Epic correct answers noting or pertaining to a long poetic composition, usually centered upon a hero, in which a series of great achievements or events is narrated in elevated style
epic example correct answers -the iliad and the odyssey: Homer (Greek)
-Beowulf: (Anglo-Saxon)
lyrical corr...
Epic correct answers noting or pertaining to a long poetic composition, usually centered
upon a hero, in which a series of great achievements or events is narrated in elevated
style
epic example correct answers -the iliad and the odyssey: Homer (Greek)
-Beowulf: (Anglo-Saxon)
lyrical correct answers having an artistically beautiful or expressive quality
lyrical examples correct answers Sonnet Number 18- Shakespeare
O Captain my captain- Walt whitman (Elegy)
ode to the west wind- percy shelley
Ode correct answers lyrical poem: Serious, USually praising something or someone
Ballad correct answers Lyrical poem: orignially a song that told a story. Short verses
usally about revenge, crime or love
Sonnet correct answers Lyrical poem: Poem of 14 lines. Rhyme scheme ia abab cdcd
efef gg. Usually expresses single complete thought, idea or sentiment
elegy correct answers strict structure with meter alternating between six and 5 foot
lines. same mood- commemorate the dead, melancholy, mournful, contemplative
Dramatic correct answers expresses emotional feeling. *involves a narrative poem of a
person in a specific situation*. It can involve emotions
examples of dramatic correct answers tragedy- ending just like the death of the leading
characters: Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth, Hamlet
Comedy- drama seeks to amuse/entertain- make audience laugh: The temptest,
midsummer nightdream
Dramatic Monologue- one sided converstation- speech given by one character: My last
duchess
enjambment correct answers (in verse) the continuation of a sentence without a pause
beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza
quatrains correct answers a stanza of four lines, especially one having alternate
rhymes
abab
, abba
Pronoun Antecedent Agreement correct answers is a word that comes before a
pronoun to which the pronoun refers.
Pronoun Antecedent example correct answers When the hole has water in it, you can
sometimes see a tree frog there.
antecedent= hole
pronoun= it
Pronoun correct answers word that takes the place of a noun
Lisa likes cats. (lisa=proper noun)
She has four cats (she=pronoun)
Antecedent correct answers noun that is referred to by the noun
subject verb agreement correct answers a present tense verb must have subject verb
agreement to make sense
subject verb agreement: singular subject correct answers Add -s to most verbs if the
subject is singluar (only One)
the dog walk(S) down the street
subject verb agreement: plural subject correct answers do not add -s if the subject is
plural
the dog(S) walk down the street
subject verb agreement: Subject is I or You correct answers Do not add -s if the subject
is "I" or "You"
I walk the dog every day.
You walk the dog on tuesday
Sentence Stems correct answers This technique gives students the opportunity to
respond in the form of a complete sentence to effectively communicate. Sentence
stems provide scaffolding to help students get started in speaking or writing without the
added pressure of thinking about how to correctly formulate a response.
Sentence Stems Example correct answers My question:
Today I want to find out:
I think________ will happen because
I agree with _______ because
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