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

A text that has a setting, characters, a plot, and is made up

What is fiction

100

Restating the question with evidence and reasoning

What is a short constructed response

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

When reading a text, it is the author's attitude

What is tone

300

The repetition of sounds at the end of words

What is rhyme

300
The story is told by a narrator from one character's perspective

What is 3rd person limited point of view

300
Example - Elizabeth is as fast as a cheetah.
What is a simile
300

Has stanzas, may rhyme and uses graphic elements

What is a poetry

300

Has a controlling idea that restates the question with 4 paragraphs that contain reasons, evidence, explanation, and a conclusion

What is an extended constructed response

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

In different genres, it is the way the author writes a text (compare/contrast, cause/effect, chronological, problem/solution, proposition/support)

What is text organization

400

Contains similarities and differences of 2 passages

What is a paired passage

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 about someone's life

What is a biography

500
Words, phrases, or sentences around a word that help determine an unknown word's meaning
What are context clues
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