Poetry
A four-line poem
What is a quatrain?
This punctuation mark is used at the end of a sentence that asks a question.
What is a question mark?
Where the story takes place.
What is the setting?
A comparison between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
A poem with a syllable structure 5-7-5
What is a haiku?
What is a noun?
The highest point of conflict in a story.
What is the climax?
A direct comparison that says one thing is another, without using "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
Two lines in a poem that rhyme back to back (found at the end of a sonnet as "GG")
What is a couplet?
You use these marks to show exactly what a character is saying out loud.
What are quotation marks?
What is the exposition?
Words like "Bang," "Sizzle," or "Pop" that imitate the sound they describe.
What is an onomatopoeia?
Shakespeare made these types of poems famous and have one of the most complex structures to follow.
What is a sonnet?
A word that describes an action, like "run," "jump," or "write."
What is a verb?
The "good guy" in the story.
What is the protagonist?
"The wind whispered through the trees" is an example of this device.
What is personification?
A 5-line poem that is musical in nature (AABBA)
What is a limerick?
A word that describes a noun.
What is an adjective?
What is falling action?
An extreme exaggeration used for emphasis, such as "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse."
What is hyperbole?