Fiction
The problem in the story
What is CONFLICT?
units of action in a drama
What are ACTS?
The group of lines in a poem
What is a STANZA?
The reason the author has for writing ( Inform, persuade, express, & entertain)
What is AUTHOR'S PURPOSE?
not the same as each other
What is DIFFERENT?
a speaker or character who tells a story
What is a NARRATOR?
the problem in the story
What is CONFLICT?
The units of language used in each stanza of a poem
What is a LINE?
The central idea or what the piece is mainly about
What is MAIN IDEA?
The idea of one’s thought or side to be unlike another’s
What is DIFFER or DIFFERENCE.
The _______ can help readers know more about characters and their situation and the perspective from which a story is told.
What is POINT OF VIEW / POV?
subdivision of an act in a play indicating changes in location or the passage of time
What are SCENES?
repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis
What is REPETITION?
details that support the main idea of a paragraph
What are SUPPORTING IDEAS?
The looking at two different texts to see how they are similar and different
What is COMPARE & CONTRAST?
The narrator is a character in the story and uses language like: I, Me, and We
What is 1ST PERSON POINT OF VIEW?
the author of a play
What is a PLAYWRIGHT?
The way an idea or, or image can stand for itself and represent something beyond itself
What is SYMBOL / SYMBOLIZE?
showing by example; a picture
What is ILLUSTRATION?
The concept of ideas that are almost the same
What is SIMILAR?
The narration/narration is not a character in the story
What is 3RD PERSON POINT OF VIEW?
The person/persons within a drama; usually listed out & followed by a short description
What is a CHARACTER?
The way a person feels throughout or after the reading based on author’s use of words
What is MOOD?
A personal view or attitude
What is OPINION?
The showing or proving of a connection between 2 things or ideas
What is RELATE/RELATES?
The time, period, or place a story is
What is SETTING?
the dialogue of a play; the words actors say in performance
What are LINES?
The lessons about life readers come to by the end of piece
What is THEME?
a title or short description of a picture
What is CAPTION?
Join
What is CONNECT?
specific characteristic of an individual
What is a CHARACTER TRAIT?
the reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way
What is MOTIVATION?
The pattern of rhyme in a poem
What is RHYME SCHEME?
a group of words taken from a text or speech and repeated by someone other than the original author or speaker
What are QUOTATIONS?
The idea of one to be equal to
What is MATCHES?
A comparison without using like or as
What is METAPHOR?
words or phrases that address the five senses: sight, smell, hearing, taste, touch
What is SENSORY LANGUAGE?
the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea
What is PERSONIFICATION?
Facts revealed by the author or speaker that support the attitude or tone in the work
What are DETAILS?
The arrival of a conclusion based solely on the information from text as a thought
What is INFER?
The comparison of two unlike things using like or as
What is SIMILE?
instructions for actors and stage crew
What are STAGE DIRECTIONS?
The poet's attitude in poem: word choice for speaker, reader, and subject matter
What is TONE?
a particular attitude or way of considering a matter.
What is POINT OF VIEW?
The same opinion held by two people or readers of text
What is AGREE?
The universal message that readers can take and then apply to their own life
What is THEME?
conversation between characters
What is DIALOGUE?
The writers distinctive use of language (word choice)
What is VOICE?
a diagram, model, or graph that provides information in an easy-to-read format
What is GRAPHIC FEATURE?
Sequence of events in a story
What is PLOT?
theme of a story, novel, poem, or drama that readers can apply to life
What is CENTRAL MESSAGE?
figurative and/or descriptive language that creates an image in the mind of the reader by appealing to the five senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)
What is IMAGERY?
Examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness
What is COMPARISON?
the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
What is FORESHADOWING?
strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound
What is RHYTHM?
what went wrong and how it was/or could be fixed
What is Organizational Pattern: PROBLEM-SOLUTION
writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally
What is FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE?
presents items or events in order or tells the steps to follow
What is Organizational Pattern: CHRONOLOGICAL/SEQUENTIAL ORDER?
vivid and specific, and helps someone imagine a scene he didn't witness
What is DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGE?
The authors statement or position on a particular issue found in the text
What is CLAIM?