Poetic Elements
Paragraphs in poetry.
What are stanzas?
To give human qualities to inanimate objects.
What is personification?
A word that identifies a person, place, thing or idea.
What is a noun?
What is being discussed in a piece of nonfiction writing.
What is a topic or main iea?
This type of essay requires the reader to analyze two different works of literature.
What is Literary Analysis?
Shakespeare published 154 of these 14-line poems.
What are sonnets?
This is a reference to some other well-known work.
What is an allusion?
A word that shows an action.
What is a verb?
Why an author is writing what they are.
What is the purpose?
In this type of essay, the author is attempting to make a case for what they believe in.
What is an Argumentative Essay?
The pattern of end rhyme in a poem.
What is rhyme scheme?
When a poet uses words that sound like the sound they are representing, such as "sizzle" or "ring."
What is onomatopoeia?
A word that describes a noun.
What is an adjective?
Using what is directly stated in the text to make an educated guess.
What is infer?
In this type of essay, the author has to convince the reader to come to their side of the argument.
What is a Persuasive Essay?
Poets use this to paint pictures in the minds of readers.
What is figurative language?
The repetition of the beginning consonant sounds of several words within one line of poetry, as in "splashing horses stop in the silvery stream."
What is alliteration?
A piece of punctuation, not a period, that separates two complete thoughts.
What is a semi-colon (;)?
A way of organizing an argument where the writer first talks about an event and then describes what happens next because of that event.
What is cause and effect?
In this type of essay, the author is asked to use their creative writing skills to write a story.
What is a Narrative Essay?
Poems that don't have a set rhyme scheme are said to be written in this.
What is free verse?
The repetition of the vowel sounds inside several words within one line of poetry, as in "Go row the boat home."
What is assonance?
Name the grammatical rule, or structure, that this follows:
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.”
What is parallel structure?
An appeal to the reader's emotions.
What is pathos?
A type of essay where the author describes, explains, or informs readers about the topic.
What is an Expository Essay?