Today's Tasks
- Upload Key Terms
- Start my Essential Question (covers the whole scope of my project)
- Start my 10 Foundation Questions (3 resources to answer each question)
NOTE: 1st five should just be general questions and the last five should be expert questions
10 KEY TERMS
POETRY-
The word poetry comes from a greek word poesis, which means “making” or “creating”. Poetry is a form of writing that uses rhythm and other patterns of sound. It uses many ways that words can be formed together to make a meaning. There are many different styles of poetry, but the way a poem is structured depends on the writer.
FREE VERSE POETRY-
Poetry that has no rules of rhyme or meter. It can be rhymed or unrhymed and written any way, but it still has to be recognizable as a poem.
PROSE-
Ordinary speech and writing.
CADENCE-
The persistent rhythmical pattern in lines of a verse.
DICTION-
The choice of words, phrases, sentence structures, and figurative language in a piece of writing. Also, the method or style of verbal expression (clarity and accuracy).
RHYME SCHEME-
A pattern that is recognized by it’s steady arrangement of rhymes in a poem.
RHYTHM-
The pattern of “recurrent accents” in the flow of a poem and the rise and fall of stress in a poem.
* The measure of rhythmic quantity is the meter.
RHETORIC-
When someone speaks or writes, while being able to demonstrate a great skill in their use of language.
ALLITERATION-
When there is a repetition of the beginning letter/sound of words in the same line. Some people call alliteration “head rhyme” or “initial rhyme”.
Ex: I dream of Josh, and drew is jealous.
The word poetry comes from a greek word poesis, which means “making” or “creating”. Poetry is a form of writing that uses rhythm and other patterns of sound. It uses many ways that words can be formed together to make a meaning. There are many different styles of poetry, but the way a poem is structured depends on the writer.
FREE VERSE POETRY-
Poetry that has no rules of rhyme or meter. It can be rhymed or unrhymed and written any way, but it still has to be recognizable as a poem.
PROSE-
Ordinary speech and writing.
CADENCE-
The persistent rhythmical pattern in lines of a verse.
DICTION-
The choice of words, phrases, sentence structures, and figurative language in a piece of writing. Also, the method or style of verbal expression (clarity and accuracy).
RHYME SCHEME-
A pattern that is recognized by it’s steady arrangement of rhymes in a poem.
RHYTHM-
The pattern of “recurrent accents” in the flow of a poem and the rise and fall of stress in a poem.
* The measure of rhythmic quantity is the meter.
RHETORIC-
When someone speaks or writes, while being able to demonstrate a great skill in their use of language.
ALLITERATION-
When there is a repetition of the beginning letter/sound of words in the same line. Some people call alliteration “head rhyme” or “initial rhyme”.
Ex: I dream of Josh, and drew is jealous.
METAPHOR-
A figure of speech where a word or a phrase stands for something else, signifying a similarity between the two.
Ex: Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what your gonna get.
HYPERBOLE-
An overstatement that's used on purpose but isn’t intended to be taken seriously, but to emphasize the truth in a statement.
Ex: I'd give my left leg for your love
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Those key terms are very helpful :)
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