Poetry
A group of Lines
Stanza
The message or lesson of a story.
Theme
Example - The tree danced in the breeze
A story that is written about someone's life.
Biography
What a text is mostly about, the main point the author is trying to make.
You use these to help you figure this out
Central Idea (main idea)
Details
A pattern of Rhyme (ex: ABAB, AABB)
Rhyme Scheme
In a play, words or instructions given that are found in paranthesis.
Why is this used?
Stage Directions
So the reader understands the what is going on, giving background information like details about the characters and setting.
Example - Hope is a thing with feathers
Metaphor
Includes stage direction and dialogue
Drama/Play
Making an assumption about what the author is telling the reader. It is implied and not directly stated.
Inference (infer)
The ending of words sound alike
Rhyme
conversation between two or more characters
What is dialogue?
Example - That explanation was as clear as mud.
Simile
A text that looks at the similarities and differences between two subjects
Compare and Contrast
Used to engage a reader, when the reader knows something that is happening, but the characters do not.
Dramatic Irony
The use of a word or phrase more than one time--used to emphasize
Repetition
The writer or speaker's attitude toward a story or subject.
Tone
The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage
Mood
A text that describes, explains or informs
Informational (expository)
When you are expecting one outcome in a text, and a completely different (or opposite) thing happens
Situational Irony
The reason an author writes a text. AND Name the three main "reasons."
Author's purpose. Persuade, Inform, Entertain (PIE)
Sensory Language
A story that is not true or made up.
Fiction (fake)
While reading a text, the author provides clues about what is going to happen later in the text.
foreshadowing