Poetry/Drama
Literary Elements
Figurative Language
Genres
Dictionary Skills
100

Words or instructions in a drama that are written in italics and enclosed by parenthesis.

What are stage directions

100
The message or lesson of a story
What is theme
100
Example - The tree danced in the breeze
What is personification
100
A story that has gods, goddesses, and may explain something about nature
What is a myth
100
The parts that a word is broken into Example - cel*lo*phane
What are syllables
200

In a drama, the conversation between characters; it advances the plot and reveals conflict.

What is dialogue

200

The use of clues by an author that suggest events that will happen in the future.

What is foreshadowing

200

Example - The earth is a green blanket

What is a metaphor

200
Includes stage directions and dialogue
What is drama
200
When looking at a dictionary definition, this part of the entry helps you do what? example - [sel-uh-feyn]
What is pronounce the word (pronunciation)
300

The repetition of sounds at the end of lines in a poem.

What is rhyme

300
The perspective from which a story is told
What is point of view
300
Example - Elizabeth is as fast as a cheetah.
What is a simile
300

The genre that includes murder, ghosts, and paranormal activity.

What is horror

300

The words at the top of a page in the dictionary.

What are guide words.

400
The use of a word or phrase more than one time--used to emphasize.
What is repetition
400
A struggle between two opposing forces
What is conflict
400
Sound words- "pow" "buzz" "swish"
What is onomatopoeia
400
Text that explains, describes, or informs
What is expository
400

The V next to a word in the dictionary means it is a...

What is a verb

500

A group of lines in a poem.

What is a stanza

500
The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage
What is mood
500

Language that appeals to the 5 senses

What is imagery or sensory language 

500
A story about someone's life
What is a biography
500

A words that describes something.

What is an adjective.

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