9th grade English, unit 5

What is Free form and Fixed form in poetry?

The format a poem is written in. Fixed form has a specific structure/pattern. While Free form does not.

What is a characteristic of Free form poetry?

It sounds like a normal speech when written.

What are parts of fixed form poetry?

Symmetry, Meter, Rhyme scheme, Stanzas, etc.

What are parts of free form in poetry?

Rhythm and free verses

What are the lines in poetry like?

Lines in poetry have the same size or vary in length.

What is the paragraph of a poem?

A stanza

What is a Rhyme scheme?

The patterns of end rhymes in a poem. Basically each sentence end rhymes with each other in a poem. Rhyme scheme is notated as letters.

How to find a rhyme scheme?

In a poem, if the first 2 sentences rhyme with each other and the next 2 sentences rhyme with each other, it is AABB rhyme scheme. If the 1st and 3rd sentences rhyme, and the 2nd and 4th sentences rhyme, it is ABAB rhyme scheme.

What are meters in poems?

patterns of rhythm of stressed and unstressed syllable. Basically Rhythm when reading a poem with stressed and unstressed syllables.

How do you find if a poem has a fixed meter?

Count the number of syllables in each line of the poem. If the amount of syllables in each line are similar the poem is most likely in a fixed meter.

What are couplets?

When every 2 sentences rhyme in a poem. Notated as AABBCC

What are the sound devices in poetry?

Alliteration, Assonance, Onomatopoeia.

Why are sound devices used in poetry?

To create mood.

What is Onomatopoeia?

When the word sounds like its meaning. Example? Kaboom!

What is alliteration?

when the initial consonants in nearby words are repeated. Example: Boom went the boot to the tune in the room. The consonant starting in Boom is replicated in boot.

What is Assonance?

Repetition of the inner vowel sound in words. Example? Boom went the boot in the tune in the room. Boom, Boot, Tune, and room all have a oo sound inside. In assonance, the inner vowel words dont have to be the same, they just have to sound the same when spoken.

What is Jargon?

Specific language related to a field, and specific vocabulary generally. Or essentially technical language like cloud in IT.

Why is jargon used?

To clearly explain the meaning of the text and to make the text authentic and genuine.

How to make effective summarizations?

By writing objectively the central ideas of a story in your own words.

What is tone?

The mood text creates. Positive tone is like Amazing world, Negative tones are like Soulless world.

What is rhetoric?

Art of persuasion, used in every argument and first talked about by Aristotle. Used to appeal to a persons logos, ethos, and pathos.

What are the 3 parts of rhetoric?

Logos, Ethos, Pathos.

What does Logos mean?

Appeal to Logic, and reason. Done by supporting reasons with facts and statistics.

What does Ethos mean?

An appeal to the reader by establishing the authors credibility.

What does Pathos mean?

Appeal to a readers emotions.

How to identify good arguments?

By seeing if they use Logos, Ethos, and Pathos in the text.

What are the 2 parts of a simple sentence?

Subject and Predicate

What is the predicate in a simple sentence?

The predicate is what the subject does or what is said about the subject.

What is the subject in a simple sentence?

The person being talked about in the sentence.

What are Simple subjects?

Contain a subject or pronoun, like Man, John, Bird, They, Etc.

What are complete subjects?

A subject and words that tell more about the subject. Example? John, the man with a yellow hat who works at the pizza place.

What are Compound subjects?

2 nouns (subjects) joined by the conjunction “and”. Example: Cats and dogs.

What are objects?

Objects are always nouns or pronouns in sentences

What are direct objects?

A word or group of words directly acted on by a subject: Example is Ronny heads Thomas the ball. The ball is the direct object acted on by Ronny

What is a indirect object?

a noun or pronoun that occurs with a direct object. Is someone the action in a sentence affects indirectly. In the sentence “Ronny heads Thomas the ball” Thomas is indirectly affected and is the indirect object.

What is verb voice?

Verb voice shows whether the subject performs or receives the action.

what is active voice?

Verb voice that shows the subject did the action. Like Luke kicked the soccer ball is active voice because Luke did the action.

What is passive voice?

Verb voice that shows the subject receiving the action. Example: The ball was kicked into the net.

What form of writing is used in writing most?

Active voice because it is more lively and has specific details

When is Passive voice used in writing?

When it is unknown who did the action, and when you want to emphasize the receiver of the action. Passive voice is not used in writing without reason.

What is subject verb agreement?

In sentences, the subject and verb should agree. If there are multiple objects, there should be a plural verb, and singular subjects should have singular verbs.

What is the structure of a argumentative essay?

Claim > Body paragraph with reason and evidence supporting reason > Another body paragraph with another supporting reason and evidence backing the reason > Counterclaim and rebuttal > Conclusion.