Definitions
People, places, things, ideas.
Nouns
Poetry without a specific rhyme scheme (or pattern).
Free verse
"The Charge of the Light Brigade" is about a battle during this war.
Crimean
Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote this poem.
"Charge of the Light Brigade"
There should be a comma in this location:
I hugged a monkey and it bit me.
I hugged a monkey, and it bit me.
Modify nouns.
Adjectives
A line without end punctuation but running over to the next line
Enjambment
The American Civil War happened in this decade.
1860s
Rupert Brooke died of this.
An infected bug bite.
A comma belongs in this spot:
Ms. Pulsifer I am afraid I didn't finish my War Poetry Log.
Ms. Pulsifer, I am afraid I didn't finish my War Poetry Log.
Modify verbs, adjectives, adverbs.
Adverbs
Language used to to create a mental picture; appealing to all five senses.
Imagery.
The First World War (or the Great War) started in this year.
1914
The author of the short story "Chickamauga" died in this year.
Maybe 1914?
A comma belongs in this spot:
Hey that's not fair.
Hey, that's not fair.
Take the place of nouns or groups of nouns.
Pronouns
An unacknowledged reference or quote that the poet/author assumes the audience will know.
Allusion
"The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner" is set in this war.
What is WWII?
The author of "Building with Its Face Blown Off" died in this year.
Psych! He's alive!
A comma belongs in these spots:
After they ship landed the aliens emerged and the tiny creatures swarmed over the hills and filled the valleys.
After they ship landed, the aliens emerged, and the tiny creatures swarmed over the hills and filled the valleys.
Connect words, phrases, or clauses.
Conjunctions
A sonnet with a sestet and an octave.
Petrarchan (or Italian)
"Dulce et Decorum Est" is set during this type of attack during this war.
What is a (mustard) gas attack during WWI?
Walter McDonald, the poet who wrote "What if I Didn't Die..." fought in which war?
Vietnam
A comma belongs in this spot:
The student said "I have no idea."
The student said, "I have no idea."