The perspective from which a story or poem is written
Point of View
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Two types of poetry
Free and rhymed
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Rhyming pattern
Rhyme scheme
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A literary device that gives a human characteristic to an object
Personification
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They invented the sleeping bag. They wrote several poems from a child’s point of view.
Robert Louis Stevenson
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More than half of her poetry is devotional or related to their faith
Christina Rossetti
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Wrote about the black American culture in the 20’s-60’s
Langston Hughes
5
This writer wrote a lot about dreams and is credited for influencing Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech, “I Have a Dream.”
Langston Hughes
5
This person was educated in London by their mother, and all of the siblings became writers as well
Christina Rossetti
5
They wrote a novel, inspired by a nightmare. Their spouse didn’t like it and, even though they’d written over 40,000 words, they threw it into the fire. They rewrote it as the novel, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson
5
This person had Graves Disease and cancer.
Christina Rossetti
5
A rhyme scheme is a
rhyming pattern
5
This person was an invalid from birth because of weak lungs. They traveled most of their adult life.
Robert Louis Stevenson
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This person turned down three suitors due to religious reasons
Christina Rossetti
5
This person was among the first to use jazz rhythms and black dialect in his work
Langston Hughes
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This poet received a letter from Martin Luther King, Jr., stating, “I can no longer count the number of times and places…in which I have read your poems.”
