Fiction R1
Drama R1
Poetry R1
Informational/ Persuasive R2
Literary Nonfiction R2
100

a character in the story is actually telling the story himself/herself

first person point of view

100

movie

film

100

visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work. (something that makes you picture it)

imagery

100

the logical structure in which text is arranged, such as a sequence, comparison and contrast, problem and solution, or cause and effect

organizational patterns

100

detailed description that appeals to and utilizes the five senses

sensory detail

200

the message about life that can be gathered from a story

theme

200

a set of papers with writing that will be read and acted out, the text of a play

script

200

extreme exaggeration

hyperbole

200

the side a person is on in an argument

position, claim, thesis, argument, etc. 

200

the point of time and place in history where a narrative is set

historical setting

300

A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation. (y'all)

dialect

300

the author of a play

playwright

300

Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis`

repetition 

300

a statement of the similarities among two or more people, events, ideas, etc.

comparison

300

values, art, religion, music of the society/culture in which the story takes place

cultural setting

400

a hint about the author about what is going to happen later in the story

foreshadowing

400

an instruction in the text of a play, especially one indicating the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting.

stage directions

400

A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line

internal rhyme

400

A text structure that proposes an idea and offers reasons to support the idea.

proposition and support

400

DOUBLE POINTS: Autobiography vs. memior

Autobio tells story of a person's whole life, memoir is just a part of their life. 

500

non-literal meaning of a word or phrase; used for
comparison, emphasis, clarity, or freshness of thought
(e.g., adage, euphemism, hyperbole, idiom, metaphor,
oxymoron, paradox, personification, pun, simile, symbol)

figurative language 

500

an instruction in the text of a play, especially one indicating the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting.

historical setting

500

A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem, usually written using letters at the end of a line (ABAB, ABBA, AABB).

rhyme scheme

500

to suggest

DOUBLE POINTS

imply

500

story of a person's life written by another person

biography
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