Category 1
Poetry
type of writing that shows feelings, experiences, or ideas in a creative way.It carefully picks words for their sounds and meanings and uses tools like meter and rhyme
Tragedies
more serious and often sad
Instructions for actors written into the text. They are not read aloud by they guide actors what actions to take
Stage Directions
Dialogue
Conversation between 2 or more characters in a play.
The Ballad of Jesse James
Ballads
Epic Poems
Long, complicated narrative poems. They tell of extraordianry deeds by supernatural heroes and villians.
Involves singing and dancing
Musical
Acts and Scenes
Divide the actions of a play. Different acts signal major shifts in action. 5 parts is the common division. introduction, conflict, climax, breakdown, and resolution
involves one character speaking to him/herself. The actor speaks aloud about inner thoughts
Soliloquy
The Odyssey
Epic Poems
Conveys the exact mood or feeling to the reader.
Lyric Poetry
Melodrama
subgenre of drama: deals with serious issues but stops before it becomes tragic at the end. Includes exaggerated acting and appeals to the emotions.
Actor pretends to whisper information to another or to the audience while other characters on stage pretend to not hear.
Asides (stage whispers)
Allegory
Presents an abstract meaning through concrete forms over the course of an entire piece of literature.
Lyric Poem
Ballads
Oral tradition by telling a story through a song. Subjects can be heroic, satirical, romantic, or political. They focus on the actions and dialogue of the stroy, not just the characters, usually end in tragedy.
the building blocks of writing. These elements provide the structures that authors use to create a work of literature.
Literary Devices
Hyperbole
Used for emphasis, making an overstatement or some extreme exaggeration.
Engages the 5 senses by greatly detailing a place, thing or a person.
Imagery
The Raven
Narrative Poem
show the humor of the world and are usually funny
Science Fiction
Brief sketch performed by one or more actors. It is typically 1-10 minutes long and is written to be funny.
Skit
Dramatic Irony
Originated in Greek dramas-occurs when the audience knows something the character doesn't know.
When reality is completely at odds with what readers would naturally have expected. Usually a sharp twist in the plot.
Situational Irony
Sonnets from the Portuguese
Sonnet