Figurative Language
Plot Elements
Word Analysis
Elements of Drama
Writing
100
A comparison between two things using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
100
A character that faces off against nature, another character, or a group of people.
What is the protagonist?
100
A word that is similar in meaning to another word.
What are SYNONYMS?
100
A story that is enacted in real space and time by live acotrs for a live audience.
What is drama?
100
The three parts of an essay.
What is instruction, body, and conclusion?
200
When we attribute human qualities to a nonhuman thing
What is personification?
200
A scene that occurs out of sequence and tells of events that happened in the past.
What is flashback?
200
A group of letters added to the end of a word to change the meaning.
What is a suffix?
200
A character who serves as a contrast to the main character.
What is the foil character?
200
These is included in the introductory paragraph.
What is hook, background information and thesis?
300
The use of words to create vivid mental images or pictures in the reader's head.
What is imagery?
300
A problem or a struggle that occurs inside a character's mind.
What is internal conflict?
300
A group of letters added to the front of a word to change the meaning.
What is a prefix?
300
The conversation of characters onstage.
What is a dialogue?
300
The components of a thesis.
What is topic/subject + opinion/claim + reasons/supporting reasons?
400
A comparison between two things without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
400
The point at which we learn what the outcome of the conflict will be.
What is climax?
400
A parta of the word that provides the general meaning.
What is a root word?
400
When a character is alone onstage, and speaks to himself or herself.
What is a soliloquy?
400
Persuasive/Argumentative essay includes these.
What is argument, counter argument, evidence and reasons?
500
The use of words that sound like what they mean.
What is onomatopoeia?
500
When writers manipulate time by placing clues in their stories that hint at what will happen later in the plot.
What is foreshadowing?
500
A word's emotional meaning that can be either positive or negative.
What is connotations?
500
When a character speaks to the audience or to one character, but other characters onstage do not hear what is said.
What is an aside?
500
Citing sources, quoting experts and providing anecdotal evidence will do this.
What is credibility (in an argument)?
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