Reading Concepts/Definitions
Plot
Tone/Theme/Mood
Poetry
Point of View/Author's Purpose
100
the character or force in conflict with the main character, or protagonist.
What is antagonist?
100
This is the setting of the story and the main characters
What is the exposition?
100
A view about life that is not directly stated. A lesson the author wants us to take away from the poem.
What is theme?
100
a literary form that uses techniques such as rhythm, imagery, rhyming, and figurative language to express ideas or emotions. The most common types are: epic, narrative, free verse, lyrical, and humorous.
What is poetry?
100
the narrator is a participant in the story; the main character and uses words like, "I" or "We?"
What is first person?
200
The representation of a thing or idea as a person with human characteristics
What is personification?
200
the struggle between opposing forces in a story or play. What are the two types?
What is conflict and internal and external conflict?
200
The ATTITUDE a poem implies
What is tone?
200
Grouped lines in a poem. Think of them like poetry paragraphs.
What is stanza
200
The narrator is an observer of what's going on; they only report what they see. Thursday night the boy's basketball team from WB Green faced off with the 8th grade boys from Port Isabel. During the first half, the score remained close.
What is third person point of view?
300
the main character in a literary work
What is protagonist
300
the events leading up to the climax
What is rising action
300
The feeling or atmosphere of a poem.
What is mood
300
The repetition of syllables, typically at the end of a verse line. Example: Something inspires the only cow of late To make no more of a wall than an open gate
What is rhyme?
300
the narrator is an observer. but can also zoom in on the thoughts and emotions of any character. But there was no hilarity in the little town that same tranquil Saturday afternoon. The Harpers, and Aunt Polly's family were being put into mourning, with great grief and many tears.
What is third person omniscient?
400
Why the person wrote the story. Name the three types.
What is author's purpose and what is to inform, entertain, persuade?
400
The most intense part of the story where the reader starts to see conflict resolution
What is climax
400
What tone is implied by this statement? GET OUT OF MY ROOM!!
What is anger/frustration?
400
practice of rhyming words placed at the end of the lines in the prose or poetry. It refers to the order in which particular words rhyme.
What is rhyme scheme?
400
the narrator is an observer, but can zoom in on the thoughts of only one character and is just an observer for the others. IN THESE DUNGEONS, the darkness was complete, but Katsa had a map in her mind. One that had so far proven correct, as Oll's maps tended to do. Katsa ran her hand along the cold walls and counted doors and passageways as she went.
What is third person limited?
500
to arrive at a conclusion, to guess based on given information
What is infer
500
This question has two answers: This usually takes place very quickly after the climax and the major conflict is resolved
What is falling action and resolution?
500
What type of tone is this? And the trees all died. They were orange trees. I don’t know why they died, they just died. Something wrong with the soil possibly or maybe the stuff we got from the nursery wasn't the best. We complained about it. So we’ve got thirty kids there, each kid had his or her own little tree to plant and we’ve got these thirty dead trees.
What is unhappy/depressing/sad
500
What is the rhyme scheme in the following poem? Roses are red Violets are blue Sugar is sweet And so are you!
What is ABAB?
500
Name three types of author's purpose and give an example of each.
What is persuade, inform, entertain. Student must give three examples.
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