Textual Elements
A poem with 14 lines.
What is a sonnet?
The thunderstorm raged through the valley. Lightning sliced through the charcoal sky, and the angry wind howled against the windowpanes all night long. Meanwhile, James sat at his desk, fuming over the news he'd received earlier that night.
What is:
Pathetic fallacy
Imagery
Personification
The type of irony present:
The reader sees Jake’s little brother slip Jake’s lost wallet into his backpack while Jake is downstairs eating breakfast. Ten minutes later, Jake frantically tears the living room apart, screaming that someone stole his money, while his brother sits on the couch right next to the backpack, smiling innocently and offering to help search under the cushions.
What is dramatic?
Three of the components of setting.
What are place, time, sensory details, atmosphere?
Silent snakes slithered smoothly through the tall summer grass, searching for shade from the blistering heat.
What is alliteration?
The type of conflict likely found in a WW2 movie.
What is person vs. person / character vs. character?
Sarah stared at the massive stack of textbooks on her desk and let out a heavy sigh. "I have a million hours of homework to finish before tomorrow morning," she moaned.
What is hyperbole?
An inference that could be made from this passage: Maya kept one eye on the ticking kitchen clock as she jammed two cold pop-tarts into her bag. She slammed the front door behind her, hit the pavement running, and rounded the corner just in time to see red taillights vanishing down the road. She stopped dead in her tracks, dropped her head back with a heavy sigh, and pulled out her phone to dial her mom.
What is that Maya missed the bus?
The type of poem characterized by the lack of a specific rhyme scheme / structure/ rhythm.
What is free verse?
The classroom was a absolute zoo following the afternoon assembly; paper planes were flying everywhere and students were making as much noise as a heard of elephants.
What is metaphor and simile?
The alternative names for sonnets (not Italian and English).
What are Petrarchan and Shakesperean?
The old grandfather clock stood tall in the corner of the hallway, its slow and steady tick-tock echoing through the empty house.
What is onomatopoeia?
The name for the reading strategy where we try to align the story with other texts, or experience we've had.
What is "making connections"?
The name for the rhythmic pattern in a sonnet.
What is iambic pentameter?
As Marcus stepped up to the microphone, his knees felt like lead and his throat felt as dry as a desert.
What is simile?
The meaning of the STEAL acronym.
What is speech, thoughts, effect on others, action, looks?
Warm, rich scents of toasted vanilla and melted dark chocolate drifted down the hallway.
What is imagery?
The type of irony present:
After scoring a perfect 100% on his written driving exam and boasting to his friends that he was officially the safest driver in the school, Julian pulled out of the DMV parking lot and immediately reversed into the DMV inspector's parked car.
What is situational?
The pattern of rhyme in a poem.
What is the rhyme scheme?
When the alarm went off at 5:00 AM, Liam looked out the window at the freezing rain and muttered, "Oh, great - just the glorious weather I was hoping for."
What is verbal irony?
The antagonist in "Midnight Visitor"
Who is Max?
The city never sleeps at night,
It stretches wide its arms of light.
The streetlamps watch with golden eyes,
While skyscrapers scrape the evening skies.
What is personification / alliteration to some extent?
An inference that can be made: Leo shoved his hands deep into his hoodie pockets, staring fixedly at a spot on the linoleum floor. Across from him, Mr. Harrison stood with folded arms, his right foot tapping a steady rhythm against the floor tiles. Without saying a word, Mr. Harrison reached out, and held out his hand palm-up.
Wha is that Leo was on his phone at school, and his teacher is asking for it?
What is the volta?
My heart’s a bird that flies away,
Above the stormy, shadowed bay.
His tongue is a dagger, sharp and cold,
Dropping stories left untold.
Metaphor