Hodgepodge
Ms. Fish's dog's name
Stella
An overview of what a piece of writing is about.
Summary
When something is said to be something else.
Metaphor
The way lines in a poem are grouped.
Stanza
When a word, line, or event happens repeatedly.
Again and again
Ms. Evan's dog's name.
Jax (Jackson)
This type of writing includes a claim statement and a thesis.
Argumentative
An extreme exaggeration
Hyperbole
The repeated beginning consonant sound of words close to each other.
Alliteration
When a character says or does something that’s the opposite of what he has been saying or doing all along.
Contrast and Contradictions
The three ladies of the media center.
Ms. Voltz, Ms, Ryan, Ms. Starker
I, me, we, our.
A word that imitates the sound it makes.
Onomatopoeia
The use of stressed and unstressed syllables to create a beat, specifically in poetry in verse form.
Rhythm or meter.
When the character asks himself a really difficult question.
Tough question
SOAR stands for...
success, optimistic, aware, responsible
Providing hints or clues of what may be coming up in a story.
Foreshadowing.
When human characteristics are given to nonhuman things.
Personification
Two or more words with similar-sounding end syllables placed to echo one another.
End rhyme.
When a character (who’s probably older and lots wiser) takes the main character aside and gives serious advice.
Words of the Wiser
Mr. Whiting has a huge collection of these:
Minions
Man vs. Man, Man vs. Nature, Man vs. Self, Man vs. society.
A phrase that does not reflect its literal meaning.
Idiom
Rhyme within the same line of a poem.
Internal rhyme
When a character realizes, understands, or finally figures something out
Aha moment