Miscellaneous
Figurative language that can use the five senses
What is imagery?
The main character of a story, not necessarily a hero
What is a protagonist?
The background of a story
What is exposition?
A five-line, humorous poem with a rhyme scheme of aabba
What is a limerick?
Comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
Words that sound like what they mean
What is onomatopoeia?
The opposing force of a story, not necessarily the "bad guy" (or even a person)
What is an antagonist?
The point of highest intensity in a story
What is the climax?
A "song of sorrow"
What is a dirge?
The initial consonant sounds of words repeated close together ("stop" and "start")
What is alliteration?
The three types of irony
What are verbal, dramatic, and situational?
The people who carry out the plot
What are characters?
The story is "winding down"
What is falling action?
Two rhyming lines that express a complete thought
The ending consonant sounds of words are repeated close together
What is consonance?
Giving human characteristics to a non-human thing
What is personification?
A setting is composed of these two things
What are time and place?
The events that advance/complicate the action of a story
What is rising action?
A five-line poem that conveys a vivid image
What is a cinquain?
Comparing two unlike things, without using "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
An author giving the reader a hint about what will happen in the future
What is foreshadowing?
The main idea of a text
What is theme?
What is the inciting force?
A poem that tells a story (a narrative) in short stanzas
What is a ballad?
"Try to light the fire next time."
What is assonance?