Characters
Poems
Figures of Speech
Sounds
Narrative Elements
100
The main character or "hero" of a narrative or story.
What is the Protagonist
100
Lesson taught often by poems, fables, or short stories.
What is a moral
100
When like is used as is to make a comparison.
What is a simile
100
Repetition of initial consonant sounds.
What is Alliteration
100
Sequence of events in a story
What is the plot.
200
Often times dubbed the villain of the story or person who creates conflict for main character.
What is the Antagonist
200
A poem that tells a story
What is a narrative poem.
200
When one thing is spoken a thought it's something else.
What is a metaphor
200
Words that imitate sounds.
What is Onomatopoeia
200
Descriptive language used to create word pictures
What is Imagery
300
Conversation between characters
What is dialogue.
300
Formal division of lines of a poem
What is a stanza
300
A statement of situation that containing apparently contradicting or opposing elements or thoughts.
What is a paradox.
300
Language spoken by a particular group in a region.
What is Dialect
300
Time and place of the action of a narrative.
What is the setting.
400
A nonhuman subject is given given human characteristics.
What is Personification
400
A three-line verse form
What is a Haiku
400
Figure of speech in which something means more than it is (object, person, action, situation).
What is a symbol
400
The change of one's voice or tone to denote a change in character or the mood of a narrative.
What is Inflection
400
High point of interest or suspense.
What is the climax
500
Speech given by only one character in a play or narrative
What is a monologue
500
Poetry that utilizes techniques of drama.
What is dramatic poetry
500
Figure of speech where exaggeration is used to service a truth
What is Hyperbole
500
The person telling or speaking about the action or events in a story.
What is the narrator
500
Clues that suggest events that have yet to occur.
What is foreshadowing.
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