Syntax (Language)
Poetry Basics (Literature)
Writing a Paragraph (both)
Poetic Devices (Literature)
Devices and Appeals (Language)
100

The way sentences are structured

What is syntax?
100

One "verse" or "paragraph" of poetry

What is a stanza?

100

the first sentence of a paragraph, which answers the question

What is a topic sentence?

100

repeated sounds at the ends of words (ex. water and daughter)

What is rhyme?
100
An appeal to logic

What is logos?

200

Has one independent clause

What is a simple sentence?

200

the way a poem is organized/structured

What is form?

200

the second sentence of a paragraph, which uses a quote from the text

What is evidence?

200

Repeated sounds at the beginning of words (ex. summer stoop sitting)

What is alliteration?

200

A short personal story

What is an anecdote?

300

Has one dependent clause and one independent clause

What is a complex sentence?

300

When we read a poem, we look for the ways form enhances______

What is meaning?

300

the third sentence in a paragraph, which explains the evidence

What is elaboration?

300

Repeated vowel sounds in the middle of words (ex. bitter twisted)

What is assonance?

300

Opposites placed side by side to create contrast

What is juxtaposition?

400

Has two independent clauses and one conjunction

What is a compound sentence?

400

Looks like...

ABBA

or

ABCB

What is a rhyme scheme?

400

The last sentence of a paragraph, which ties back to the topic sentence

What is a concluding sentence?

400

The place in a poem where the pattern is broken

What is dissonance?

400

Extreme exaggeration used for dramatic effect

What is a hyperbole?

500
Has two independent clauses, one dependent clause, and one conjunction

What is a compound-complex sentence?

500

unstressed and stressed syllables used to create rhythm in poetry

What is a meter?

500

The process of improving your writing by changing the organization or adding new ideas

What is revising?

500

Rhymes occuring in the middle of lines (ex. welling and swelling like the tide)

What is internal rhyme?

500

An appeal to emotions

What is pathos?