Figurative Language
Sounds of Poetry
Forms of Poetry
Drama
Words You Should Know!
100
Comparing 2 things using like or as_____ as
What is a simlie?
100
Words that have the same ending sound
What is rhyme?
100
a poem that does not follow any rules of rhythm or rhyme
What is free verse?
100
the performers in a drama
What is the cast of characters?
100
the series of events in a story in which the characters try to solve a problem or obtain a goal
What is plot?
200
Comparing 2 things and does NOT use like or as___as
What is a metaphor?
200
the "beat" of the poem, its pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
What is rhythm?
200
A short poem with stanzas of two to four lines and a refrain that repeats, tells a story
What is a ballad?
200
The main division, parts, of a drama
What is the act?
200
message that an author wants to tell about a topic
What is the central idea?
300
Assigning, giving, human traits or qualities to nonliving things
What is personification?
300
a pattern of letters that indicate, tell, which lines rhyme examples: abba, abab, abca
What is rhyme scheme?
300
a very short poem with 3 lines, having a total of 17 syllables, usually about nature
What is haiku?
300
The place and time where the action happens
What is a scene?
300
the author's attitude toward a topic, how something is said
What is tone?
400
an exaggeration, stretching the truth
What is a hyperbole?
400
The saying over, or repeating, of words or lines in poetry
What is repetition?
400
humorous,short 5-lined poem lines 1,2, and 5 rhyme, and lines 3 and 4 rhyme
What is a limerick?
400
The lines spoken by the characters
What is dialogue?
400
the overall emotional feeling, atmosphere of the text
What is mood
500
sound words: ring,zip, buzz, plop
What is onomatopoeia?
500
the repetition of a beginning consonant sound
What is alliteration?
500
a short poem that is like a song
What is a lyric poem?
500
The directions telling characters how to speak or act; directions telling how sound, lighting, and props are used
What is stage directions?
500
where and when a story takes place
What is the setting?
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