Key Elements
ELA.10.R.1.1
Universal Theme
ELA.10.R.1.2
Layers of Meaning
ELA.10.R.1.4
Figurative Language Identification
ELA.10.R.3.1
Figurative Language Mood Development
ELA.10.R.3.1
100

Consists of events a literary work and broken down into five stages including: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. 

Plot

100

Antigone's universal theme

Civil disobedience

100

The poet directly states this in the poem.

The literal meaning

100

"It is the east, and Juliet is the sun."

Metaphor

100

The repetition of the beginning consonant sounds in words close in proximity is used to create rhythm or emphasize certain words. 

Alliteration

200
How the author describes the characters. 

Characterization

200
Specifically, applies to the human condition and can be understood by anyone, anywhere, any age, and of any culture/background. 
Universal theme
200
The word meaning something is open to multiple interpretations.

Ambiguity

200

"In the eastern sky there was a yellow patch like a rug laid for the feet of the coming sun."

Simile

200

Used to compare two things using like/as to show similarities in ideas and develop understanding.

Simile

300

The three types are: first person, second person, and third person and refers to the person who is telling the story.

Point of View

300

Characters and conflict including perspective, actions, and symbols.

How the author develops the universal theme.

300

The poet's attitude towards the subject matter or the audience.

Tone

300

"And Blake, the much despised, tore the cover off the ball"

Hyperbole

300

A metaphor that is introduced early and developed throughout the work to explain something that is abstract or possibly hard to define. 

Extended Metaphor

400

Can be explicitly states in a literary work, or you may have to infer from clues the author gives to determine when and where the story is happening.

Setting

400

Meaning to take something apart and examine the pieces 

Analyze
400

The atmosphere that is created by the poet by eliciting feelings and emotions.

Mood

400

"the wind came out of the cloud by night,/Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee"

Personification

400

An extreme exaggeration used to emphasize something.

Hyperbole
500

An abstract concept/deeper meaning developed throughout a literary work.

Theme

500

What the text is mostly about. Commonly confused with the theme but NOT the theme.

Main Idea/Central Idea

500

This is implied through devices such as metaphors and symbolism.

Figurative meaning

500

"In a kingdom by the sea"

"In her tomb by the sounding sea"

Imagery

500
The author may reference something beyond the text that is considered well known to make it more relatable or provide context.

Allusion

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