This is a figure of speech that combines two contradictory or opposite terms, such as "deafening silence" or "bittersweet."
What is oxymoron?
The artist’s sand sculpture was a masterpiece of EPHEMERAL beauty, destined to be washed away by the rising tide within the hour.
What does ephemeral mean?
Lasting for a short time