Poetry/Drama
Instructions in a play that are enclosed by brackets.
stage directions
The message or lesson of a story.
theme
"The tree danced in the breeze."
personification
A story that has magic, talking animals, and/or mythical creatures.
fantasy
Cannot be proven, what someone thinks is right or true.
Opinion
In a play, what is the conversation between characters to advance the plot called?
dialogue
Hints that suggest events that have yet to occur.
foreshadowing
"The earth is a green blanket."
metaphor
Includes stage directions and a script.
Drama
When asked what a word means, what resource should I use?
DICTIONARY
The rhyming of sounds at the end of lines or stanzas.
end rhyme
The perspective from which a story is told.
point of view
"Elizabeth is as fast as a cheetah."
simile
A story that is true.
Non-Fiction
Describing a text's main idea, important information, and overall meaning in just a few sentences.
summary
The use of a word or phrase more than one time to emphasize.
repetition
A struggle between two external forces.
external conflict
Sound words- "pow" "buzz" "swish" are called?
onomatopoeia
A story that is made up or untrue.
Fiction
What does UNWRAP stand for?
Underline Title
Notice genre
Walk through questions
Read and annotate
Answer questions
Prove answers
Paragraphs in poetry are called?
stanzas
The feeling created by the author in a literary work.
tone
Language that appeals to the 5 senses.
imagery or sensory language
A story about someone's life written by that person.
auto-biography
Name at least 4 types of text structure?
compare and contrast
concept/definition
problem/solution
chronological order
sequence
cause/effect