Text Structure
Figurative Language
Figurative Language II
Poetry
Plays/Drama
100
Words under a map, illustration, graph, or photograph that explain what it is...
Caption
100
What figurative element gives animals or non-living things human traits?
Personification
100
Repeating the consonant sound at the BEGINNING of words is called ______________.
alliteration
100
What is the syllable pattern for Haiku poems?
5,7,5
100
Items that the actors use to bring the character (and the scene) to life...(i.e. broom, book, cup, bed)
Props
200
Extra information at the back of the book is called an _________.
appendix
200
Which two words use similes to make comparisons (between two unlike things)?
like or as
200
Repeating a consonant sound is called...
Consonance
200
Why is repetition used in poems?
For emphasis or rhythm
200
Someone who writes a play is called a _______________.
playwright
300
The purpose of a ___________ is to define words that are in the text of a book.
Glossary
300
What figure of speech compares things WITHOUT like or as (usually uses "is" or "are")?
Metaphor
300
Repeating a vowel sound is called...
Assonance
300
What is the definition of rhyme?
Words that have the same ending sound
300
The time and place that the play occurred is the __________ (1). The series of events that make up the story is the _______ (2).
(1) Setting (2) Plot
400
An _________ helps find information in a book by alphabetically listing topics and page numbers in the back of the book.
index
400
When a story or poem has a major exaggeration, it is called ____________.
hyperbole
400
When a story makes a reference to another piece of [usually well-known] literature, it is called an ______________.
allusion
400
When rhyming words are in the same line of a poem, it is called...
Internal rhyme
400
Information for the director or actors about the scene or act, NOT to be said aloud are _________ _____________ (1). ___________ (2) means lines the actors speak (this lists the character name before the speaking part).
(1) Stage directions (2) Dialogue
500
A _________ ___ __________ is at the front of a book and tells what the chapters or main topics are that will be included.
table of contents
500
What is the term for words that sound like a noise?
Onomatopoeia
500
___________ is when the same phrase (or word) is used frequently (in poetry), to emphasize importance.
Repetition
500
Groups of lines in a poem that are separated by a line break...
Stanza
500
The acting parts that will be needed for the play is known as the Cast of _____________ (1). The ___________ (2) gives the audience information before the actors begin a scene or an act (this person is NOT involved in the plot/story).
(1) Characters (2) Narrator
M
e
n
u