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Potpurri
100

Reason for Melinda being "outcast" from her peers on the first day of school

She called the police at a summer party.

100

Person your email is intended to be read by

Recipient

100

The pattern of rhyming in a poem, always represented starting with the letter A

rhyme scheme

100

Theme of Sonnet 130 (My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun)

There is more to love than physical attraction alone

100

Closing of an email, such as "Sincerely"

Signature

200

Melinda's pseudo-friend from Ohio

Heather

200

A brief summary of your email

Subject

200

Repetition of sounds at the start of words

alliteration

200

Tone of "Rigged Game" by Dylan Garrity

Passionate, angry, defiant

200

A "paragraph" of poetry

Stanza

300

A symbol of Melinda's growth and healing

Trees

300

Option to add another viewer in addition to the intended recipient

Carbon Copy (CC)

300

The beat or rhythm of a poetry

Meter
300

A repeated pattern, image, sound, object etc. that helps to emphasize a theme

Motif

300

Melinda's frantic English teacher, insists on the importance of symbolism

Hairwoman

400

Concept represented by the school's constantly changing mascot

Finding one's identity
400

Use this salutation if you are writing to an unknown recipient

To whom it may concern

400

A poem without rhyme or meter

free verse

400

Tone of "Annabel Lee"

Grieving, forlorn, sincere

400

The clique Heather tries desperately to join

Marthas

500

Reason for Melinda's poor grade on her social studies extra credit

She refused to read her essay aloud

500
Field for adding recipients so that they cannot tell who else received the email

Blind Carbon Copy (BCC)

500

Continuing a line after the line has ended

Enjambment

500

Theme of Sonnet 18 (Shall I compare thee to a summer's day)

While the beauty of a summer day is temporary, the narrator's partner's beauty is immortalized in the poem

500

Type of poetry with an emphasis on passionate verbal presentation, often about social issues

Slam poetry