Poetry Terms
A division of a poem based on thought or form. A group of lines within a poem that resembles a paragraph.
Stanza
FANBOYS are used to make a special type of sentence known as a
Compound Sentence
A list of characters presented before the action in a drama begins.
The Cast of Characters
The first sentence in the introduction paragraph of an essay. It is meant to grab the reader's attention and prepare them for what you are going to be writing about in the essay.
Hook
The writing gives the event and then what happened because of the event.
Cause and Effect
the pattern in which rhyme sounds occur in a stanza
Rhyme Scheme
The comma in this sentences goes...
I went to the mall and I bought a new pair of shoes.
Before the word "and"
I went to the mall, and I bought a new pair of shoes.
The time and location that a story is told.
The Setting.
When you copy directly from someone else's work and do not use quotation marks OR provide a citation of the original work.
The writing explains how things are the same and different.
Compare and Contrast
Poetry free of any restrictions; poetry not tied to a particular pattern; free thinking poems
Free Verse
FANBOYS are also known as
Coordinating conjunctions
Conversation between characters; often indicated by quotation marks
Dialogue
When you put someone else's ideas in your own words and use it in your own writing without quotation marks; in this instance you DO cite!
Paraphrase
The writing is set up as steps; first, second, third, etc.
Sequence
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line on poetry
Rhythm
This coordinating conjunction completes the sentence
I wanted to become a surgeon, ______ I went to medical school.
So
An instruction in the text of a play, especially one indicating the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting. This is usually italicized.
Stage Directions
The life lesson learned from a story; the moral of the story.
Theme
The writing is set up as a starting date and an ending date; the events in the writing are being told in the order in which they originally occurred.
the recurrence of a rhythmic pattern in poetry
Meter
True or False:
Commas go AFTER the coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence.
FALSE. Commas go BEFORE the coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence.
The division of a play to indicate changes in setting or time
Acts and Scenes
A word used to modify/describe a verb or an adjective
Adverb
The writing has an issue and it even provides possible solutions to the issue.
Problem/Solution