Vocabulary Notebook

Week 2

Hello! Happy Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012

I hope your weekend was fabulous!Today, we will take a look at the vocabulary words to know for this Friday’s quiz.

Please make sure each definition is in your ELA folder.

Term Definition Examples

Refrain A word or group of words repeated at intervals in poetry for a desired effect.

And she walkedAnd she talkedAnd she laughed with me.

Compound Sentence Two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction and a comma.

Jack walked, but I ran.

Coordinating Conjunction

A word that links two phrases or independent clauses together.

For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so (FANBOYS)

Independent Clause A group of words containing a subject and a verb that can “stand alone”.

Jack walked.

Dependent Clause A group of words that do not form a complete thought and can’t “stand alone”.

For a thousand years

Term Definition Examples

Graphic Elements Capital letters, line length, and word position, also called the “shape” of the poem

Diamonte PoemAcrostic PoemHaiku

Stanza A group of two or more lines in a poem. The groups of words are divided into “stanzas”.

The fog comes on little cat feet.

It sits lookingOver the harbor and city

Epitaph A statement written in praise or reflecting the life of a deceased person.

'He could have added fortune to fame, but caring for neither, he found happiness and honor in being helpful to the world.'