Vocabulary
A figure of speech where non-human things are given human-like qualities.
What is personification?
This type of poem tells a story. It has characters and a plot.
What is narrative poetry?
A type of figurative language that compares two unlike things without using the words like or as.
What is metaphor?
A recap of a story that tells who the story is about, what they want, a problem, solution, and ending.
What is summary?
To teach or give information to the reader.
What is inform?
This type of poem has no set meter, rhyme scheme, or form.
What is free verse poetry?
A type of figurative language that shows us a written sound.
What is onomatopoeia?
What the story is mostly about.
What is main idea?
The story of a real person's life written by another person.
What is biography?
The type of poetry where the first, last or other letters in a line spell out a particular word or phrase.
What is an acrostic poem?
A type of figurative language that repeats the same beginning sound of a word several times.
What is alliteration?
One of the people/things from a story
What is a character?
A biography written by the person it is about.
What is autobiography?
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem:
I once saw a cat.
It was sitting on a mat.
It ran across the floor.
Then went straight out the door!
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A type of figurative language that is an exaggeration.
What is a hyperbole?
To convince a reader of a certain point of view.
What is persuade?
A nonfiction text feature that helps the reader know what that section is about.
What is heading or subheading?
Descriptive words that the poet uses to create pictures in the readers mind.
What is imagery?
A type of figurative language that compares two unlike things using the words like or as.
What is a simile?
To hold the attention of the reader through enjoyment.
What is entertain?
Texts that provides instructions on how to do something.
What is procedural text?