Poetry/Drama
Literary Elements
Figurative Language
Genres
Potpourri
100

Words or instructions in a play for the actors that are written in  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 Thesaurus- (blue words in the dictionary) gives you _____________ to the word

What is synonyms 

200
In a play, the conversation between characters; it advances the plot and reveals conflict.
What is dialogue
200

The use of clues by an author that give clues of events that will occur

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

What you follow or use to organize/develop a well-written body paragraph in an essay.


What is RACE

300
The repetition of sounds at the end of words
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

Only animals as characters- teach a lesson

What is a fable 

300

How do you know when the question requires you to write an essay?

Possible answers:

---What is- it includes the words "Write a well-written essay"

--What is-  it includes the word "Explain

--- It's a long question 

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

In an essay- you are being asked about the character- what acronym can you use to answer an analysis of the character? 

What is STEAL?



500

varies in length in a poem- it may rhyme with another

What is a line or a verse

500

The feeling the reader feels created by a literary work or passage

What is mood

500
Language that appeals to the 5 senses
What is imagery
500
A story about someone's life
What is a biography
500

What figurative language is is this example of?

The breeze whispered to the flowers and the birds sang a beautiful melody. 

What is personification

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