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Literary Elements
How to earn points
Poem Structures
Vocabulary Words
100

A piece of writing characterized by the main character in a setting who encounters a problem or engages in an interesting, significant, or entertaining activity or experience.

Narrative writing

100

A figure of speech that directly compares two things.

Simile

100

You can earn one point for responding to the prompt with an interpretation of the passage


Thesis

100

a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse.

Stanza

100

A central topic,subject,or message within a narrative

Theme

200

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Poetry analysis,Prose Fiction argument & literary argument

200

a quality or concept by a figure in human form.

Personification

200

You can earn points when demonstrating a character's contrasting qualities for example passion and logic.

Complexity

200

two lines of a verse usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.

Couplet

200

The representation of a person in a narrative and dramatic works

Characterization

300

Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter

Free verse

300

The use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning.

Irony

300

You can earn four points for providing specific evidence to support all claims in a line of reasoning.

Evidence

300

A stanza of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes.

Quatrain

300

Generally anything that represents or stands for something else

Symbol

400

A piece of writing that takes a stance on an issue.

Argumentative writing

400

The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.

Diction

400

You can earn four points for supporting the claim and explaining how literary elements contribute as well.

Commentary

400

Traditionally a Japanese poem consisting of three short lines that do not rhyme.

Haiku

400

Repeating a word with a short space of words with no particular placement of the words to secure emphasis.

Repetition

500

A humorous frequently bawdy verse of three long and two short lines rhyming aabba

Limerick

500

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

Hyperbole

500

You can earn points by stating how the thought can help to build an argument that has enough evidence to be supported.

sophistication

500

A lyrical poem of 14 lines with a specific rhyme and rhythm scheme and an identification shift or volta.

Sonnet

500

Is an act or instance placing two elements close together or side by side.

Juxtaposition

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