Poetry
Lines in a poem that make up a "poetry paragraph"
stanzas
To teach, educate, inform, or give facts
Author's purpose of informational text
To entertain its readers
Author's purpose of fiction text
the conversation that takes place between characters
dialogue
the point that someone is trying to get across to the reader
claim
Type of figurative language that compares two things using "Like or As"
Example: She is busy as a bee. Those girls are like two peas in a pod.
Simile
A drawing or image that labels parts to help the reader better understand what they are reading.
diagram
person or animals in a story
characters
an instruction written into the script of a play, indicating stage actions, movements of performers
Example: waving her arms as she scolds the bear cubs
stage directions
Something that someone thinks or believes. How they "feel" about or towards something.
opinion
A poetry "sentence"
Line
An image or picture that has been taken with a camera
photograph
the main events in a story told in order of how they happened
plot
the written text of a play
script
Can be proven!
FACT
The ordered pattern of rhymes at the end of the lines of a poem.
Example: ABAB AABB
Rhyme Scheme
used to describe the order in which events happened. can also help show how events in history are related.
timeline
When and where the story takes place
setting
large portions of a play
How the play is divided up.
acts
Their audience
What is the rhyme scheme in this stanza?
It curiously bumbles
Closer to me as I linger
And finally delights
By jumping up onto my finger
ABCB
sets apart sections of a text, passage, article, or book
Explains and tells what you will read about in the following text
subheadings
narrator is a character in the story telling it from their perspective.
I, Me, My, We, Us
1st person POV
Who the play or drama is performed for
audience
The main point and idea that the person is trying to make and how he or she "supports" these main ideas.
Key idea/Main idea
supporting details