Elements of Literature 1
Elements of Literature 2
Figurative Language
Vocabulary
Writing
100
The person telling the story.
Who is the Narrator?
100
Time and place of a story: when and where.
What is setting?
100
An object that stands for something else, such as a larger idea.
What is symbolism?
100

An EPIC is what?

What is a long, narrative POEM?
100

What does the exposition do?

Introduces the setting and characters

200
How the reader feels in response to the text.
What is mood?
200
The problem that drives the story and creates the action.
What is conflict?
200
A non-linear plot structure that goes back in time.
What is a flashback?
200

What does HYPERBOLE mean?

What is an extreme exaggeration?

200

To improve by making changes.

What is revise/edit/fix?

300
The author's attitude toward the topic.
What is tone?
300
The universal lesson, moral, or message the reader should learn from a story.
What is theme?
300
Painting a picture using the five senses.
What is imagery?
300
Examples/evidence that reinforces the thesis.
What is support?
300
To move smoothly from one topic to the next.
What is a transition?
400

The most exciting part of the story.

What is the CLIMAX

400
The events that make up a story.
What is the plot?
400

She was as fast as a cheetah is an example of what?

What is a SIMILE?

400

A one-eyed monster (Prometheus) in the Odyssey is called a what?

What is a CYCLOPS?

400
To say again.
What is restate?
500
The narrator is a character in the story (characterized by the use of I, me, and my).
What is 1st person point of view?
500
The narrator is outside the story (characterized by the use of he, she, they, them, etc.)
What is 3rd person point of view?
500

My brother is an angel is an example of what?

What is a METAPHOR?

500

What does ODYSSEY mean?

What is a long journey?

500

How many sentences is in a proper paragraph?

What is 5-7?

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