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When words sound alike, we say they ____________________________. This helps the poem to flow smoothly and sound interesting.
rhyme
Poets sometimes use ______________________ words to catch the reader's attention. These words are usually made up and not used in everyday speech.
unusual
Narrative poems tell _______________________________ that are meant to _____________________________.
stories / entertain
Narrative poems tell stories in which there are characters. The words spoken by the characters is called _______________________ speech. We place ___________________ before and after the words spoken.
direct speech / quotation marks
Narrative poems are most often written in ______________________ past tense because they usually tell a story that happened in the past.
simple
It is common to find ____________________________ like 'don't', 'can't' or 'he'd' in narrative poetry.
contractions
Narrative poetry tells a story, however, it is written differently. Narrative poems are written in short lines arranged in ________________________________ instead of paragraphs.
stanzaz
A narrative poem begins with an ________________________________ where the reader is first introduced to the main character or characters in the story.
introduction
In a narrative poem, a _____________________________ or unusual event usually follows the introduction.
problem
The body of a narrative poem usually describes an ___________________________ that tells us what the characters do after the problem arises.
event or a series of events
A narrative poem ends with a _____________________________ that tells us how the problem is solved or how the story ends.
solution
Some narrative poems end with a comment on the story or the characters called a _______________________________.
coda
Characters in a narrative usually speak to one another. That is why we often find many saying verbs in a narrative. Said is the most common saying verb. What are two more interesting options we can use to replace said?
answers will vary
Characters in a narrative usually speak to one another. That is why we often find many saying verbs in a narrative. Said is the most common saying verb. What are two more interesting options we can use to replace said?
answers will vary
Characters in a narrative usually speak to one another. That is why we often find many saying verbs in a narrative. Said is the most common saying verb. What are two more interesting options we can use to replace said?
answers will vary
Prefixes of number and quantity are added to the beginning of a word to form a new word. What does the prefix -uni mean? Add -uni to a word and use it in a sentence.
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