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Poetry
Figurative Language
Name that Language
Revising and Editing
Writing Analysis
100
Short poem with seventeen total syllables in three lines of 5, 7, and 5
What is a haiku?
100
A direct comparison of two unlike things, using the words like or as
What is a similie?
100
My dog is as smelly as dirty socks.
What is simile?
100
Lupe moved here last november from Juarez, a city on the northern border of Mexico.
What is capitalize the N in November?
100
The central focus of any text that analyzes a specific subject.
What is a thesis statement?
200
Poetry with a fixed structure or rhyme and meter scheme.
What is formal verse?
200
A technique in which an author gives human qualities to nonhuman objects.
What is personification?
200
Bright flowers danced joyfully.
What is personification?
200
The sentence below needs.... At Woodman High, we throw away large amounts of glass aluminum, and especially paper.
What is a comma after glass?
200
Lets the reader know the topic and purpose of the text that will follow.
What is an introduction?
300
Poetry that contains figurative language and literary devices but does not contain a set rhyme or meter scheme.
What is free verse or informal verse?
300
The use of descriptive language that appeals to the five senses to create a picture in the reader's mind
What is imagery?
300
The car squeaked every time I hit a bump in the road.
What is imagery?
300
The sentence below is a fragment what does it need.. For example, the treatment of Native Americans when Europeans landed on this continent.
What is a clear subject and verb?
300
Relevant evidence and well-chosen details to support the thesis such as, examples, facts or data, and/or quotations.
What is supporting material (paragraphs)?
400
Poetry that tells a story
What is narrative poetry
400
A comparison of two unlike things, without using the words like or as
What is metaphor?
400
I'm so tired I could sleep a year.
What is hyperbole?
400
A wedding desert cake with three tiers could feed several guests. Which word is misspelled in the sentence? a. tiers b. desert c. guests
What is B. dessert?
400
Makes the writing more colorful, drawing attention to the points that the writer needs to emphasize.
What is rhetorical devices?
500
Poetry that creates strong emotion, often through musical sounds.
What is lyric poetry?
500
Deliberate exaggeration used for effect.
What is hyperbole?
500
I wish you weren't always such a chicken!
What is a metaphor?
500
Fix the run-on sentence: This "Absolutely Ridiculous Burger" takes twelve hours to make, it takes at least three people to flip.
What is the sentence should be broken in two? or What is add the word "and" after the comma?
500
Clearly restate the main ideas of the analysis, and should include a clear concluding statement.
What is a conclusion?