Poetry
A group of 4 lines of a poem?
What is a quatrain?
Extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
Series of events in the story. Includes the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution.
What is plot?
The author's attitude toward the subject which he is writing about.
What is tone?
The author's message to the reader about life.
Theme
Language that appeals to the senses. Often creates a mental picture in the reader's mind.
what is imagery?
Crack, Pop, Bang are all examples of
What is onomatopoeia?
The struggle between two opposing forces. May be internal or external.
What is conflict?
The feeling the reader gets from the selection.
What is mood?
To show the similarities between two things.
What is comparing?
This poem tells a story. It has characters, plot, conflict, setting, theme and all other elements of a story.
What is a narrative?
Example: The sun is a glimpse of heaven.
What is a metaphor?
This includes all the methods by which an author creates a character: descriptions, conversations, what others say about him, how he acts, how people treat him, etc.
What is characterization?
When the opposite of what you expect to happen happens
When an author hints about things that will happen later on in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
When a word has the same ending sound as another word.
What is a rhyme?
Example - The wind gently kissed her neck.
What is personification?
Conversation
What is dialogue?
The WAY in which a character speaks. Speech patterns, sound, accent, etc.
Dialect
When an author makes a reference to a well know person, place, book, movie, etc. For example....Here come Curly, Larry, and Moe.
What is an allusion?
The repetition of a particular sound in the first syllables of words.
What is alliteration?
Example: You are as smart as a whip.
What is a simile?
When the audience knows something that the reader does not
What is dramatic irony?
The "good guy" in the story. The character the reader is siding with or cheering for.
Protagonist
The perspective from which the story is told. It may be first, second, third, or third-person omniscient.
What is Point of View?