Stages of
Writers' Workshop
Components of
Memoir
Components of
Poetry
Figurative Langauge
100

This is the name for the stage that helps us brainstorm different ideas for our writing.


What is Generating?

100

These are the events that happen to a person during their memoir.

What are External Events?

100

This is the term used to refer to different "paragraphs" of a poem.

What is a stanza?

100

"Sally sells seashells by the sea shore." 

This is an example of what type of figurative language? 

What is Alliteration?

200

This is the name for the stage that we use to choose an idea for our writing.

What is Selecting?

200

This is when an author explains what is going on in their own head, or their thoughts and feelings.

What are Internal Thoughts?

200

A poem that has no fixed pattern of meter, rhyme, line length, or stanza arrangement is a ________.

What is a Free Verse Poem?

200

"The mountains rose like great castles in the distance, huge and intimidating." 

What type of figurative language is being use here? 

What is a Simile?

300

This is the stage when you finalize and share your work with the world!

What is Publishing?

300

When we explain our surroundings using our 5 senses we are including...

What are Sensory Details?

300

A poet's attitude towards a subject is called ___. It can be serious, sarcastic, humorous, etc.

What is Tone?

300

"That actress is a shining star." 

What type of figurative language is being used? 

What is a Metaphor?

400

This is when we find the information and details that we will use to outline our story.

What is Collecting?

400

When we write about how something has affected us or what we learned from an experience, we are writing a...

What is a Reflection?

400

The atmosphere that a poet creates is called ______. It is often suggested as an emotion. 

What is Mood?

400

A Raven is usually used to remind readers of darkness, death, and bad things to come. 

What type of figurative language does this represent? 

What is Symbolism?

500

These are the stages in which you are writing, rearranging ideas, and making corrections to spelling and grammar.

What are Drafting, Revising, and Editing?

500

Fill in the blanks: 

When we organize memoirs, they can be organized in __________ or _____________ structure.  

What are Sequential and Thematic?

500

The narrator of a poem is referred to as the ______.

What is a Speaker?

500

"The cafeteria was calling my name; I was so hungry!" 

What type of figurative language is being used?

What is personification?