Genre & Plot
Figurative Language & Drama
Elements of Literature
Elements of Literature
Poetry & Procedural Text
100
Plot
Sequence of Events (order in which things happen)
100
Simile
Use "like or as" for example "sweet as honey"
100
Dialogue
Conversation between characters
200
Biography
A story of a person's life told by another person for example Ray Charles
200
Style
The way an author uses language to write a story
200
Dialect
A language of a particular group of people in a region for instance "Hey, Foots!"
200
Cause and Effect
Without calcium bones loose mass
300
Resolution
Also known as "denouement" and the problem is resolved also it is the conclusion
300
Stage Directions
Tells what characters to do for example
300
Tone
The author's "voice" or attidue about what he or she writes
300
Alliteration
The same sound repeated at the beginning of two or more words in a phrase or sentence such as "She sells seashells by the seashore"
400
1st Person Point of View
The narrator is one of the characters in the story uses pronouns such as I, me, my or mine
400
Metaphor
Does not use like or as for example "My sister is a gremlin" or "heart of stone"
400
Theme
The central idea or lesson about life a story communicates for example "You can't control the forces of nature, but you can at leas be prepared to face them"
500
Internal Conflict
A struggle between the character and his or her conscience (cannot be seen)
500
Mood
The feeling a reader gets from a story
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