Poems
Definitions
Definitions Part 2
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Mixture
100
What kind of poem is this?
“The Old Pond” by Matsuo Bashō
An old silent pond
A frog jumps into the pond—
Splash! Silence again.
What is a haiku?
100
to make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment.
to add a short explanation or opinion to a text or image
What is annotation?
100
The principal character in a work of fiction.
What is a protagonist?
100
What is the equation for making an inference?
What is text clues + schema?
100
a synonym for narrative
What is a story?
200
the single, unbroken sound of a spoken or written word
What is a Syllable?
200
to express the most important facts or ideas about something or someone in a short and clear form
What is summarizing?
200
an account of the author's personal experiences
What is a memoir?
200
Your background or prior knowledge about something
What is schema?
200
This diagram represents the beginning, middle, and ending of a story. These are known as the ______________ in a narrative?
What is plot events?
300
the pattern of rhyme that comes at the end of each line or verse
What is a Rhyme Scheme?
300
the central point or topic that a text or a paragraph conveys
What is the main idea?
300
an unproved statement advanced as a premise in an argument
What is a thesis?
300
Everyday after work, Paul took his muddy boots off on the steps of the front porch. What can you infer about the job Paul might have?
What is a construction worker?
300
The plot of a story
What is the sequence of events in the story?
400
Let us go then, you and I,
When the evening is spread out against the sky
Like a patient etherized upon a table;
Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets,
The muttering retreats
Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels
And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells:
Streets that follow like a tedious argument
Of insidious intent
To lead you to an overwhelming question ...
Oh, do not ask, “What is it?”
Let us go and make our visit.
What kind of poem is this?
What is a free verse?
400
Using words or sentences around an unfamiliar word to help clarify its meaning
What is context clues?
400
a function word that is used in place of a noun
What is a pronoun?
400
What logical inference can be made from this sentence: Illegible handwriting does not indicate weakness of character, as even a quick glance at the penmanship of George Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, or John Kennedy reveals.
How did Washington, Roosevelt, and Kennedy all have handwriting that was difficult to read.
400
The introduction, or exposition, of a short story is also its...
What is the beginning?
500
Still I Rise
BY MAYA ANGELOU
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
’Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.
Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.
Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops,
Weakened by my soulful cries?
Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
’Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin’ in my own backyard.
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I’ll rise.
Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?
Out of the huts of history’s shame
I rise
Up from a past that’s rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.
What is this poem about?
What is overcoming?
500
Someone who offers opposition
What is an antagonist?
500
taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own
What is plagiarism?
500
Nicole came out of the elevator in her apartment building. She ran to the curb and held up her arm to hail a taxi. When she hopped in, she said, “Please take me to 345 45th Street.”
It can be inferred that...
Nicole lives in a big city
500
the turning point where the characters must face the main problem.
What is the climax?