PARTS of SPEECH
Words used to join phrases and clauses together.
What are conjunctions?
In poetry, two consecutive lines that rhyme are called this.
What are rhyming couplets?
Words that modify or describe verbs, adjectives, or themselves.
What are adverbs?
A comparison of two things without using "like" or "as".
What is a metaphor?
The following words are examples of this part of speech: with, beside, under, across
What are prepositions?
He is the author of the following poems:
Mother to Son
Harlem
I, too, Sing America
Who is Langston Hughes?
Words that describe people, places, and things.
What are adjectives?
In poetry, this has the same function as a paragraph.
What is a stanza?
The following words are examples of this part of speech: Hey!, Ouch!, Awww! Hooray! Congratulations!
What are interjections?
A 14 line poem with iambic pentameter is called this.
What is a sonnet?