Big Ideas
The voice or persona telling a fictional story.
What is a narrator?
Compares two unlike things by stating that one thing is like another.
What is a simile?
One row of words in a poem.
What is a line?
A reference to something outside a text.
What is an allusion?
Undergoes a significant change throughout a narrative.
What is a dynamic character?
The act of giving human qualities to a non-human object, emotion, or entity.
What is personification?
The repetition of similar sound between words or the ending of words.
What is rhyme?
The associated feelings or ideas that a particular word evokes.
What is connotation?
The level of access the narrator has to the thoughts and feelings of the characters (relates to who is telling a story).
What is point of view?
Compares two unlike things by stating that one thing is another.
What is a metaphor?
A group of lines in a poem.
What is a stanza?
Poetry that does not follow expected or predictable patterns.
What is open form poetry?
Remains unchanged throughout the course of a narrative.
What is a static character?
A tangible object that represents something intangible or abstract.
What is a symbol?
The voice in a poem.
What is a speaker?
Poetry with not strict meter or rhyme scheme.
What is free verse poetry?
The narrators inner thoughts and view on the world, characters, and events (how a story is told and perceived).
What is perspective?
Compares two unlike things without directly stating the comparison.
What is an implied metaphor?
A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables to create rhythm.
What is meter?
Poetry that sticks to predictable patterns and structures.
What is closed form poetry?