Figurative Language
Genres
Literary Elements
Expository Elements and Structures
Poetry/Drama
100

Example - The tree danced in the breeze

what is personification

100
Includes stage directions and dialogue
What is drama?
100
The perspective from which a story is told
What is point-of-view?
100

What is controlling idea (or thesis)?

The central or most important idea about a topic that a writer or speaker conveys.

100

What are stage directions?

Words or instructions in a play that are written in italics and enclosed by parenthesis

200
Example - The earth is a green blanket
What is metaphor?
200
Text that explains, describes, or informs
What is expository?
200
The use of clues by an author that suggest events that have yet to occur
What is foreshadowing?
200

What is argument?

Made up of a writer or speaker's claim (position) and reasons/evidence of support.

200

What is dialogue?

In a play, the conversation between characters; it advances the plot and reveals conflict.

300
Example - Elizabeth is as fast as a cheetah.
What is simile?
300
A story about someone's life
What is biography? (This could also be autobiography/memoir if the author is the person the story is about.)
300
The message or lesson of a story
What is theme?
300

What is counterargument?

An argument made to oppose another argument.

300

What is rhyme?

The repetition of sounds at the end of words

400
Sound words- "pow" "buzz" "swish"
What is onomatopoeia?
400
A protagonist is faced with a conflict that reaches it's most intense point at the climax and is eventually resolved.
What is a narrative?
400

A struggle between two opposing forces

What is conflict?

400

What is text structure or organizational pattern? Now, list several expository text structures.

The way ideas and information are arranged an organized.

400

What is repetition?

The use of a word or phrase more than one time--used to emphasize.

500
Language that appeals to the 5 senses
What is imagery/sensory details?
500
Words are carefully chosen and arranged to create certain effects. Sound devices, figurative language, rhythm, and rhyme are often used to to express emotions and ideas.
What is poetry?
500
1. The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage. 2. The author's attitude toward the subject.
1. What is mood? 2. What is tone?
500

What is bias?

The side of an issue an author favors. Words with extremely positive or negative connotations can help to signal this.

500

what is a stanza

The main unit of a poem; varies in length/ how the poem is broken up.

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