Genre & Literary Terms

Which poetry form is defined by its lack structure and has no specific pattern?

• limerick
• haiku
• free verse
• concrete poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The message about life that the poem or story tells

Ex: friendship, bravery, courage

• alliteration

• tone

• theme

• stanza

All poems must rhyme.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What structure is poetry written in?

• Sentences & paragraphs
• Sentences & stanzas
• Lines & paragraphs
• Lines & stanzas

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

"If it's broken, it could be the end of my life!"

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• allusion

• simile

"When he saw dark figures in front of him on the path, he knew trouble might be just ahead!"

• metaphor

• foreshadowing

• flashback

• allusion

My sister lies like Pinocchio!

• metaphor

• irony

• flashback

• allusion

My yard was a desert after an entire month with no rain.

• allusion

• metaphor

• idiom

• flashback

if an author has no emotion regarding the story he is telling, his tone can be described as

• playful
• objective
• ironic
• mysterious

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

What is the "mood" of a story?

• Emotions audience feels from a given passage.

• The time and place of the story.

• The summary of events of the story.

• The lesson the reader learns from the story.