Story Elements
Plot and Others
Poetry Elements
Potpourri
Loose Ends
100
The time and place of a story
What is setting
100
Introduces characters and setting
What is exposition
100
Comparing two unlike things using like or as
What is simile
100
The lesson a reader learns from a story
What is theme
100
The main character or characters in a story
What is protagonist
200
In order by time
What is chronological
200
The cause for all the other events in a story
What is conflict
200
Words which sound the same and are used to create a musical quality in a poem
What is rhyme
200
A story which is meant to be told on stage
What is drama
200
The dictionary definition of a word
What is denotation
300
Conversation between two or more characters in a story
What is dialogue
300
The actions which result from a conflict
What is rising action
300
Comparing two unlike things by saying that one is the other
What is metaphor
300
An author gives the reader a peek at past events in a story to help explain and move the plot forward
What is flashback
300
A character who makes a main character change or act
What is antagonist
400
A hint about the future in a story
What is foreshadowing
400
How the reader feels during and after reading a selection
What is mood
400
Giving human qualities to nonhuman things
What is anthropormorphism
400
The feelings associated with a word
What is connotation
400
An actor speaks to him or herself or directly to the audience
What is monologue
500
Specific words used by a group of people
What is dialect
500
How the author feels about his or her topic
What is topic
500
Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words
What is alliteration
500
Language which is not meant to be taken literally but used to help describe
What is figurative language
500
Gross exaggeration
What is hyperbole
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