Story Elements
Drama terms
Poetry
Techniques used by authors
Misc.
100
The story takes place here
What is setting?
100
conversation between two characters
What is dialogue?
100
details that appeal to the senses
What is imagery?
100
contrast between a reader or character's experiences and reality
What is irony?
100
any writing that tells a story
What is narrative?
200
a struggle between two characters
What is conflict?
200
critical attitude and humor
What is parody or satire?
200
comparison of two things that are not ordinarily alike not using like or as
What is metaphor?
200
person, place, or thing that represents something beyond itself
What is symbol?
200
main character
What is protagonist?
300
the peak of the story
What is the climax?
300
Stressed and unstressed syllables
What is meter?
300
giving human characteristics to a non-human object or animal
What is personification?
300
writers attitude towards his or her subject
What is tone?
300
comparing using like or as
What is simile?
400
background information of a story. Includes the setting and characters
What is exposition?
400
teaches you something
What is theme?
400
repeated consonant sounds in a phrase or sentence
What is alliteration?
400
exaggeration in text
What is hyerbole?
400
type or category of literature
What is genre?
500
action that leads to the climax
What is the rising action?
500
a play with a sad ending
What is tragedy?
500
use of a word that makes a sound that conveys its meaning
What is onomatopoeia?
500
when an author makes a reference to another piece of literature or famous person
What is allusion?
500

Why do we read literature?

To see the world through the eyes of another.

AND/OR

To understand the human experience.

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