Figurative Language
Genres
Literary Elements
ELA Terms
Poetry/Drama
100
Example - The tree danced in the breeze
What is personification?
100
Includes stage directions and dialogue
What is drama?
100

The perspective from which a story is told

What is point-of-view?

100

The method of getting information from other parts of the story.

What are context clues?

100
Words or instructions in a play that are written in italics and enclosed by parenthesis
What are stage directions?
200
Example - The earth is a green blanket
What is metaphor?
200
Text that explains, describes, or informs
What is expository?
200

The use of clues by an author that suggest events that have yet to occur

What is foreshadowing?

200

True or False: Summaries only include a beginning and an end.

What is false?

200
In a play, the conversation between characters; it advances the plot and reveals conflict.
What is dialogue?
300
Example - Elizabeth is as fast as a cheetah.
What is simile?
300
A story about someone's life
What is biography? (This could also be autobiography/memoir if the author is the person the story is about.)
300

The message or lesson of a story

What is theme?

300

These are tools a student can use to compile information. Examples are: Venn Diagrams, T-Charts, Semantic Maps are all types of

What are graphic organizers?

300
The repetition of sounds at the end of words
What is rhyme?
400
Sound words- "pow" "buzz" "swish"
What is onomatopoeia?
400
A protagonist is faced with a conflict that reaches it's most intense point at the climax and is eventually resolved.
What is a narrative?
400
A struggle between two opposing forces
What is conflict?
400

This is the turning point of a story.

What is climax?

400
The use of a word or phrase more than one time--used to emphasize.
What is repetition?
500
Language that appeals to the 5 senses
What is imagery/sensory details?
500
Words are carefully chosen and arranged to create certain effects. Sound devices, figurative language, rhythm, and rhyme are often used to to express emotions and ideas.
What is poetry?
500
1. The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage. 2. The author's attitude toward the subject.
1. What is mood? 2. What is tone?
500

This is the lesson or central message of a text

What is theme?

500
The main unit of a poem; varies in length.
What is stanza?
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