Poetry/Drama
Literary Elements
Figurative Language
Genres
Potpourri
100
Words or instructions in a play that are written in italics and enclosed by parenthesis
What are stage directions
100
The message or lesson of a story
What is theme
100
Example - The tree danced in the breeze
What is personification
100

Similes, metaphors, personification, etc.

What is figurative language?

100

The important thing happening tomorrow.

What is the reading STAAR?

200
In a play, the conversation between characters; it advances the plot and reveals conflict.
What is dialogue
200
The use of clues by an author that suggest events that have yet to occur
What is foreshadowing
200
Example - The earth is a green blanket
What is a metaphor
200
Includes stage directions and dialogue
What is drama
200

Ms. Thresher's classroom number.

What is room 115?

300
The repetition of sounds at the end of words
What is rhyme
300
The perspective from which a story is told
What is point of view
300
Example - Elizabeth is as fast as a cheetah.
What is a simile
300
Words, phrases, or sentences around a word that help determine an unknown word's meaning
What are context clues
300

Throwing someone out of a window

What is defenestration?

400
The use of a word or phrase more than one time--used to emphasize.
What is repetition
400
A struggle between two opposing forces
What is conflict
400
Sound words- "pow" "buzz" "swish"
What is onomatopoeia
400
Describing a text's main idea, important details, and overall meaning in just a few sentences.
What is summarizing
400

The instrument Ms. Thresher plays.

What is a guitar?

500
The main unit of a poem; varies in length.
What is a line
500
The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage
What is mood
500
Language that appeals to the 5 senses
What is imagery
500

A story that comes from the author's imagination.

What is fiction?

500
Name as many stories we've read this year as possible!

- Red Scarf Girl  - A Raisin In The Sun  - The Cask of Amontillado   - Tell-Tale Heart   - The Raven   - A Narrow Fellow In The Grass

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