Poetry Elements
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"You never know what you've got until it's gone" is an example of what type of figurative language?
Idiom
(Idioms are popular sayings that are not meant to be taken literally)
The main character in a play/story is also called the...
Protagonist
(opposite would be the antagonist, or villain)
Because of words like "us", "we", and "we'll", the poem 'Where the Sidewalk Ends' was mostly written in this p.o.v.
1st Person
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SD1- The king smiles weakly, then looks down and pushes food around on his plate.
This example of stage directions helps us to understand that after the battle, the King was feeling very __________.
sad/depressed/regretful/sorrowful/guilty
The problem within a story is also called the _______.
conflict
Specific words used by the poet/author to describe how they feel about their writing is called what?
Tone
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Conversation between characters in a play is called ______.
dialogue
Line 2- "and before the street begins,"
Line 3- "and there the grass grows soft and white,"
Line 4- "and there the sun burns crimson bright,"
These lines are a clear example of which poetry element?
Repetition
(when something is stated over and over again for an effect)
From Scene 1 to Scene 6, the king develops a change in his thought process that affects the way he feels.
When a story changes from either positive to negative or negative to positive, this is known as a ________.
What are the 5 stages of plot (in order)?
1. Exposition
2. Rising Action
3. Climax
4. Falling Action
5. Resolution
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This type of poem usually tells a story with a beginning, middle, and end.
Narrative Poem
These instructions let characters in the drama know how a specific line is to be said, or what to physically do during the scene/where to be.
Stage Directions
Line 11 says "and watch where the chalk-white arrows go". This line is an example of what type of figurative language?
Personification
(giving an object/animal human-like characteristics)
Reasoning: Arrows cannot physically go anywhere.
Suppress- (verb) 1. forcibly put an end to something 2. to prevent an expression or reaction to something 3. prevent the spread of information
Which definition most closely matches the way the word "suppress" is used in Scene 2 when it says the Queen suppresses a smirk after hearing an elder suggest getting help from a magician?
Definition 2
(The Queen thinks it's a ridiculous idea and attempts to hide her reaction)
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Which stage of plot is the conflict FIRST made known?
2. Rising Action
Sensory Language appeals to a reader's senses in order to picture what is happening.
What are the (5) senses?
Sight/Hearing/Touch/Taste/Smell
A group of scenes that form a specific part of a drama is called an...
act
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What type of figurative language would "peppermint wind" in line 6 be an example of?
Metaphor
(Comparing to wind to peppermint candy) refreshing and cool
This drama is told mainly from a 3rd Person Omniscient P.O.V.
What does 3rd Person Omniscient mean?
The reader knows what all characters think/feel in the story.
What is it called when the current plot is interrupted and goes back to a previous time?
Flashback
When something is not meant to be taken literally, it is meant to be taken _________ly.
Figurative
(when something has a hidden meaning/message)
All dramas/stories must have conflict in order for there to be a plot. What is the conflict called when it involves other characters?
External/Outer Conflict
L1- "There is a place where the sidewalk ends,
L2- and before the street begins,
L3- and there the grass grows soft and white,
L4- and there the sun burns crimson bright,"
What is the rhyme scheme of lines 1-4?
ABCC
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"We cannot change the past nor can we predict the future. The present is the only time in which we have control."
This sounds like a ______.
Theme
(Moral lesson to be learned from a story)
What is the event that starts off the conflict known as?
Inciting Incident
(Something specific that happens that is the first sign of a problem)