7th PSSA MP3 Genres, Poetry, Reading

A sonnet has 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme.

The story of a person's life written by someone else.

Folktales are based on historical figures and events.

Identical or very similar recurring final sounds in words usually at the end of lines of a poem

Information from the reading that identifies a word or group of words

Free Verse means that the poem

the clear, easy, written or spoken expression of words typically in oral reading

meanings which, though unexpressed in the literal text; understood or implied by the reader

To inform, persuade, or entertain, is the...

The pattern or beat of a poem is its rhythm.

Elves and witches, dragons and princes are found in...

Fiction is writing that is made up rather than a retelling of facts.

The story of a person's life written by him or herself.

a conclusion based on facts; understandings gained by “reading between the lines”

A limerick is a very long, serious poem.

What is a genre?

retell

A fable tells a story using...

referring to specific text that is included in the reading passage or in the directions

Writing that allows readers to experience emotion by using figurative language.

Legends are about historical people and events that happened in history.

Stories that are about real people, places, and events are...

The repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.

A long poem about the adventures of a hero or legendary event.

main idea