Lesson 7 | Writing
Masterpiece Sentences and Commas
Use your answers to the following questions to create sentences. Answer the predicate
painter questions with prepositional phrases or adverbs. When the sentence begins
with a prepositional phrase, it is followed by a comma.
Prepositional
Phrase or Adverb
Subject
Who?
When?
Action Verb
(past tense)
Did what?
Direct
Object
To what?
After school
athletes
played
soccer
After school, athletes played soccer in the park.
Prepositional
Phrase or Adverb
Subject
Prepositional
Phrase or Adverb
Subject
Prepositional
Phrase or Adverb
Subject
What?
Where?
Who?
Where?
What?
When?
Prepositional
Phrase or
Adverb
When?
Subject
Who?
Action Verb
(past tense)
Did what?
(past tense)
Did what?
(past tense)
Did what?
Action Verb
(present tense)
Do what?
in the park
Prepositional
Phrase or Adverb
Direct
Object
Prepositional
Phrase or Adverb
Direct
Object
Prepositional
Phrase or Adverb
To what?
Action Verb
Where?
Direct
Object
To what?
Action Verb
Prepositional
Phrase or Adverb
To what?
Direct Object
To what?
How?
How?
How?
Prepositional
Phrase or
Adverb
Where?
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Lesson 7 | Grammar
Pronouns and Point of View
The position of the narrator in relation to other people and events in the
story is called point of view. The point of view is often described in terms
of first person, second person, or third person.
Person
First
Person
Pronoun forms
Iwe
meus
my our
mineours
you
Second
your
Person
yours
Third
Person
sheheit they
her himit them
hershis its their
theirs
“Thank You, M’am”
Point of View Pronouns to Prove It: “If I Were in Charge of the World”
Point of View Pronouns to Prove It: “We Real Cool”
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Used when the narrator is . . .
Writing about him- or herself
Writing to explain something to someone
Writing about a person, place, thing, or idea
Lesson 7 | Reading
Elements of Poetry
Thought Thought is the element that contains the poem’s message. One
component of thought is the theme, which is often stated as a universal
truth—unlimited by time and space.
Imagery Imagery refers to the poem’s creation of mental pictures, or images,
for the reader. Metaphor, simile, and personification are examples of
techniques that poets use to create imagery.
Mood
Melody
Meter
Form
Poems evoke emotions and set an atmosphere or a tone for the reader.
This element is called mood.
Melody is the element created by a poet’s use of sound. Alliteration,
rhyme, assonance, consonance, and onomatopoeia are examples of
devices used to create melody in poetry.
Patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem create meter or
poetic rhythm.
Form is the element that defines the poem’s actual structure. Examples
of poetic forms include quatrain, sonnet, blank verse, limerick, ballad,
and free (open) verse.
Complete the chart below based on the poem “If I Were in Charge of the World.”
“If I Were in Charge of the World”
Thought
Imagery
Mood
Melody
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