Figurative Language
Narrative Elements
Author's Craft
Narrative Elements
Poetry
100
Comparison of two things using “like” or “as.”
Simile
100
When the author gives a reader background information about a character and the character's personality.
Direct characterization
100
To Make French Toast: First, take out a skillet to cook and turn the stove on low. Second, you will melt the butter in the pan and stir it with a spatula. Third, beat the eggs. Fourth, lay the bread, white or wheat, on both sides in the eggs. Fifth, sit the bread on top of butter for 30 seconds and then turn over. Now you have a slice of French toast, repeat.
In which point of view is this passage written?
100
Another work for "characteristics"
Character traits
100
The emotion that a word generates in addition to the actual meaning. Authors and poets select words based on their ability to communicate feelings that may be negative, positive, or neutral.
Connotative meaning/Connotation
200
A saying that isn’t meant to be taken literally.
Doesn’t “mean” what it says.
Often cultural and regional.
Idiom
200
When the author helps the reader to understand the character by describing the character's thoughts, feelings, and actions.
Indirect characterization
200
Jessie had felt sad all day. Jessie thought and thought about his situation and he thought to himself, I need to get myself together. Maria came in the door and asked what was wrong. He told her. Maria frowned. She felt as if she were being abandoned by everyone.
In which level of third person is this written?
200
The words spoken by and between characters
Dialogue
200
Television - Poem by Roald Dahl
The most important thing we've learned,
So far as children are concerned,
Is never, NEVER, NEVER let
Them near your television set --
Or better still, just don't install
The idiotic thing at all.
What is the rhyme scheme ?
a
a
b
b
c
c
300
A form of “word play” in which words have a double meaning.
Pun
300
The true meaning or message of the story; the message about life or human nature.
The theme
300
This describes the author's attitude about the subject.
Tone
300
The setting, characters, and conflicts are identified at this part of a story's plot sequence.
The exposition- the beginning of the plot when the setting, characters, and conflicts are revealed.
300
Group of lines making up a single unit; like a paragraph in prose.
A stanza
400
A reference in a literary work to historical events, famous people, places, or other literary works.
Allusion
400
A sentence starter for writing a theme statement
Sometimes in life...
400
The feeling the author creates for the audience.
Mood.
400
The character's driving force, what he or she wants to accomplish is referred to as the character's
motivation.
400
"Mama Is a Sunrise"
by Evelyn Tooley Hunt
When she comes slip-footing through the door,
she kindles us
like lump coal lighted,
and we wake up glowing.
She puts a spark even in Papa's eyes
and turns out all our darkness.
When she comes sweet-talking in the room,
she warms us
like grits and gravy,
and we rise up shining.
Even at nighttime Mama is a sunrise
that promises tomorrow and tomorrow.
Why is this poem an metaphor?
Someone special, Mama, is being directly compared to a sunrise.
500
Describes a place or experience using language that applies to the five senses.
Sensory Language/Imagery
500
A theme statement should apply to ALL readers---everyone in the universe! That is why a theme has...
Universality
500
When the author abruptly ends part of the story to make you want to continue reading.
Flashback
500
A conflict developing within a character are expressed through his or her thoughts/feelings and are revealed through actions and dialogue. This conflict is referred to as the ...
internal conflict
500
What is the theme of Tupac's poem?
You may have obstacles in your way and people that doubt you, but you must keep pushing to achieve your dreams--no matter what.