Poetry
Theme
Miscellaneous Vocab
Wild Card
Point of View
100

What does the word "shift" mean in a poem?

What is a change?

100

What does theme mean?

What is a moral or lesson?

100

What does the word "gamble" mean?

What is "to play a game for money or property" or 

"to bet on an uncertain outcome"?

100

Whose perspective do you think the lines below are from?

I hop onto the counter and knock over a can of Sprite. Mom will have to clean that later, but I don't care. For now, my focus is on opening the cupboard where she keeps my treats. My tail swishes behind me and my pointy ears bend close to my skull as I make the jump. 

Who is a cat? 

100

When the narration is _____ person, the readers learn the feeling of the main character.

What is first person?

200

How many lines are in a couplet?

What is two? 

200

What is a theme from Long Walk to Water?

Answers will vary.

200

What is the prefix that means "forth or forward"?

What is pro-?

200

Why should we donate to the animal shelter?

Use LOGOS in your response

Answer must include facts or statistics

200

_____ person narrators use the pronouns you, your, and yours.

What is second person?

300

What is the last stanza of a sonnet called?

What is a couplet?

300

What is a theme from Hatchet?

Answers will vary.

300

What is the root word that means "beget or bring"?

What is gen?

300

Why should we vote for you for school president?

Use PATHOS in your response

Must be an emotional appeal

300

______ person narrators tell the story through their own eyes.

What is first person?

400

What is an example of alliteration?

Answers will vary

400

What is a theme from Number the Stars?

Answers will vary.

400

What is Lady Luck?

What is personification of luck?

400

Give an example of alliteration that describes eating a delicious OR disgusting food. 

Answers will vary. 

400

In ________ point of view, the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters.

What is third person omniscient? 

500

What type of rhetorical appeal appeals to your emotions?

What is pathos?

500

What is a theme of "One Art"?

Answers vary

500

What does the word "imperiously" mean?

What is done in a commanding way?

500

What is Ms. Dickey's favorite number?

What is 25?

500

In _______ point of view, the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of one character at a time.

What is third person limited?