Poetry
True or False: All poetry must rhyme
False
Name all types of punctuation you might find at the end of sentences.
Periods, question marks, exclamation marks, quotation marks, ellipses.
The Necklace, Paper Menagerie, The Taste of Melon, Borders, etc.
What is an essay?
A formal piece of writing presenting a single subject to the audience that is at least five paragraphs long.
Name three types of figurative language often used in poetry and other descriptive writing.
Allusion, alliteration, imagery, personification, foreshadowing, oxymorons and paradoxes, etc.
What are the different uses of a colon and semicolon?
A colon is used before an explanation or list and a semicolon connects two related sentences together into one longer sentence with a pause.
How many pages can a short story be?
Short Story: 1-80
Novella: 80-120
Novel: 120+ pages
What are the four types of essays?
Persuasive/argumentative, expository, descriptive, and narrative.
What makes something a ballad?
It must be a poem that tells a story and is set to music. So a song (following rhyme scheme abcb) that tells a story.
When and why is an Oxford comma used?
It is used before the word and/or in a list of three or more things and it is to separate the items better.
What is theme in a piece of writing?
Theme = topic + the message about that topic the writer is trying to give
What are the three parts of an introduction paragraph? Explain what they are.
Hook, bridge, and thesis. Hook catches reader's attention, bridge is background information connecting the hook to the thesis, and the thesis is what you specifically are saying in the rest of your essay.
What are the rules for writing a limerick? What makes it a limerick?
Five lines long, with three long and two short, following the rhyme scheme of aabba.
What are acronyms and initialisms? Give an example of both.
Both are types of abbreviations.
Initialisms are pronounced as the individual letters (USA, TV, brb)
Acronyms are pronounced as the entire word (asap, etc., vs/versus)
Why might an author choose to write a short story rather than a novel? Come up with three reasons.
They don't want to bog readers down with unnecessary details/descriptions to make their point. They only have a limited amount of time to tell the story. They were commissioned/paid for a certain length of story. Different strengths- brevity, organization, conciseness. They have a clear message to tell.
Supporting evidence can be... what? (List two things)
Direct quotes, found facts, summarizing, or paraphrasing.
Name three poets that we studied last year.
Edgar Allan Poe, Christina Rossetti, Robert Burns, Rudyard Kipling, Dylan Thomas, Amanda Gorman, etc.
What are the three types of dashes and their uses?
Em dash, en dash, and hyphen.
Em dash pauses in the middle of sentences.
En dashes go between numbers.
Hyphens connect words into longer words (mother-in-law).
Name and describe the points of Freytag's Pyramid.
Exposition/Introduction, Inciting Incident, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution, Denouement/Conclusion
What are five things a thesis needs to be in an essay?
Must reflect language of the prompt, be one sentence long, list three reasons from body paragraphs, be focused/direct and must include an answer and opinion on the subject.