Literary Devices
Literary Elements
Elements of Drama
Elements of Poetry
Melting Pot
100
This is the rival of the main character.
What is antagonist
100
The person who wrote the book.
What is Author
100
A problem between two or more characters or forces.
What is Conflict.
100
Is the repetition of sounds at the end of words, such as pool, rule, and fool.
What is Rhyme
100
When is your Reading STAAR test?
What is May 10th.
200
Straightforward statements about a character
What is Direct Characterization
200
The highest most intense point in the story
What is Climax or turning point
200
The spoken words characters say.
What is Dialogue
200
Is the use of words that imitate sounds: crash, bang, hiss, splat.
What is Onomatopoeia?
200
Poetry tells a story in verse. These poems often have elements similar to those in a short story, such as plot and characters.
What is Narrative poem.
300
(I, We, Me) the narrator is a character in the story.
What is First Person
300
A complete explanation of the story or book.
What is Plot
300
Units of action in a drama.
What are Acts
300
Use like or as to compare two apparently unlike things and show similarities between the two: She is as slow as a turtle.
What is Simile.
300
In "The phantom Tollbooth" these were listed in order of appearnce: The clock, milo, The Whetherman, Dischord.
What is The Cast.
400
A division or type of literature
What is Genre
400
A series of incidents in a plot that build toward the point of greatest interest.
What is Rising Action.
400
Notes in a drama that describe how the work is to be performed or staged. Directions are printed in italics and enclosed within parentheses or brackets. Some stage directions describe movement, costumes, emotional states, and ways of speaking of the characters.
What are Stage Directions.
400
Is writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the five senses- sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. This language creates word pictures, or images. Poets often use these word pictures to help the reader experience a poem fully.
What is Sensory Language?
400
The narrator refers to the reader as "you".
What is Second Person.
500
The ability to take evidence from a story and combine it with our schema in order to draw a logical conclusion.
What is Inference
500
Anything that represents an idea
What is Symbolism
500
Describes plays that address a serious topic
What is a Drama.
500
Describes one thing as if it were something else. They often point out similarity between two unlike things: The snow was a white blanket over the town.
What is a Metaphor?
500
Is an exaggeration or overstatement used for comic effect or to increase emotion: A million bees had stung me.
What is an Hyperbole
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