Poetry/Drama
The message or lesson of a story
What is theme
Example - The tree danced in the breeze
What is personification
Set in the past and involves real people, places, or significant events in history, but may not necessarily be a true story.
What is historical fiction?
Type of conflict that takes place within the character's mind or psyche.
What is a internal conflict? (Man v Self)
An interruption in a story to describe an earlier event-
What is flashback?
Example - The earth is a green blanket
What is a metaphor
Includes stage directions and dialogue
What is drama?
The reason that the author is writing the book, article, or story-
What is author's purpose?
The perspective from which a story is told
What is point of view
Example - Elizabeth is as fast as a cheetah.
What is a simile
Set in the modern present with human characters and story's plot could actually happen in the real world-
What is realistic fiction?
Describing a text's main idea, important details, and overall meaning in just a few sentences.
What is summarizing
The use of a word or phrase more than one time--used to emphasize.
What is repetition
A struggle between two opposing forces
What is conflict
Sound words- "pow" "buzz" "swish"
What is onomatopoeia
Nonfiction text that explains, describes, or informs
What is expository?
The point of view in which a narrator tells the story.
Third Person Point of View
What do you call a group of lines in a poem?
What is a stanza?
The feeling created IN THE READER by a literary work or passage
What is mood
Language that appeals to the 5 senses
What is imagery
A story about someone's life
What is a biography
The strategy that we use to analyze poetry. (Acronym)
What is PFIT?