Figurative Language
Author's Purpose
Plot Elements
Things to notice...
Plays and Myths
100
A comparison that uses like or as Extra point for an example!
What is a simile?
100
PIEEE stands for...
What is persuade, inform, explain, express, and entertain?
100
The problem of the story
What is a conflict?
100
The most important parts of the story that tells us the who and what. PS: writing THIS after every paragraph is a great annotation strategy!
What is the main idea?
100
The list of people in the play
What is the cast of characters?
200
A comparison that does NOT use like or as Extra point for an example!
What is a metaphor?
200
The author uses this point of view to help the reader feel close to the narrator
What is 1st person point of view?
200
The turning point of the story.
What is a climax?
200
The 5 things to include in a summary. PS: write THIS at the END of every story!
What is beginning, middle, end, characters, and setting?
200
Written in italics to tell the actors how to act and the reader what to picture in their minds
What are stage directions?
300
When a non-human object has human qualities Extra point for an example!
What is personification?
300
The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters in the story
What is 3rd person omniscient?
300
The 5 elements of the plot line in order.
What is exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?
300
Something that can be proven
What is a fact?
300
A paragraph in a poem
What is a stanza?
400
Using the 5 senses to describe something vividly
What is imagery?
400
The narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of the main character
What is 3rd person limited?
400
The four types of conflict.
What is character vs. self, character vs. character, character vs. society, character vs. nature?
400
Something that others might agree or disagree with
What is an opinion?
400
A fictional story meant to teach people a lesson or explain a natural phenomenon?
What is a myth?
500
Using the same word or phrase over and over again to emphasize it 2 extra points if you can tell me an example of this in a poem we've read before!
What is repetition?
500
The lesson or message the author wants to teach the reader.
What is a theme?
500
The exopsition tells us ______________ while the resolution tells us ______________.
What is the characters and setting AND how the problem is resolved?
500
Explain the relationship between cause and effect. DOES NOT NEED TO BE ANSWERED IN A QUESTION!
Cause happens before the effect and the effect would not have happened without the cause
500
Explain why it is important to read titles, background information, and stage directions. DOES NOT NEED TO BE ANSWERED IN A QUESTION!
So you know the WHOLE story!
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