Literary elements
This is the central topic, subject, or message in a story.
What is Theme
Uses the words “like” or “as” to compare one object or idea.
What is a Simile
Read the prompt,
“The trees shivered when a huge wind blew right by them.”
Name the figurative language used in this sentence.
What is Personification
A narrative poem that is set to music or a song.
What is a Balled
The poem,
“I feel the sun’s warmth
Baking on my skin. I watch
The flowers reach high.”
Is an example of:
What is a Haiku
This is the author’s attitude toward the subject.
What is Tone
A figure of speech in which human characteristics are given to an inanimate object.
What is Personification
Read the prompt,
“I feel great” I said, while being on the hospital bed
Name the figurative language used in this sentence.
What is Irony
A formal lyric poem that is written in celebration, appreciation, or dedication towards a person or subject.
What is a Ode
The poem,
“Shall I compare thee to a summers day
Though art more lovely and more temperate
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of may
And summers lease hath all too short a date.”
Is an example of:
What is a sonnet
This is the reader’s attitude toward the subject.
What is Mood
A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or words that sound alike but have different meanings.
What is a Pun
Read the prompt,
“Life isn’t always a crystal stair, life can be a wooden stair full of splinters and bent nails.”
Name the figurative language used in this sentence.
What is Symbolism
A name given to poetry that dosent use any strict meter or rhyme scheme.
What is a Free Verse
The poem,
“Summer, I love you.
Touching the tulips that glow
As the river gently flows.
Looking at the ocean as the waves crash
As the sun comes out
All the people play and shout.
Summer, I love you!”
Is an example of:
What is a Ode
This the the struggle between two opposing forces.
What is Conflict
The placement of two differing ideas/things near/next to each other, for contrast.
What is Juxtaposition
Read the prompt,
“I can run very fast, but running long distances is my achilles heel.”
Name the figurative language used in this sentence.
What is an Allusion
A type of poem that is comprised of fourteen lines of verse that follow a specific rhyme scheme, depending on the type.
What is a Sonnet
The poem,
“I was not happy with the rain
Until my eye caught five wet leaves-
A mysterious autumn watercolor gift
Here on this broken road.”
Is an example of:
What is a Free Verse
The background information on the characters and settings explained at the beginning of the story.
What is Exposition
A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear beside each other.
What is Oxymoron
Read the prompt,
“What he thinks he’s doing is right, but I think what he’s doing is wrong.”
Name the figurative language used in this sentence.
What is a Paradox
A five-line poem that consists of a single stanza and an AABBA rhyme scheme.
What is a Limerick
The poem,
“The bicycling poodle he saw
Made the cop on the beat drop his jaw;
It was easy to tell
That it rode rather well
Though its hand signals truly were paws.”
Is an example of:
What is a Limerick