English

Cards (21)

  • Noun: A word that names a person, place, thing or idea.
  • Pronoun: A word that stand in for a noun, such as he, she, it, or they.
  • Verb: A word that expresses an action or a state of being.
  • Adverb: A word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
  • Adjective: A word that describes a noun or pronoun.
  • Conjunction: A word that join two or more words together.
  • Preposition: A word that connects a noun or pronoun to another word in a sentence.
  • Interjection: A word or phrase that expresses a strong feeling or emotion.
  • Punctuation: A mark or symbol used to indicate the end of a sentence or the beginning of a new one.
  • Noun Phrase: A phrase that contains a noun as it's subject.
  • Modifier: A word that modifies a noun or pronoun.
  • Poetry is an artistic expression of thoughts and feelings in a rhythmic and rhyming form.
  • Lyric poetry is a poem that expresses personal feelings and emotions.
  • Narrative poetry is a persona's narration of events from beginning to end.
  • Dramatic poetry is a poem that is written to be performed in front of an audience.
  • Poems are composed of lines, which together form stanzas.
  • A stanza is a series of lines that share related ideas.
  • This distinction from prose makes it necessary for some poems to be written in verse.
  • Rhyme is when words have similar ending sounds, as in education and station.
  • Rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhymes in a poem.
  • Meter is the rhythmic pattern within the lines of a poem.