Fast ELA

The repetition of sounds at the beginning of words near each other

• Alliteration

• Narrator

• Figurative Language

• Personification

Refers to the perspective a writer chooses to narrate a story.

• Narrator

• Point of View

• Central Idea

• Context

A group of two or more lines in a poem.

• Stanza

• Sonnet

• Rhyme Scheme

• Poetic Form

The writer or narrator’s attitude toward their subject (formal, informal, serious, comic, sarcastic, sad, cheerful, etc.)

• Free Verse

• Narrator

• Tone

• Metaphor

What is the purpose of a thesis statement in an essay?

• To summarize the conclusion

• To list the sources

• To state the main argument or claim

• To provide a detailed description

“The tuba is such a corpulent instrument. I wish you would consider playing something small and light, like the flute,” said my mom.

What does corpulent mean?

• large or bulky

• small and light

• pretty and nice

• musical

Choose the sentence that correctly uses "their," "there," and "they're."

• Their going to the park over there.

• They're going to the park over there.

• There going to the park over their.

• They're going to the park over their.

What is a theme in literature?

• The main character

• The setting of the story

• The central idea or message

• The plot of the story

When a poem does not follow any particular rhyme scheme or meter. 

• Sonnet

• Free Verse

• Poetic Form

• Metaphor

Giving human qualities/behaviors to non-human things.

• Free Verse

• Personification

• Imagery

• Poetic Form