Definitions
When the word sounds like the sound it is describing.
What is onomatopoeia?
A figure of speech in which a thing is given human attributes.
What is personification?
spoken dialogue by a character in a play.
Usain Bolt is as fast as lightening.
What is a simile?
The author of a play.
What is playwright?
sensory language; uses words or phrases that appeal to the five senses.
What is Imagery?
A figure of speech that compares two things saying that one thing is another thing. The comparison does not use like or as.
What is a metaphor?
the labels before lines of dialogue to show which character is speaking
What are character tags?
She has a heart of gold.
What is a metaphor?
The written text that includes lines and stage directions.
What is the script?
An extreme exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
It is a story performed by actors on a stage.
What is a drama?
Descriptions or directions in the script that tell how the play is performed
What are stage directions?
This backpack weighs a ton.
The message or lesson that the author teachers through the characters and plot.
What is theme?
Comparison using like or as.
What is a simile?
A subdivision of an act that changes for a new time or location; ends when characters leave the stage. It is the action that takes place in a single setting.
What is a scene?
a play that ends with the death of a main character
What is a tragedy?
She didn't want to open that can of worms.
What is an idiom?
The feeling that a reader is made to feel due to the atmosphere of the story.
What is mood?
A phrase that has a meaning different from the dictionary definition.
What is an idiom?
a major section of a play, usually made up of several scenes
What is an act?
An introduction to a play, usually spoken by the chorus
What is the prologue?
As the tall, thin teacher used the bright blue expo marker, I could hear the squeaky marker tip glide against the whiteboard.
What is imagery?
The author's attitude towards the text.