Poetry Terms
Leads
Short Story Elements
Smiley Face Tricks
Grammar
100
Alliteration
What is the repeating of beginning consonant sounds. Creamy and Crunchy
100
Foreboding
What is hinting that something bad i going to happen
100
Antagonist
What is the person or force that works against the hero of the story.
100
Specific Detail for Effect
What is instead of general, vague descriptions, specific sensory details help the reader visualize the person, place, thing or idea that you are describing.
100
Adverb
What is words that answer these questions about verbs. How, when, where, how much, how often
200
Consonance
What is the repetition of consonant sounds anywhere within words.
200
Startling Fact
What is something that shocks the reader and must be true
200
Foreshadowing
What is clues that can be specific piecs of information that hint at what's coming up or about to happen in the story.
200
Figurative Language
What is Nonliteral comparisons, using all literary devices, to help create a mental image for the reader
200
A gerund
What is a verb form that ends with ---ing and is used as a noun
300
Assonance
What is the repetition of vowel sounds.
300
A bold statement
What is something that shocks the reader --- does NOT have to be true
300
Main Idea
What is figuring out what the story is mostly about
300
Expanded Moment
What is instead of speeding past a moment, writers often emphasize it by expanding the actions.
300
Participle
What is a verb form ending in ---ing and is used as a noun
400
Stanza
What is a paragraph within a poem
400
Flashback
What is going back in time
400
Protagonist
What is the main character in the story, often a good hero-type
400
Full Circle Ending
What is starting and ending a story with the same line.
400
Participle
What is a verb form ending in --ing or --ed and is used as an adjective.
500
Limerick
What is a humeroud verse of five lines.
500
Vivid Description
What is an extremely detailed beginning--- using literary devices
500
Theme
What is the message about life or human nature that is hidden in the story.
500
Magic 3
What is Three parallel groups of words, usually separated by commas, that create a poetic rhythm or add support for a point, especially when the three word groups have their own modifiers.
500
Preposition
What is words that show position or direction; may not be used to end a sentence.
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