Core Vocabulary
Fish eggs, an expensive and rare food considered a special treat
What is caviar?
This is the basic unit of a poem
What is a line?
This poet died before his final work of poetry, Runny Babbit, was completed. His family helped to get the book published.
Who was Shel Silverstein?
Acceptable or good enough
What is decent?
These are words or sentences spoken by a character in a poem, play, or story
What is dialogue?
To be without
What is lack?
This is what we call a small part of a larger work
What is an excerpt?
This poet is currently a professor of African-American literature and creative writing at the University of California, Los Angeles
Who is Harryette Mullen?
These are desk lamps with green shades
What are bankers' lights?
These are words that share only the final consonant sound
What is a slant rhyme?
Excitement about something before it happens
What is anticipation?
This is a section of a poem, consisting of a line or group of lines
What is a stanza?
This author was born on December 17, 1880 in Birmingham, England and is considered a scholar of seventeenth-century British poetry
Who was Norman Ault?
To want or wish for
What is crave?
The message of a poem or other text
What is content?
An unpleasant look
What is leer?
The structure or appearance of a poem or other text
What is form?
This author was a pilot in World War Two and led a very adventurous life before writing books, movie scripts, mysteries, plays, and short stories.
Who is Roald Dahl?
An amphibian found in many parts of the world
What is a newt?
This is the blank space dividing sections of a poem from each other
What is a stanza break?
To rule over or be in charge of
What is preside?
To reach a reasonable conclusion based on available evidence
What is to infer or make an inference?
This poet is influenced by music and her passion for social equality. Her first book of poetry was titled Black Feeling Black Talk
Who is Nikki Giovanni?
A horse, usually ridden by an important person or warrior
What is a steed?
This is a poem with no rhyme scheme or set pattern of beats
What is free verse?