A group of lines, usually similar in length and pattern that form a unit within a poem.
Hint - It is like a paragraph in an essay.
What is a stanza?
100
An example would be In the poem "Frederick Douglas" by Robert Hayden the line "...needful to man as air," illustrates the use of using like or as to compare to things.
What is a simile?
100
The time and place of an event in the story.
What is setting?
100
A writer or speaker's choice of words.
What is diction?
100
Not showing respect.
What is disrespect?
200
A consistent pattern of end rhyme throughout a poem.
What is rhyme scheme?
200
In the Vignette "Hair" by Sandra Cisneros, the lines "My hair is lazy. It never obeys barrettes or bands," is an example of giving human qualities to an object.
What is personification?
200
The sequence of related events that make up a story.
What is plot?
200
A narrator tells the story as they experience it.
What is first person point of view?
200
using something wrong.
What is misuse?
300
This poem Fog by Carl Sandberg is an example of this style of poem.
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
What is a free verse?
300
In the vignette "Hair" by Sandra Cisneros, Esperanza describes her mom's hair by saying "... is the smell of warm bread before you bake it...", which does not use like or as to compare two things.
What is a metaphor?
300
When a character has a problem with someone or something other than themselves. An example would be character vs character when Max gets kidnapped by his father.
What is external conflict?
300
A writer or speaker's attitude toward a subject. An example would be in the poem "Moco Limping" by David Nava Monreal the speaker's attitude changes from angry to loving showing this.
What is tone?
300
the opposite of having advantages.
What is disadvantage?
400
"O'Captain, My Capatin!" by Walt Whitman is an example of a piece of literature in which the characters, objects, or actions have meaning beyond the surface, which is also known as...
What is an allegory?
400
This refers to descriptive or figurative languages used to create word pictures. It is often used in stories and poems.
What is imagery?
400
The central idea, message, or purpose of literary work.
An example from Freak the Mighty would be rising above limitations.
What is a theme?
400
The suggested or implied meaning or emotion associated with a word - beyond its literal definition.
An example would be using strong-willed to positively describe someone not changing their mind vs using pig-headed to negatively describe someone not changing their mind.
What is connotation?
400
Having the wrong information.
What is misinformed?
500
In the poem, "A Man" by Nina Cassian the central idea or message is out of great tragedy can come a new spirit of determination known as the...
What is theme?
500
The repeating of consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are close together. An example would be from the vignette "My Name" by Sandra Cisneros when Esperanza describes her name as "...when he is shaving, songs like sobbing."
What is alliteration?
500
When the narrator writes a story and is all knowing. An example would be when the character knows all the thoughts and emotions of each character and tells the story as they see it happening.
What is third person omniscient point of view?
500
In a paragraph or literary work it is the central idea or most important thought. In the story "The Sneetches" by Dr. Suess it is not think of someone as different because they look different.
What is main idea.
500
Fill in the blank below:
Mrs. Hass________approves of _______behavior in her classroom.